Articles by Marina Litvinsky
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ROMA ARE SCAPEGOATS DURING DOWNTURN
Marina Litvinsky,
10 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON, Apr 8 (IPS) – On International Roma Day human rights groups voiced their concern for the discrimination and violence against Roma in European countries. Held on Apr. 8 every year since 1990, International Roma Day draws attention to discrimination directed at Roma and gypsy communities globally, according to Amnesty International (AI). Roma are stigmatised […]
→ read full articleLATIN AMERICAN LEADERS SAY ‘NO’ TO U.S. DRUG WAR
Marina Litvinsky,
13 Feb 2009
A commission led by three former Latin American heads of state has called the 30-year U.S. "war on drugs" in Latin America a failure and urged a drastic change in policy. The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy issued a report Wednesday, "Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift," which calls for the creation […]
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