Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Jun 28, 2011 (IPS) – Too many tourists and too much climate change are the main concerns of environmental organisations and the governments of signatory countries of the Antarctic Treaty, which came into effect 50 years ago. At the 34th Antarctic Treaty Consultative [...]
CHILE: Dictatorship-Era Law Used to Squelch Activism
May 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pamela Sepúlveda SANTIAGO, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – "What is happening in Chile isn’t justice; it’s a pantomime, because under the anti-terrorism law, there is absolutely no way justice can be done," José Venturelli, spokesman for the European Secretariat of the Ethics Commission against Torture, said on [...]
Q&A: "The Battle for Patagonia Has Just Begun" in Chile
May 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS SANTIAGO, May 23, 2011 (Tierramérica) – The HidroAysén hydroelectric project in Chile’s Patagonia region is causing "a credibility crisis for institutionality and (President) Piñera," environmentalist Sara Larraín told Tierramérica. Tens of thousands of Chileans have joined in protests against a bill will affect six national parks, 11 national [...]
CHILE: Alarm Over Decline in Mackerel Stocks
November 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Nov 8, 2010 (IPS) – Over-exploitation of jack mackerel, the main commercial species of fish caught in Chile, has caused the decline of the Pacific ocean species and a crisis in the fishing industry. Scientists recommend halving the catch in 2011. Chile expected to [...]
CHILE: Documentary Reveals Injustices Endured by Mapuches – and Filmmaker
October 25, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Oct 25, 2010 (IPS) – Finally, her documentary film about the indigenous Mapuche people has reached theatres in Chile and in other countries. Elena Varela was in the midst of making the film when she was imprisoned on charges for which she has now [...]
CHILE: Women Sterilised Over HIV Status
October 22, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Aprille Muscara and Daniela Estrada* NEW YORK/SANTIAGO, Oct 22, 2010 (IPS) – When Francisca arrived at the historic Curicó Hospital – a staple in the Chilean central valley for nearly one and a half centuries – for the birth of her first child, she didn’t know it [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Women Peacekeepers Have a Vital Role to Play
October 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada – IPS/TerraViva SANTIAGO, Oct 20, 2010 (IPS) – In June 2009, Chilean army captain Andrea Fuentes travelled to the city of Cap-Haïtien, in north Haiti, to serve for six months in her country’s contingent in the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). She was [...]
Chile Measures Its "Water Footprints"
October 17, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada* SANTIAGO, Oct 16, 2010 (Tierramérica) – How many litres of water are needed to produce one kilogram of table grapes? The current effort to measure the "water footprint" of this and other Chilean exports could give us some answers by year’s end. The water footprint [...]
Chilean Miners Rescue May Mark a Watershed in Workplace Safety
October 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Oct 13, 2010 (IPS) – "This country has to understand that changes must be made," said Mario Sepúlveda, the second Chilean miner — of the group of 33 trapped 700 metres underground for over two months — rescued in the early hours of Wednesday [...]
CHILE: Society’s Incomprehension Fuels Mapuche Hunger Strike
September 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Sep 29, 2010 (IPS) – As concern grows for the health and lives of 38 Mapuche prisoners on a hunger strike in different prisons in southern Chile, IPS consulted academics about the problems underlying the conflict. None of the attempts by the government of [...]
