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USAID Empowers Indigenous
Leaders in Paraguay |
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On an otherwise quiet night in a rural
area of eastern Paraguay, an indigenous community known
as Nembiara, found itself suddenly and violently under
attack. Read
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Amazon Rainforest Clashes
Highlight Urgency of Biodiversity Programs |
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The recent murder of Sister Dorothy
Stang, an American nun, environmental activist and USAID
partner in the Amazon, has shocked Brazil and the world,
and drawn attention to the high stakes frequently involved
in USAID biodiversity conservation and community development.
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USAID's Franco Advocates
Outreach to Cubans |
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USAID Assistant Administrator Adolfo
Franco asked people of Latin America to begin to “reach
out to the Cuban people with that message of hope, material
support and information to help sustain the Cuban people
in their historic quest." Read
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Haiti's Clean-up Progresses
As Asia's Tsunami Burden Rises |
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Even as the world struggles to comprehend
the ever-rising death toll from December’s tsunami
in south Asia, USAID continues to deal with the devastation
in Haiti from last year’s Tropical Storm Jeanne.Read
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USAID - University Partnership
Helps Nicaraguan Farmers and a U.S. Market |
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As Sancocho finds its way onto more
and more U.S. menus, a USAID – Michigan State
University joint partnership is putting Nicaraguans
to work and helping meet a growing market for plantains,
one of the soup’s main ingredients. Read
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Assistant Administrator
Franco Showcases Biodiversity Projects |
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Adolfo A. Franco, USAID assistant
administrator for the Latin America and Caribbean bureau,
hosted a Congressional delegation in Panama recently
and briefed them on current environmental and biodiversity
activities. Read
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Peruvian Voters Set
Health Priorities In USAID-Supported Referendum |
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It may not have the trickle-down
effect that Prop 13 had in the U.S. in the 1970’s,
but the recent “Citizen Consultation” in
the Lambayeque region of Peru is giving voice on health
priorities to arural population that is typically unaccustomed
to the voting process. Read
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Assistant Administrator
Franco Addresses Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| Adolfo Franco, USAID
assistant administrator for the Latin America and Caribbean
Bureau, addressed the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on March 2, 2005 relative to activities of
USAID in the Southern Hemisphere. Read
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USAID Helps At-Risk
Women In Guatemala Seek New Options |
| No one envisions a life
on the street. But sometimes it happens.
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LAC Trade Update -
May 2005 |
| A new report argues
that free trade - not "trade justice" - is
the key solution to world poverty. Read
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