The LGBTIQ+ Community Still Oppressed in Venezuela
LGBTIQ+ activists in Caracas protest outside the National Electoral Council, in charge of the civil registry, demanding enforcement of the legal statute that authorizes a change of name for trans, intersex or non-binary people. The agency has delayed compliance with the law for years. CREDIT: Observatory of ViolenceBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Mar 30 2023 (IPS) The vulnerability and struggles of the LGBTIQ+ community in Venezuela were once again highlighted when the Supreme Court finally annulled the military code statute that punished, with one to three years in prison, members of the military who committed ” acts a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean LGBTQ Regional Categories Free LGBT Venezuela Source Type: news
Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America
On Mar. 22, 2023, dozens of people watched a live broadcast from San José, Costa Rica, on a large screen at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, of the open hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, listening to the testimony of witnesses in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case. The screenshot shows Beatriz's mother giving her testimony. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala/IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN SALVADOR , Mar 24 2023 (IPS) An open hearing in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case is raising hopes that this country and other Latin American nations might overturn or at least mitigate...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Crime & Justice Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Categories Women's Health Abortion El Salvador Inter-America Source Type: news
ProPublica, ICIJ win Forbes Award for business reporting
ProPublica and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists combined forces to win the Malcolm Forbes Award for business reporting from the Overseas Press Club with a global investigation on corrupt and dangerous honorary diplomats. The reporters were Debbie Cenziper, Will Fitzgibbon,…#propublica #overseaspressclub #debbiecenziper #willfitzgibbon #evaherscowitz #delphinereuter #paraguay #finland #brazil #maxdehaldevang (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Argentina targets $500m in cannabis sales and 10,000 jobs as it eyes up export market
Argentina's government says it is hoping to achieve $500m (£422m) in domestic cannabis sales and $50m in exports by 2025. Recreational use is still banned but people can grow their own plants for medicinal use and authorities now want to allow more private firms to produce the drug. "The industry…#argentina #gabrielgimenez #pampahemp #buenosaires #santafe #uruguay #paraguay #latinamerica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Iceland is the world's biggest hashrate producer per capita
Thanks to its massive amounts of stranded hydro and geothermal energy, Iceland has become one of Europe’s last bitcoin mining refuges. But what else defines the bitcoin mining industry on this volcanic island? In this article, I explain why this tiny remote island has attracted one of Europe's…#iceland #bitcoinmining #sweden #norway #paraguay #icelanders #hashrateindexs #borealisdatacenter #genesismining #bitfury (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bitfarms Mines 486 Bitcoin in January
This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for purposes of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated August 16, 2021, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated August 12, 2021. TORONTO and BROSSARD, Québec , Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitfarms Ltd. ( ), a global Bitcoin…#brossard #québec #bitfarmsltd #geoffmorphy #bitfarms #btc #bengagnon #paraguay #jefflucas #quebec (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US Sanctions Two of Paraguay ’s Most Powerful Men Ahead of Vote
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence and correlates of physical fighting among adolescents in Paraguay: findings from the 2017 national school-based health survey - Taniguchi H, Shaikh MA.
This study aims to investigate the prevalence of physical fighting among ad... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Brazil, Other Latin American Countries Move to Regulate Crypto
The crypto winter has pushed many countries to advance their interests as concerns the regulation of the industry. As a region known for its wide adoption of digital currencies, Latin America is becoming a powerhouse for the nascent industry, and regulators have laid the foundation to regulate the…#guatemala #nubank #brazil #paraguay #argentine #mercadobitcoin #panama #honduras #elsalvador #celsiusnetwork (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paraguay ’s Cartes Tightens Grip on Ruling Party in Primary Elections
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
To counter China, Canada needs to go beyond an Indo-Pacific strategy
Kevin Lynch was clerk of the Privy Council and vice-chair of BMO Financial Group. Paul Deegan was a public affairs executive at BMO and CN, and served in the Clinton White House. With China becoming increasingly a geopolitical and security concern, Canada’s release of an Indo-Pacific Strategy is…#brianmulroney #paraguay #brazil #brookfieldassetmanagement #belltelephone #kevinlynch #jairbolsonaro #caribbean #honduras #argentina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paraguay Crypto Bill Axed by Lawmakers, Cheap Bitcoin Mining Prospects Disappear
A Paraguay crypto bill focused on taxation and crypto mining has been tabled by lawmakers. The bill would have established electricity cost caps for mining. Crypto miners will no longer find Paraguay a haven for mining after lawmakers backtracked on a crypto law. The country was due to pass crypto…#bitfarms #marioabdobenitez #billaxed #beincrypto #minerscheap #panama #chamberofdeputies #argentina #paraguay #southamerica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paraguay's legislature fails to reverse presidential veto on crypto regulation law By Cointelegraph
The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Paraguay's bicameral legislature, failed to move forward on a bill aimed at promoting crypto mining through the use of surplus electricity following a veto from President Mario Abdo Benítez. In a Dec. 5 session, members of Paraguay’s legislature…#chamberofdeputies #ftx #paraguay #marioabdobenítez (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uruguay's free-trade deal ambitions rattle South American trade bloc By Reuters
By Fabian Werner MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - South America's major Mercosur trade bloc, which includes regional powerhouses Brazil and Argentina, has been rattled by one of its smaller members, Uruguay, seeking to strike its own free-trade deals, leaders said at a summit on Tuesday. At the meeting in…#albertofernandez #abdo #paraguayan #transpacificpartnership #uruguay #marioabdobenítez #montevideo #tpp #uruguayan #southamerica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Just madness’: Concerned scientists lobby to save space station’s forest-mapping laser
Since April 2019, a fridge-size instrument attached to the International Space Station (ISS) has tickled the treetops of much of the planet with laser light, mapping forests’ carbon stores and the wildlife habitat they provide. Yet in early 2023, the laser is set to be jettisoned into Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn up unless NASA approves a plan to extend its tenure. Researchers and some U.S. Congress members are now lobbying NASA to give the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) instrument a second life so it can finish measuring the world’s tropical and temperate forests.
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Source: ScienceNOW - November 2, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
