Pioneering LatAm pact aims to protect environmental activists 2 minutes read
By Patricia Nieto Mariño
Santiago, Apr 22 (EFE).- Latin America and the Caribbean’s Escazu Agreement entered into force on Thursday, coinciding with Earth Day, and is being hailed as a pioneering document for the protection of environmental activists.
A region extremely rich in natural resources, Latin America leads the world in attacks against environmental defenders and also faces other threats that include uncontrolled urbanization, livestock overexploitation and the expansion of illegal mining.
The pact was spearheaded by the Santiago-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and was cleared to take effect after the necessary congressional ratifications were obtained from Mexico and Argentina in January.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday, January 27th, called for Latin American unity to tackle the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic is much more than a disease that has claimed lives. The pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of a system, Fernandez said in an address during a visit to the headquarters of the Santiago-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Fernandez said, I m not talking about the insufficiency of capitalism, but about recreating a more humanitarian capitalism, because this capitalism of financial derivatives, where fortunes are made . . .