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Uphill Struggle for Caribbean Financial Services Sector
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Nov 02 (IPS) - In the 1980's, Caribbean countries wanted to shore up their prospects of social and economic development in the coming decades, so they looked to the financial services sector to spur employment and development. They managed to develop a robust industry, particularly in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.
Hurricane Sandy Fans Flames of Climate Change Debate
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 02 (IPS) - As the East Coast deals with the havoc and devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, climate scientists are seeing yet another reason to put climate change and global warming on the current political agenda.
Young People Celebrate Reduced Voting Age
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 01 (IPS) - A new law lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 expands the political rights of young people in Argentina.
Pan-American Rights Commission Under Threat
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 01 (IPS) - Representatives of nearly 40 civil society organisations from throughout the Americas gathered here on Wednesday to express concerns with proposed changes to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Q&A: Press Ethics Under the Spotlight in the UK
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 01 (IPS) - Upheaval over a new system of press regulation, which envisages stronger government intervention in the media, is posing a growing threat to Britain's age-old press freedom and to that same freedom worldwide.
Mexico’s Homeless Are Targets of "Social Cleansing"
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 01 (IPS) - Non-governmental organisations in Mexico are presenting a complaint Friday Nov. 2 before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about government mistreatment and "social cleansing" of thousands of people living on the street in several of the country's cities.
Q&A: “Smallholder Agriculture Needs to Be Seen as a Business”
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay, Nov 01 (IPS) - The countries of the developing South should remove the barriers still faced by small-scale farmers, because smallholders play a key role in economic growth, says Carlos Seré, the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) chief development strategist.
China Invests in Central America – But Doesn’t Buy
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 01 (IPS) - From satellites to inter-oceanic canals, the most innovative or ambitious investments in Central America are coming from China - even though six of the seven countries in this sub-region do not have diplomatic ties with the Asian giant.
Foreign Farmers Undermine Food Security in Zambia
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Nov 01 (IPS) - Increased agricultural development in Zambia will actually compromise the country’s food security as peasant farmers continue to be driven off their customary land to pave the way for large-scale local and foreign agribusiness, according to the University of Zambia’s dean of the school of agriculture, Dr. Mickey Mwala.
Egypt’s Women Rebel Against Harassment
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 01 (IPS) - Egyptian bullies who sexually harass women in the streets, often taking advantage of mob situations and the anonymity these provide, are getting a taste of their own medicine - and they don’t like it.
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