Peru's government plans to overturn controversial land laws that led to deadly fighting between police and Amazon tribes this month.
Those clashes exacerbated tensions between Peru and neighbouring Bolivia whose indigenous president, Evo Morales, accused the Peruvian government of genocide against tribal protesters. Craig Mauro reports.
Source: Al Jazeera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4uLi10EC0A
The UN says that at least 42 million people have fled their homes last year because of conflict or persecution.
Mexico is considered to have one of the most open refugee policies and as a result it has become a popular destination for many Haitians who fled their country.
But as Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez discovered, despite government help many are facing economic hardship and discrimination.
Source: Al Jazeera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyqfwbYjEs
Filmmaker Rodrigo Vazquez spent three years following Evo Morales, from his presidential campaign through the years of bitter struggle for constitutional and economic reform in Bolivia.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Source: Al Jazeera's Witness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFvcGyRlnQw Al Jazeera's Witness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRh4Jxncgs Al Jazeera's Witness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2gAP8gzyXc Al Jazeera's Witness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns7lkJNboag
Parts of Peru's Amazon jungle are being cleared in order to produce cocaine. Over 3 million hectares of forest have been destroyed to grow coca, the crop used to make cocaine.
Peruvian soldiers try to stop the spread of cocaine labs, but such efforts are met with mixed results. Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports.
Source: Al Jazeera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gh_9hrkkG0
The UN has warned that the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, but said the world was better prepared than ever to deal with the threat. Is the threat as serious as it may seem? Is this the pandemic that could wipe out half the world's population? Or is it a world wide panic exacerbated by the media?
Source: Al Jazeera's Inside Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7qA_DqwmJ8
Mexico's president Felipe Calderon has called on the country to remain calm amid a flu outbreak that has killed at least 20 people.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the outbreak is a "public health emergency of international concern".
The government has now clarified a decree giving health officials legal authority to isolate patients and inspect homes in order to curb the virus' spread. From Mexico City, Franc Contreras reports.
Source: Al Jazeera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1IMJfOPgjQ
Bravenet Blog 
Blog Community
Get a Free Blog
Manage your Blog
bravenet.com