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Ecuador
Ecuador
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Worker co-ops23 killed in two road accidents involving transport co-ops in Ecuador
Around 40 Ecuadorians lost their lives last month due to road accidents
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AgricultureFrom farm to fruit bowl …
The El Guabo producer co-operative has a role in every step of the journey of their bananas, from leaving the ground in rural Ecuador to hitting the supermarket shelves in the UK. GROWING Ecuador, on...
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AgricultureFair Trade Farmers Are Clear: “The Small Producer Symbol is Ours!”
Rosa Guaman, Executive Director of Jambi Kiwa, an association of small medicinal herb producers in Ecuador, speaking at the Third International Gathering of the SPP “The SPP is ours!” Over and over again, this emphatic...
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Banking and Insurance
New Officers elected to the ICMIF/Americas Board
The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation / Regional Association for the Americas (ICMIF/Americas) recently elected new officers for the 2012-2013 Board of Trustees at its recent Annual Members Meeting held during the ICMIF/Americas 20th...
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Agriculture
Guess We’ll Have to Save the World Ourselves
This is the second post from Tom Hanlon-Wilde sent to us from Quito, Ecuador where he is attending the Second Annual Meeting of the Small Farmer Symbol. Small-scale Farmers Besieged by High Temperatures and Less...
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Agriculture
FARMERS RISE UP: To Quito with Great Expectations
This blog post was sent to us by Tom Hanlon-Wilde who is currently in Ecuador about to attend the Second Annual Meeting of the Small Producers Symbol. Tom is an Equal Exchange Sales Manager in...
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Credit Unions
NCGA Announces New, Limited Edition ‘International Year of Co-ops’ Chocolate Bars
news bodyIOWA CITY, IA – October 2, 2012 – Today, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) announced the launch of two new, limited edition ‘International Year of Co-ops’ chocolate bars. Made in partnership with Theo Chocolate,...
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Banking and Insurance
News from the Latin American ASSAL Conference 2012
The Association of Insurance Supervisors of Latin America, ASSAL, is an international organisation that brings together the supervisory authorities for the insurance sector in Latin America. There are 22 member countries, 20 Latin American countries...
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Worker co-opsFair Trade USA and Partners Deliver Record Impact to Farmers in 2011
Fair Trade USA, a non-profit organization and the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, recently released its 2011 Almanac, an annual publication which provides detailed information on the supply and...
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Banking and Insurance
Global events celebrate IYC 2012
On Thursday 12 January, countries around the world held events to celebrate the launch of the International Year of Co-operatives (IYC 2012). Live web casts from Ecuador, Portugal, Canada and the UK maximised the opportunity...
