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BOGOTA AND LIMA: GREENING OUR CITIES

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Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá stresses in this video interview the importance of public transport and green space for cities such as Bogotá and Lima.

BOLIVIA: LANDSLIDE PREVENTION AND WARNING FOR LA PAZ

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Ofxam, in conjunction with other NGOs and other Bolivian authorities, are working to implement an early warning system to lessen the damaging effects of landslides on the heavily populated steep slopes of the Bolivian capital.

Buenos Aires – Stop the towers!

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The traditional middle class neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires are being threatened by speculative development of high-rise buildings. The local communities have fought back with some success.

BRAZILIAN MAIDS: A PHOTO ESSAY

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Around 8 million poor women work as maids for the richer families in Brazil. Mostly descendants of slaves, they generally live in a very small room in their employer's house or flat but, even so, they are often considered 'part of the family'.

Part 3: Uruará

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In the third episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford reaches Uruará, a town of some 50,000 inhabitants on the Transamazônica highway.

Part 2: Santarém

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In the second episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford reaches Santarém, a sleepy river-port located precisely where the green water of the Tapajós river flows in to the red, muddier water of the Amazon.

Part 1: São Paulo

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In the first episode of her journey, LAB editor Sue Branford visits São Paulo where she lived in the 1970s under the military dictatorship.

Amazon Journey 2013

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LAB Editors Sue Branford & Nayana Fernandez travel to the Amazon to visit garimpeiros, quilombos, Mundukuru Indians and others defending land and community rights.

MEXICO: LABOUR LAW REFORM THREATENS WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT

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The proposed changes to the Federal Labour Law will create a 'factory' of inequality and poverty for women

Nicaragua: Children and young people main victims of inequality

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At 75% the proportion of Nicaraguan children who complete primary school is the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean, symbolising the multiple deprivations they suffer.

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