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Ecobolsas: Work for the Homeless, with an Environmental Spin

Ecobolsas: Work for the Homeless, with an Environmental Spin

Inspired by her work in a soup kitchen, Patricia Frankel founded Ecobolsas, a project to give youths a small income whilst promoting environmental ideas.

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Shot Through the Heart: The Life and Death of René Favaloro

Shot Through the Heart: The Life and Death of René Favaloro

On the tenth anniversary of his death, Hannah Vinter looks at the life of Dr René Favaloro, the first doctor in the world to successfully perform a cardiac-bypass, who took his own life with a shot through the heart.

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Honduras One Year On: The Struggle Continues

Honduras One Year On: The Struggle Continues

Guy Tymorek investigates the polarisation and problems that still exist in Honduras one year after the coup d’état that removed democratically-elected president Manuel Zelaya from office.

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Politics

Politics

Argentine politics can be sometimes hard to understand, and reading the news is often confusing if you don’t know how the system works. The following should make things clearer and help you to better understand Argentine politics. How does democracy work in Argentina? In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head [...]

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