Who are we?
Tierramérica is a specialized information service on environment
and development, produced by the international news agency, IPS
(Inter Press Service).
The multimedia presence of Tierramérica includes a weekly
page published in a network of 20 newspapers and selected news broadcast
by 400 radio stations in 10 countries throughout Latin America.
Tierramérica news, reports and interviews are published weekly
on its website, www.tierramerica.net, in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Tierramérica serves as a space for debate, drawing a wide
range of social actors from Latin America and the world. Its editorial
board includes Carlos Fuentes, José Roberto Marinho, Rigoberta
Menchú, Maurice Strong, Elena Poniatowska and César
Gaviria, among other personalities.
The project is sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The World
Bank (WB).
The history of Tierramérica began in 1995. In its first
phase the project produced a bi-monthly supplement distributed by
12 newspapers in 11 countries, achieving a circulation of one million.
With its attractive design, Tierramérica received the award
for excellence of The Society of Newspaper Design in 1996.
Since 2000, the weekly print edition of Tierramérica is
published in newspapers and magazines in Belize, Brazil, Bolivia,
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, United States, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
The Tierramérica Administrative Board includes the UNEP,
UNDP, WB and IPS.
Tierramérica's general and technology headquarters are located
in Uruguay, while editorial coordination is based in Mexico, with
Internet, radio and Portuguese edition based in Chile, Venezuela
and Brazil, respectively.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Tierramérica's Editorial Board is made up of Nobel laureates,
former presidents, renowned writers, scientists, indigenous leaders,
musicians, athletes, and other notable international personalities:
> PATRICIO AYLWIN - former president of Chile.
> MANUEL ARANGO - Mexican business executive.
> KLAUS TOPFER - Executive Director of the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP).
> MIGUEL DE LA MADRID - former president of Mexico.
> ROBERTO FONTANARROSA - Argentine cartoonist.
> CARLOS FUENTES - Mexican author.
> YOLANDA KAKABADSE - president of the World Conservation Union
(IUCN).
> EDUARDO GALEANO - Uruguayan author.
> CÉSAR GAVIRIA OAS Secretary-General.
> MARK MALLOCH BROWN - Administrator of the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP).
> OSVALDO HURTADO - former president of Ecuador
> JORGE ILLUECA - former president of Panama
> JOSÉ ROBERTO MARINHO - director of Globo Television
(Brazil)
> MARGARITA MARINO DE BOTERO - president of Colegio Verde (Colombia)
> HUMBERTO MATURANA - Chilean scientist.
> MANFRED MAX NEEF - winner of alternative Nobel for Economy.
> RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ - Nobel Peace laureate.
> JAVIER PÉREZ DE CUÉLLAR - former United Nations
Secretary-General.
> ELENA PONIATOWSKA - Mexican author.
> SILVIO RODRÍGUEZ - Cuban singer-songwriter.
> ROBERTO SAVIO - president emeritus of IPS.
> MAURICE STRONG - president of the Earth Council.
> MARCOS TERENA - Yanomami indigenous leader.
> RONALDO - Brazilian football player and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
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