Americas
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Chile: Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’
The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on…
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States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea
Amid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply…
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First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area which is recovering…
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Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the…
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Haiti: Armed violence reaches ‘unimaginable and intolerable levels’
A surge in violence fuelled by heavily armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prompted the UN rights chief on Tuesday to…
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Rebuilding Haiti: The post-earthquake path to recovery
Six months after a devastating earthquake in south-west Haiti which caused the deaths of 2,200 people and injured 12,700 more,…
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IAEA charts Amazon waters, boosting access to life-saving cancer screening
Women living in Amazon River communities now have increased access to breast cancer screening along even its most remote banks, thanks to…
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Tragic death of Venezuela baby highlights need for greater migrant protection
Following the death of a baby during an interception at sea off the southeast coast of the island of Trinidad…
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Haitan teenager spends three years in a Haitian jail for a crime he didn’t commit
A young Haitian man is rebuilding his life, with the support of the UN, after being held in detention for…
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Women building a sustainable future: The Mexican violinist who saved the Sierra Gorda
Forty years ago, Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo, known as Pati, left the Mexican city of Querétaro with her family in…
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