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Transgender man in Ecuador makes history with pregnancy
By AP From The New Indian Express BOGOTA: A couple in Ecuador is making history with a unique pregnancy: The father-to-be is carrying the baby of his transgender partner. Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez announced their pregnancy, believed to be…
Who speaks for public media in Latin America?
By Silvio Waisbord For World Bank Latin America has a long, fractured, and ultimately failed history of public media. So-called “public media” typically functioned as government-controlled institutions for spurious goals – propaganda and clientelism – rather than quality content in…
CONCACAF’s Quest for Fifth Spot in FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Continues in November
CONCACAF Women’s Championship fourth-place finisher Trinidad and Tobago set for home-and-away play-in versus Ecuador, November 8 and December 2 Miami (Monday, October 27, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today confirmed the schedule…
Disaster Risk Management Latin American and Caribbean
The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) will hold the “III Regional Seminar on Partnerships between the public and private sectors for Disaster Risk Management.” Continuity of Government and Continuity of Business and Operations during…
Under pressure by the government, Ecuadorian newspaper shuts down its print edition
By Dylan Baddour From Knight Center After 32 years of print publication, the Ecuadorian daily newspaper Hoy announced that it will stop printing, buckling under government policy which many allege intends to cripple independent press. Hoy, known as an opposition…
Ecuador pushes for greater south-south cooperation and stronger public disability assistance policies
By Nathan Singham From Upside Down World Earlier this month, during a speech at the 35th biannual conference for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, General Secretary, Alicia Bárcena stated, “cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean…
OPINION: EC Dollar devaluation may be beginning of the end
By Peter Binose From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – We may all wake up one morning soon and find our EC dollars worth less, or even worthless. Our savings and our buying power reduced. Our local pensions worth so much…
