Features
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A clash of dreams
Indigenous Argentineans, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world.
Trans revolutionary
Today Argentina leads the world in recognizing the rights of transgender people. But it hasn't always been that way, writes Vanessa Baird.
‘Not one step backwards!’
Argentina has come a long way in dealing with its past. But what of the present? Vanessa Baird takes a look at the state of human rights.
Facing the vultures
Argentina is not in the habit of being cowed by international pressure and financial big-hitters – or by proponents of austerity. Vanessa Baird reports.
Speak truth
The government wants to fund popular co-ops that are meeting urgent social needs. What could be wrong with that? Vanessa Baird meets the people behind them.
Who needs a boss?
Vanessa Baird reports on how Argentinean workers took over failing and bankrupt enterprises – and have kept them going.
A short history of coups, crises and Peronism
Argentina’s ups and downs since 1946.
Argentina’s challenge
Stormy time ahead in the world’s largest country. Are there lessons to be learned? asks Vanessa Baird.
This is Africa
David Fedele relates a true and uncomfortable tale of a tardy Good Samaritan.
The eye of the farmer fattens the beast
Can smallholders be more productive than agribusiness? It looks that way in Zimbabwe, which has broken up its big farms, and where growers have nearly matched production of their white predecessors, in fewer than ten years. Joseph Hanlon reports.
Land Grabs - Hotspots
Some of the world’s biggest and most controversial land deals.
Securing the global commons
The land rush started back in 2008. It has not gone unnoticed – or unchallenged.
Cazizi village holds its ground
Forestry companies want to carve up Mozambique’s northern highlands. Peasant farmers and their allies are working to hold them accountable. Hazel Healy investigates.
Invest in small farmers
With proceeds from hydrocarbons set to roll in, Mozambique has a unique opportunity to reverse the fortunes of its smallholders. Land activist Diamantino Nhampossa makes the case.
Land Grabs - The Facts
Big land deals are forcing people from their homes and damaging livelihoods.
The smallholders’ last stand
A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full swing.
Coming back from the brink?
India’s vultures nearly went extinct. Graeme Green on the efforts to save them.
Tales of taboo
Breast ironing is seldom talked about, but the practice has a devastating effect on the girls in whose communities it is performed. Amy Hall investigates.
Dreams deferred
Property remains red hot in China – a safe bet for the urban élite, a distant dream for the working underclass. Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore reports.
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