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Land Conflicts - Another Source of Tension

More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are
beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the
new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the
national level, where their growing numbers are translating into
political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit
these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global
audience.
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Special Reporting from the International Land Coalition Global
Assembly in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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BOLIVIA: Land Conflicts - Another Source of Tension
By Humberto Márquez
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - "We are demanding legal title to our land. We
want to preserve it as we see fit, with its plants, water and animals,
and we are going to fight in a constituent assembly for that,"
Anacleto Supayabe, an indigenous community leader in Bolivia, where
land disputes rage, told IPS.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27971

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BOLIVIA: President Underlines Importance of Resolving 'Land Question'
By Humberto Márquez
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Bolivian President Carlos Mesa, who offered to
step down early twice this month in order to overcome an acute -
crisis of governability", took a break from his problems Monday to
inaugurate an International Land Coalition conference in this eastern
Bolivian city.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27956

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BRAZIL: Progress and Pitfalls on the Road to Zero Hunger
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Two years after its launch, the Brazilian
government's Zero Hunger Programme has yielded some impressive
results, like the 6.5 million families provided with special grants,
but it has also earned its share of criticism.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27955

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ENVIRONMENT-U.S.: New Offensive for Oil Drilling in the Arctic
By Katherine Stapp
NEW YORK - After a Senate vote this week, the George W. Bush
administration is treating the issue of oil drilling in a pristine
Alaskan wildlife refuge as fait accompli. But some oil companies seem
to be taking a cautious attitude about investing in the
607,000-hectare Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27940

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BOLIVIA: Water Rates Hard to Swallow
By Franz Chávez
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A multinational corporation that provides water and
sanitation services is at the centre of tensions in the Bolivian city
of El Alto, where residents are demanding that the company leave the
country.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27893

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BOLIVIA: Gearing Up for a Second 'Gas War'
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - Bolivia remained paralysed Tuesday by roadblocks and protests
demanding the nationalisation of the country's natural gas wealth,
after attempts by human rights officials and activists to bring about
talks between the government and social movements fell flat.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27879

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BRAZIL: Lack of Land Rights is Killing Indigenous Children, Say Activists
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - "We don't want charity or paternalistic projects,"
stressed the leaders of the Guarani-Kaiowá indigenous community in the
midwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, where at least eight
children have died so far this year from malnutrition.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27858

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DEVELOPMENT: This Land Is Not Her Land
By Jennifer Mascia
UNITED NATIONS - In Western and Central Africa, a lack of land rights
is plunging rural women into an endless cycle of poverty that, without
fundamental and immediate reform, will continue unabated, warned
participants at a major United Nations women's conference Wednesday.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27822

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RIGHTS-SYRIA: Amnesty Raises Kurd Issue
By Sanjay Suri
LONDON - The Syrian government must put an immediate end to human
rights abuses against Syrian Kurds, Amnesty International said in a
report published Thursday on the eve of the anniversary of the
Qamishli clashes.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27811

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BOLIVIA: Protests, Roadblocks Continue Despite Governance Pact
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - Lawmaker Evo Morales, the leader of Bolivia's coca farmers,
and the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) labour federation announced
that they would step up the protests and roadblocks staged around the
country over the past few days.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27800

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