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Favelas - the Football in the Run-Up to Brazil's World Cup
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 12 (IPS) - Opinions are divided in Morro da Providência, Brazil's oldest favela, over construction works for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. While some residents are optimistic about the improvements that lie ahead, others point out that hundreds of dwellings will be demolished.
Outrage Over Acquittal in Argentine Sex Trafficking Case
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 12 (IPS) - The courtroom broke out in angry shouts and cries when judges in Argentina unexpectedly acquitted 13 defendants accused of kidnapping a young woman and forcing her into prostitution in 2002.
Dreams of a ‘Green Utopia’ Wither in the Maghreb
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Dic 12 (IPS) - When the Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII), an alliance of 21 major European corporations, first unveiled plans to install a network of solar thermal, photovoltaic, and wind plants across the North African Maghreb region to generate electricity, the project was greeted as a ‘green utopia'.
Native Communities in Peru Take Charge of Environmental Monitoring
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 12 (IPS) - At the end of every month, with the skill of an environmental engineer, Wilson Sandi prepares a work plan that will be used by Achuar indigenous people, like him, to document the scars left by 40 years of oil drilling in the Peruvian Amazon region of Loreto.
Changing the Game to Achieve Nuclear Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Dic 12 (IPS) - Twenty-five years ago, on Dec. 8, presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. This historic agreement eliminated a modern class of land-based "theatre" weapons - the SS20s, cruise and Pershing missiles - that had been brought into Europe in the early 1980s.
No Basic Services for Oil Country
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Dic 12 (IPS) - South Sudan may have received slightly more than 10 billion dollars in oil revenue from 2005 to January 2012, when oil production shut down, according to both government officials and the World Bank.
Q&A: The Challenges of Women's Empowerment and Equality
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 12 (IPS) - Today, approximately 125 countries have laws that penalise domestic violence - a great advance from a decade ago. Yet 603 million women around the world still live in countries where domestic violence is not a crime, and up to seven in ten women are targeted for physical or sexual violence, or both.
White House Defends Low-Key Stance on Rwanda, Congo
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 11 (IPS) - President Barack Obama's top diplomat on African affairs on Tuesday defended the U.S. administration's response to the continued crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the face of stepped up criticism from both civil society and U.S. lawmakers.
Tunisia Gears Up to Host World Social Forum
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Dic 11 (IPS) - Following in the wake of the wave of revolutions dubbed the âArab Spring', which originated here nearly two years ago, North Africa is gearing up to host the World Social Forum (WSF) for the first time.
Crisis Hits Spain’s Roma Hard
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Dic 11 (IPS) - Daniel introduces himself as a "gypsy and guitarist," Francisco José wants to become a doctor, Yomara timidly says she likes to cook, and María has no idea what she wants to study.
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