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BRICS Bank
Meeting of civil society discusses challenges for the environmental and social agenda of the New Development Bank
Migration and human rights
Organizations denounce European abuses in the UN and request support for legal reforms in South America
Partial veto of anti-terrorism law
Dilma Rousseff removes crime of condoning terrorism from the bill, but keeps other points criticized by NGOs and social movements
Interrupted road
Latin America’s biggest development bank overlooks widespread illegalities in financing of major highway project in the Amazon
Angola :: Freedom for Mavungo
Authorities in the country continue to disregard UN recommendations on activist’s detention
Honduras :: Justice for Berta Cáceres
Pressure mounts on government to investigate the murder and guarantee protection for the family of the activist
Reasons for a veto
Organizations analyze setbacks of law defining terrorism in Brazil; approved by Congress in February, the bill now awaits signature of President Dilma Rousseff
