July 6, 2012 – July 16, 2012
The Cuban revolution in 1959 brought sweeping land reforms and social programs aimed at eradicating rural poverty. However, the agricultural policy was deeply influenced by the global trend toward industrial agriculture knows as the Green Revolution. The negative effects of the Green Revolution eventually began to show despite the social protections put in place by the Cuban government. In 1956, 56% of the population was rural. By the mid 1990s that number had dropped to just 20%.
July 13, 2012 – July 22, 2012
The 1979 Sandinista Revolution, which toppled the brutal dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, launched Nicaragua into international attention. The U.S.-backed Contra counter-revolutionary war that ensued in the eighties left the country in ruins and partly led to the Sandinista government calling for elections to cease the hostilities. Since the politically tumultuous 1970s and 1980s, life has not been easy in Nicaragua.
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July 17, 2012 – July 30, 2012
Customized Tour for the Denver Center for International Studies.
DCIS was established in 1985 as a magnet program at Denver’s West High School, School-sponsored, teacher-led trips for groups provide opportunities for students to travel all over the world. DCIS is the only Colorado member of the International Studies Schools Network, part of the Asia Society.
July 21, 2012 – July 30, 2012
Costa Rica is a study in contrasts. In the last decade Costa Rica has become an immensely popular tourism destination, known for its stunning scenery, abundant natural resources and diverse wildlife. With its extensive network of national parks, Costa Rica is at the forefront of the international conservation movement and has become synonymous with "ecotourism": socially responsible travel that theoretically conserves the environment while improving the welfare of local people.
July 21, 2012 – August 1, 2012
This is a Food Sovereignty Tour brought to you by Food First/the Institute for Food and Development Policy in partnership with Global Exchange Reality Tours. Guided by local expert guides as well as a Food First policy analyst, you will gain rare access to rural communities, local NGOs, research institutions, producers’ associations and social movements working for food and climate justice in Bolivia. You will also visit some of the most spectacular landscapes in South America…
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July 22, 2012 – July 31, 2012
August 5, 2012 – August 12, 2012
Global Exchange Reality Tours is partnering with Not For Sale to bring together aspiring individuals to travel to Thailand. Accurate statistics are difficult to compile, but it is believed that between 600,00 and 800,000 human beings are trafficked across international borders each year, 80% of them women and children.
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August 7, 2012 – August 21, 2012
August 11, 2012 – August 21, 2012
We invite you to travel to Venezuela with Global Exchange to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela, Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole. On a Global Exchange tour to Venezuela you will meet with human rights activists, rural agricultural workers, labor unions, community activists, journalists, and government officials and opposition figures, and see for yourself the unprecedented social change that is occurring at this historic time in Venezuela and the region.
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August 24, 2012 – September 7, 2012
Faith and Human Rights in former Yugoslavia
