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Cuba: Emerging from the crisis
After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
Oxfam in Cuba
After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
Environmental activists receive death threats
In Guatemala, a deep-rooted culture of violence limits debate about mining and the environment.
"We are united"
An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land.
From Cancun to Miami
The FTAA Threat to Development in the Hemisphere
Grounds for Change
Market volatility and declining terms of trade, along with inadequate access to infrastructure, financial resources, and market information, put sustainable ...
Field Report from El Salvador
Smart Development in Practice Series
Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.
Rethinking culture: changing practices and proverbs in Oromiya
Early rains reveal vulnerability of many communities in El Salvador
The rainy season has only just begun and El Salvador is already mourning its first landslide victims.
Congressional Testimony: The Implementation of DR-CAFTA
A Raw Deal for Rice Under DR-CAFTA
OXFAMExchange Spring 2002
Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
OXFAMExchange Winter 2003
Mary Robinson on human rights, functional literacy in West Africa, and saving the family farm
OXFAMExchange Spring 2003
Red Tomato, ethnic discrimination and the Mayan defense, clearing landmines in Afghanistan, and community radio breathes life into democracy in Senegal
OXFAMExchange Fall 2003
Ross Gelbspan on Climate Change, The Fast for a World Harvest Turns 30, Hurricane Mitch Five Years Later
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves.
Oxfam America partner Dr. Juan Almendares receives humanitarian award
"My greatest inspiration was my mother...When I graduated from the university, I had three callings: To work on behalf of the poor, to educate, and to dedicate ...
On the front lines of climate change: Nicaragua's Miskitos people
Central America's Miskitos Indians have been living in harmony with their remote jungle environment for centuries, but now they are falling victim to greater ...
New laws and new-found respect for women in Mozambique
Legal reforms help widows provide for their children, and will change the status of women.
Interview: Victor Campos
Victor Campos, 46, a civil engineer specializing in environmental issues, works for Centro Alexandro Von Humboldt, an Oxfam partner from Nicaragua.
Interview: Mario Rodriguez
Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala.
Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.
In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
Holding onto the mangroves
In some areas around Acajutla, El Salvador, mangrove forests have been severely reduced—replaced by fill and the simple homes of some of the country's poorest ...
Guardians of culture hold key to change
Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society.
Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence.
Dream of rights for women
The vision of equity drives new effort to defend rights and defeat HIV/AIDS.
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