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Honduran President Puts “Tigers” on the Streets
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Aug 07 (IPS) - The Honduran government’s plan to create a new rapid response police force, as part of a strategy to militarise the fight against crime, is dangerously vague, experts say.
DRC Conflict Worsens, Oxfam Warns
- Inter Press Service
Swapping Trash for Fresh Produce in Mexico City
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 07 (IPS) - Isabel Becerril has come with some friends to the “barter market” in the Mexican capital, to exchange 40 kgs of recyclable refuse for fresh produce, sweets and plants. “This is the first time I have come here, and I like it,” the university student tells IPS, with her ecological bag in hand.
Honduran President Puts “Tigers” on the Streets
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Aug 07 (IPS) - The Honduran government’s plan to create a new rapid response police force, as part of a strategy to militarise the fight against crime, is dangerously vague, experts say.
Cuban Intellectuals Discuss the Transformation of the Public Sphere
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 06 (IPS) - On discussion panels, by email and in the blogosphere, Cuban intellectuals are speaking out to bring a critical perspective and propose roads forward to national development. And they increasingly seem to be including the transformation of public space as one of their goals.
How a Gay Rights Maverick Helped Topple Iceland's Govt
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 06 (IPS) - By the time the political climate in Iceland was ripe for the Cutlery Revolution, Hörður Torfason was already well practiced at stirring things up.
Mexicans Migrate – Body and Soul
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 06 (IPS) - Sergio Guerrero immigrated to the United States without documents in 2006 and returned to Mexico in 2010, converted to another religious faith. “I was Catholic, and there I met a lot of evangelicals, so I was reborn in Christ,” the 31-year-old father of three told IPS.
Native Peoples Take on Threadbare Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 06 (IPS) - With the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples coming up on Thursday, native communities are increasingly using media to challenge a legacy of stereotypes.
High-Level Defections, Escalating Violence Mark New Phase of Syrian Uprising
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (IPS) - As government security forces continue a week-long siege of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, high-ranking Syrian officials have begun to defect from the regime in record numbers.
DRC Farmers Reap Benefits of Soil Fertility
- Inter Press Service
BUKAVU, RD Congo, Aug 06 (IPS) - Just two years ago, rice farmers on the Ruzizi plain in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo were content to harvest 2.5 tonnes of rice per hectare. The adoption of new techniques has seen their output rise to between six and eight tonnes, with smallholder farmers also increasing their local market share.
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