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Bicycle Use Booming in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Dic 17 (IPS) - "I ride 43 km a day and I love it," said Carlos Cantor in Bogotá, Colombia. "Five years ago I switched my car for a bike," explained Tomás Fuenzalida from Santiago, Chile.
Automation, Drones and Robots Lead to Guaranteeing Incomes for Humans
- Inter Press Service
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Dic 17 (IPS) - The debate over structural unemployment, automation and jobless economic growth began in the 1960s as car factories replaced workers with robots.
Food Security Can Come in Tiny, Wiggly Packages
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Dic 17 (IPS) - It is known as the land of copper to the outside world, but there's another c-word that does a roaring trade in Zambia, albeit locally - caterpillars.
Dam the Fish
- Inter Press Service
RATANAKIRI PROVINCE, Cambodia, Dic 17 (IPS) - "I prefer the dam to the fish," says middle-aged farmer Ton Noun, when asked his opinion on a proposed 400 megawatt dam on Sesan river near his home in northeastern Cambodia. Then he chuckles and asks, "What fish?"
U.S. Wind Industry Buffeted by Uncertainty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 17 (IPS) - The U.S. wind industry looks set to enter a period of uncertainty, with an important government subsidy expiring at the end of the month and no clear plan for lawmakers to work towards an extension.
Guantanamo Transfers Hint at Momentum Towards Closure
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 16 (IPS) - The U.S. government announced Monday it has repatriated two Saudi detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, less than two weeks after two Algerian detainees were likewise sent back to their home country.
Syria, CAR top U.N.'s Challenges for 2014
- Inter Press Service
, Dic 16 (IPS) - As the ongoing crises in some of the world's hot spots - including Syria, the Central African Republic, Mali, Libya, Palestine and Darfur, Sudan - continue unabated, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday singled out some of the biggest challenges facing the international community in 2014.
Bachelet’s Promised Reforms Could Face Uphill Struggle
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Dic 16 (IPS) - The promised structural reforms to modify the political system inherited from Chile's 1973-1990 dictatorship and reduce the severe social inequalities in the country propelled Michelle Bachelet to a resounding triumph in the Sunday Dec. 15 runoff election.
Glaring Asymmetries in Bali Accord
- Inter Press Service
BALI, Dic 16 (IPS) - As industrialised countries celebrate the World Trade Organisation's Bali accord, the developing and the least-developed countries are forced to carry their battle to another day after securing only half-baked results and grandiose promises, said several trade ministers.
An Argentine Town that ‘Celebrates’ Garbage
- Inter Press Service
BOUWER, Argentina, Dic 16 (IPS) - Towns traditionally celebrate their most characteristic aspect. So the town of Bouwer in central Argentina decided to "celebrate" garbage.
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