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Displaced Guatemalan Peasants Demand Answers
- Inter Press Service
'We want land where we can live and grow food to feed ourselves,' said Pedro Ichich, one of several thousand indigenous farmers who marched to the Guatemalan capital to demand solutions to the ageold conflict over land.
Could Coffee Eliminate Borders?
- Inter Press Service
A diverse blend of coffee is going to pervade the city of Milan in 2015. World producers will come together to show, exchange and market their coffee in a global alliance without geographical-based membership.
Regional Leaders Give Mali Junta Three Days to Step Down
- Inter Press Service
West African heads of state meeting in Côte d'Ivoire have given Mali's military junta three days to restore constitutional order and step down — or face a range of diplomatic and economic sanctions.
The Downside of China’s Lifeline to Brazil
- Inter Press Service
Over the last decade, China has become Brazil’s main trading partner and source of foreign investment. But this apparent lifeline at a time of global crisis could actually aggravate longstanding problems faced by Latin America’s biggest economy.
Memories of Osh Violence Continue to Haunt Kyrgyz Children
- Inter Press Service
The physical damage done to Osh, the city in southern Kyrgyzstan that was engulfed in interethnic violence almost two years ago, is steadily being repaired. The psychological scars, on the other hand, may take generations to heal.
Could Mining Threaten Mongolia's Tourism Potential?
- Inter Press Service
Twenty years ago, when a Dutch cyclist named Rik Idema first passed through Mongolia on a round-the-world biking trip, the country struck him as the most pristine place he'd ever seen.
Brazil and South Africa Hit Hard by Exchange Rate Complications
- Inter Press Service
Brazil and South Africa have experienced a widespread contraction of their manufacturing industries, with the latter suffering massive unemployment as well, thanks to the rampant volatility and misalignment of dominant global currencies like the dollar, trade experts from the two countries say.
Norwegians Rebuked for Straying from Nobel Founder'’s Peace Vision
- Inter Press Service
A public authority in Sweden recently issued orders that the Stockholm-based Nobel Foundation must rein in and discipline the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee, which is tasked with selecting the Nobel peace laureates, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl, Norwegian lawyer and author.
Give Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance a Chance
- Inter Press Service
We are two women and mothers ­one Irish and one American­ who have experienced the loss of children in our families to the senseless violence of war. We hope that none of you will experience such pain, write Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire whose sister Anne lost three of her children to the fighting in Northern Ireland and Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son, Casey to the Iraq war. Both started antiwar movements in their communities.
The Paradox of the Nuclear Age
- Inter Press Service
Climate change and nuclear war are the two most serious threats to human security and planetary survival. Governments are addressing the causes of climate change and the prevention of nuclear war, but political will to reduce greenhouse gases and eradicate nuclear weapons needs to be further strengthened. Climate change is now visible and palpable, but the threat of nuclear war remains relatively abstract and unperceived among some complacent world leaders, despite the presence of thousands of nuclear weapons in a world that still resolves conflict by going to war, writes Ronald McCoy, founder president of Malaysian Physicians for Social Responsibility and past co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.
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