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Haiti: what fuelled the petrol protests?

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After days of violent street protests, Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant and his cabinet resigned on Saturday July 14. The resignations followed a...

Ten Years in Colombia: how do you study change?

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Christian Aid and its partners have been working to tackle violence and build peace in Colombia for more than two decades. Three years ago,...

We are the Amazon

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After the Catholic Church started the preparation for its Amazon Synod, Christian Aid’s Latin America and the Caribbean division worked with faith-based organisations across the region. Together...

“An act of political vandalism”

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Christian Aid responds to prospect of DFID losing its independence LAB adds: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced to parliament on 16 June that DFID,...

Nicaragua: 81 deaths that affect us all

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Over the last month, we have seen a brutal escalation of institutional violence in Nicaragua. A recent report by Amnesty International highlights the country’s...

Colombia: as the peace accords atrophy, it’s back to armed force

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Colombia is once again at the of international news stories, with the announcement of a return to arms by some former leaders of the...

Colombia faces a second deadly threat

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Crop eradication in Colombia is negating the crop substitution programme, causing violence and undermining the peace process, warns Christian Aid.

Inequality & LGBTI rights

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Latin America and the Caribbean is a place of paradoxes. The region is usually depicted as relaxed, diverse, happy and open. But unfortunately, it...

Amazon at Risk: it affects us all

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‘Amazon at Risk – it affects us all’ This was the theme of an event held in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon, which started on...

Petition for the Amazon: put people’s rights first

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***** to sign, click here Rainforest fires: put Amazonian people's rights first. LAB partner Christian Aid is inviting the public to sign a new petition...

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