IPS Inter Press Service - Latin AmericaIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Making the Disappeared Reappear- (Found June 29, 2008 ) BOGOTA, Jun 27 (IPS) - "When they bring in (heads that still have) eyes, we close them, because its sad to see that look of terror, as if the killers were reflected in their glassy eyes. Those armed men stuck in the depth of the eyes of the dead scare us; they look like they want to kill us too.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42993 NICARAGUA: "The Womens Movement Is in Opposition"- (Found June 29, 2008 ) MONTEVIDEO, Jun 27 (IPS) - The action taken on abortion by the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in Nicaragua is "a betrayal" of women, who were "key allies" of the 1979 revolution. Therefore there has been a "radicalisation of the womens movement," which is declaring itself in opposition, activist Sofa Montenegro told IPS.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42996 OIL: New Global Energy Order Emerging- (Found June 29, 2008 ) CARACAS, Jun 27 (IPS) - By bringing together the worlds major oil producers and consumers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia marked a turning point in the negotiations for a new global energy order that is emerging under the weight of soaring oil prices, which are driven by factors other than supply and demand.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42999 HEALTH-PORTUGAL: Latin American Doctors Fill the Breach- (Found June 29, 2008 ) LISBON, Jun 27 (IPS) - Portugal is trying to fill the vacuum left by the departure of many of the 2,000 Spanish doctors who have been contributing to the normal functioning of hospitals and clinics in the interior of the country, with Argentine, Cuban and Uruguayan doctors.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43001 ENVIRONMENT: Whaling Commission Seeks Consensus on Future- (Found June 29, 2008 ) SANTIAGO, Jun 24 (IPS) - The International Whaling Commissions (IWC) 60th annual meeting, which is testing the future of the organisation itself, kicked off this week in Chile with a strong conservationist message from President Michelle Bachelet.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42945 |