Articles in South America

On 14 May, employees of the Graphic Cooperative MOM, former Lanci Printing, in Buenos Aires (Argentina), were “brutally evicted by the Metropolitan Police that arrested 15 of them”, according the Federation of Worker Cooperatives in Argentina, FECOOTRA. - News / América, Portada

Consider a cooperative as an opportunity of freedom. This is how 14 workers of the cooperative, de Kbrones, see it. The large majority are ex-prisoners. This cooperative began in the framework of a programme of re-integration which aimed to integrate people through cooperative work. It is the very first cooperative of its kind in Argentina and the second in South America. It is active in the sector of textiles and leather goods. This enterprise is the proof that it is possible to work to ...

Thousands of cooperatives, mutuals and associations active in the communication sector in Argentina have created COOMUNICAR, a platform that unifies the effort of those enterprises. Now, the radio stations, newspapers, televisions, printing companies, publishing houses and telecommunication agencies active in social economy will work together at a national level. The main objectives: to strengthen the participation of those companies in the communication sector, promote the values and ...

Fair World Project, Dr. Bronner’s, Alaffia, Alter Eco, Divine Chocolate, Equal Exchange, Maggie’s Organics, and Farmer Direct Cooperative have partnered with Intrepid Travel to offer consumers a change to win a 9-day fair trade adventure to Peru to get a first-hand look at fair trade projects and meet small holder farmers.  Trip highlights include visits to cacao and coffee farmers who supply Alter Eco and Equal Exchange, excursions to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and cultural highlights ...