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Worker Cooperatives Reduce “Hard-Core” Unemployment

Buenos Aires - During the social and economic collapse of 2002-2003, the Argentine state encouraged the formation of workers' cooperatives, which helped mitigate the worst effects of the crisis, …

By: Marcela Valente ,; InterPressService

September 1, 2011

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Argentina: One Poor Woman Who Feeds Thousands

Buenos Aires - The endeavour gave a deeper meaning to her life and turned her into an internationally recognised community organiser. Nevertheless, the real wish of Margarita Barrientos is …

By: Marcela Valente ,; InterPressService

August 20, 2011

Organic Gardens Feeding People From Argentina to Haiti

Buenos Aires/Port Au Prince - Neither hurricanes nor floods, nor the devastating January earthquake or Haiti's chronic political instability managed to wipe out the organic gardening initiative underway in …

By: Marcela Valente &; Jane Regan ,; InterPressService|Report

October 24, 2010

Making Latin America’s Cities Women-Friendly

Rosario, Argentina - "Violence against women is not only domestic, it also happens in the streets. Not having the right to feel safe in a city square or at …

By: Marcela Valente ,; InterPressService

May 25, 2010

Argentina: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes

Buenos, Aires - The residents of the Puna, the dry Andean highlands in northern Argentina, are cut off from everything - except the sun. Living on arid land thousands …

By: Marcela Valente ,; InterPressService

December 13, 2009

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