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Brazil and China, Oiling the Wheels of Business
- Inter Press Service
China's voracious demand for energy has prompted it to embrace Brazil as a major oil partner, fuelling the dramatic expansion of Chinese companies in this South American country. But while some see this as a boost to the Brazilian economy, others fear that it poses a risk to this country’s future self-sufficiency.
OP-ED: Mass Extinctions in the Cards Absent Urgent Action
- Inter Press Service
This past Tuesday, May 22, marked World Biodiversity Day, but it came and went without too much public interest.
Targeting Right-Wing Extremism, Citizens Challenge Corporate Ties
- Inter Press Service
A coalition of advocacy groups is targeting corporate support for the right-wing Heartland Institute after the organisation took out a controversial billboard in Chicago comparing people who believe in global warming to a serial killer and mass murderer.
Dirty Money Still Untouched in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
'You don’t close down a bank by arresting the tellers.' That phrase, from Argentine expert Edgardo Buscaglia, illustrates the challenge of the fight against money coming from illegal activities in Mexico.
U.N. Chief Disappointed Over Deadlocked Rio+20 Negotiations
- Inter Press Service
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has invested heavily in the success of the upcoming U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), is publicly expressing his frustration at the lack of substantial progress on a final plan of action for a greener economy and a sustainable future worldwide.
TAJIKISTAN: Divorce Spurs Female Labour Migration
- Inter Press Service
Four years ago, Farida Hajimova's husband left Tajikistan to work in Russia. After a time, he stopped calling. Ultimately, he never returned. She was left at home in Dushanbe with two daughters and not a lot of options.
And Finally, To Vote
- Inter Press Service
As Egyptians head to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to elect the country's first post-Mubarak president, local analysts say that voting results - even on the very eve of the balloting - remain impossible to predict.
India’s Economic Growth Leaves Human Development in the Dust
- Inter Press Service
Ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India, a coalition of NGOs denounced the gap between the country’s growth rate and the rate of poverty, malnutrition and lack of health and sanitation.
Business Has to Become Sustainable, Report Says
- Inter Press Service
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Tuesday launched Changing Pace , a report detailing recommendations to share business solutions to address sustainability challenges at the B4E Conference in Berlin, Germany.
Caribbean Courts Mexico as Ally in the G20
- Inter Press Service
The Caribbean Community bloc (Caricom) is lobbying Mexico to use its influence as chair of the G20, which controls 90 percent of world trade, to promote the interests of the Caribbean and other small island developing states when it meets in June.
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