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David Rowe talks about a revolutionary concept to provide a cheap (virtually free) digital telephony netwwork for remote communities in Timor Leste

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Ricardo Salgado talks about the significance of the results of the Rio Summit to his own country Honduras. He also elaborates on the growing rate of Human Rights violations under the new 'President' Porfirio Lobo, disguised by a new technique of selective assassinations and terrorisation.

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Mariela Castro habla con Julie Webb sobre su tarea como directora del Centro de Educacion Sexual en Cuba. En Cuba se han desarollado programas para mejorar los derechos de los 'lesbi-gay' incluso el derecho de convivir legalmente como pareja. Tambien han desarollado programas de salud y educacion y un 'hotline' para los afectados por la SIDA.

(Mariela Castro talks to Julie Webb in this fascinating interview about the latest developments in sexual education in Cuba which recognises the lesbi-gay community and certain rights. Mariela is the Director of the Centre for Sex Education in Cuba. Julie Webb is a correspondent for the on line magazine Scoop).

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Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.

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Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.

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Alexis Stamboulis of CISPES brings us the latest developments on the anti-mining actions in El Salvador, that in the past have resulted in deaths and political assassinations and intimidation of local communities. But it seems that a new government in El Salvador may be turning the tables, in spite of pressures from international institutions favoring the multi-national mining corporations.

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Victor Marillanca, representative of the Chilean Socialist Party in Australia discusses the somewhat paradoxical results of the Chilean elections last January. The Chilean Socialist party lost to a right wing President, yet there is strong representation and recognition by the new government of representatives with strongly held left wing views, which could lead to interesting developments in the relations between Chile and the other Latin American nations.

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Victor Marillanca, represenante del Partido Socialista de Chile en Australia habla sobre los resultos paradojicos de las elecciones de Chile en Enero, con un Presidente derechista, pero unos fuertes representantes de la izquierda  - una bancada que puede resultar bien interesante en la region del Cono Sur.