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Latin America: water crises require bold investments and strategic alliances, IDB president says
Latin America is facing multiple water crises with far-reaching consequences for health, food security, renewable energy sources and export competitiveness, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Presi… more →
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Latin America: water crises require bold investments and strategic alliances, IDB president says
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Latin America is facing multiple water crises with far-reaching consequences for health, food securi … more →
Peru, Madre de Dios: illegal gold mining out of control - experts
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Peruvian authorities have no control over large areas of the country and have allowed illegal gold m … more →
Chile: Lower house to discuss bill to concession rural water, sanitation services
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Members of Chile’s lower chamber of congress will discuss a bill to concession rural potable w … more →
Uruguay, Argentina: data misintrepreted in transboundary water pollution dispute
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: A summary of Uruguay’s and Argentina’s court sessions at the Hague’s international … more →
Mexico: Conagua to publish water resources regulations in 2010
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Mexican national water authority Conagua will look to publish new norms in 2010 to promote the susta … more →
Venezuela, Caracas: water rationing is politically motivated, opposition says
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dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Venezuelan authorities have announced a water rationing plan for capital Caracas, the environment mi … more →
AG Corbett Receives PCAR Community Partners Award
PCAR wrote 2 weeks ago: PA Attorney General Tom Corbett with PCAR Executive Director Delilah Rumburg (L) and PCAR Legal Dire … more →
Costa Rica: President Arias signs Asadas tax exemption bill
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Costa Rica’s President Óscar Arias has signed into law a reform bill to allow the country … more →
Colombia: President Uribe issues directive on water, energy saving
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Colombia’s President Álvaro Uribe has laid out specific measures to save energy and water as a … more →
Bolivia, Cochabamba: closure of K'ara K'ara landfill could face more delays
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: On 17 September 2009, Bolivian Cochabamba department’s high court ruled to close the K’a … more →
Mexico, Mexico City: SACM water fines not viable - legal advisor
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Mexico City water utility SACM’s proposal to impose fines on clients who waste water is not le … more →
Advocates urge action to prevent child abuse and to grow investment in family support
PCAR wrote 1 month ago: October 21st – Today, Pennsylvania advocates affirmed a national call to action intended to raise aw … more →
PCAR Helps Celebrate VAWA 15th Anniversary with VP Biden
PCAR wrote 1 month ago: (LtoR) Terri Poore, Diane Moyer, VP Joseph Biden, Monika Johnson Hostler and Luz Marquez The Pennsyl … more →
Ecuador: one dead and dozens injured in water protests
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: One protester has been killed and many more are injured following clashes between indigenous tribal … more →
Colombia, Mexico: Ciudad Juárez looks to Medellín as a model to reduce violence
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Authorities and private sector representatives from Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez city are looking to … more →
Health care bill must extend benefits to nonprofits
PCAR wrote 2 months ago: Collectively, they employ the nation’s fourth largest work force — rape crisis centers, homeless she … more →
Commemorating 15 Years of the Violence Against Women Act
PCAR wrote 2 months ago: Dear Friends, Fifteen years ago, we saw the result of the hard work of dedicated advocates throughou … more →
Chile: Senators present bill to modify water concessions
dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: A group of Chilean senators, led by Ricardo Núñez of the socialist party, has presented a bill to el … more →
Founder and Mentor in Anti-Sexual Violence Movement Passes
PCAR wrote 2 months ago: Published in Hartford Courant on September 8, 2009 Gail P. Burns-Smith, 62, of Old Lyme and Vernon ( … more →
