South America
South America
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HousingGovernment funding boost for Uruguayan housing co-ops
The National Housing Agency has given grants to 11 co-ops to build 409 homes, strengthening a movement that has been growing since the 1960s
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HealthEudes de Freitas elected president of the International Health Cooperative Organisation
The International Health Cooperative Organisation (IHCO) has elected Eudes de Freitas Aquino as president. Dr Aquino has been involved in the Brazilian co-operative movement for more than 30 years and is currently president of Unimed, the...
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Economy2017’s International Day of Co-operatives will celebrate inclusion
The world’s co-operators will celebrate the global movement on 1 July – and this year the theme is inclusion. The theme for the United Nations International Day of Co-operatives was chosen by the Committee for...
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AgricultureHow Fairtrade helped my fight for women’s rights
As Britain celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight, we look at the impact the movement is having around the world. Writing for Fairtrade International’s website, coffee farmer María Edy Rivera describes how working for a growers’ co-op supported by...
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EqualityWhere does the money go from the Fairtrade Premium?
Final preparations are underway for Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February – 12 March, celebrating a movement to reduce inequality for workers and producers in the developing world. And to find out just how much of a difference...
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AgricultureWorld’s first Fairtrade nut-farming co-op celebrates tenth birthday
One of the biggest Fairtrade success stories in recent years is Liberation Foods, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2017. It was founded by Twin – the Fairtrade charity famed for setting up Cafedirect and Divine Chocolate....
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AgricultureFighting for Fairtrade workers as Britain prepares for Brexit
The outcome of the EU referendum, with the UK preparing to withdraw, has already created significant uncertainty for trading partners in developing countries. To tackle this, Fairtrade organisation Traidcraft has come up with a set...
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How is Fairtrade tackling the problem of worker exploitation?
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight is themed around fighting the exploitation of small-scale farmers. But what about the workers employed by these farmers and other larger producers? Finding exploitation in your supply chain One of the...
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EqualityHow is the Fairtrade movement preparing for the future?
Since the first fair trade label was introduced in 1988, the movement has been working to improve the lives of producers around the world. But with economic uncertainty and climate change adding to the challenges ahead,...
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PoliticsColombian co-operatives continue to back the peace process
Colombia’s confederation of co-operatives (Confecoop) has launched an appeal asking its member co-ops to continue to promote peace. A referendum this month saw voters reject a peace deal between president Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of...