In the official history, the Krenak Reformatory, installed by the government at the height of the military regime, served to “fix misfit Indians.” What this really meant for the indigenous, however, was being beaten, tortured, and disappeared. Federal prosecutors are now asking for compensation for these atrocious violations.
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Despite the bike path’s poor condition, located between Primero de Mayo Avenue and 63rd Street, it will not be repaired.
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Colombia has endured eleven agrarian reforms over the past eighty years. Every seven years and two months, there has been reform. What makes a country change its policies on land so often? What caused the eleven failures?
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A lonely fruit cart in Central Habana is all that remains of the half-dozen similar artifacts dedicated to the sale of agricultural products in the city. The most recent official raid against these street vendors, orchestrated in late December, has led to the almost extinction of the sale of meats, fruits and vegetables, leaving the
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Exclusion, social injustice and oppression of vulnerable people run rampant in Colombia, which guarantees the production of illicit money. There is more poverty, thus more women prostitutes on the streets, many of them young girls that are exploited through trafficking and the use of their bodies as a battleground of savage capitalism. Often, there are
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Although there is controversy over the amendment of the regulation that allows disabled and transsexuals to compete for the crown, everything is ready for Uruguay to select their new Carnival queen tomorrow in a “super inclusive” ceremony.
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With the backing of the government of Miguel Alonso Reyes, the Grupo Modelo AB-InBev brewery bombarded the city with the slogan “Zacatecas: world capital of beer” on billboards of the capital and the suburban municipality of Guadalupe. Now the city struggles to identify itself for being deemed a World Heritage site in 1993 and not
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People are no longer indulging themselves with food in public because shame is stronger than desire.
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Being indigenous in El Salvador means being poor, Christian and having limited opportunities for development.
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After a hateful letter was sent to the government of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican LGBT Activism Coalition warned that the State has the obligation to ensure the full development of all citizens without discrimination, defending the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual citizens.
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