News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 1995
EAST AFRICA: Women Breaking Through Trade Barriers
- Inter Press Service
For 12 years now, the women around Tsangano in Malawi’s southern district of Ntcheu have put together their tomato harvest, selling some 20 tons at the outdoor markets that abound in Lilongwe, the capital. But they have very little to show for their hard work.
COTE D'IVOIRE: Hesitant Steps Towards Normal Life
- Inter Press Service
The prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, Guillaume Soro, held his first cabinet meeting away from the Golf Hotel on Tuesday. The meeting - at the Prime Minister's Office in the Plateau d'Abidjan - was symbolic, intended to signal a return to normal life in a city that endured heavy fighting between Mar. 30 and the fall of former president Laurent Gbagbo on Apr. 11.
Q&A: ‘Common Concern, Not Common Action’
- Inter Press Service
The summit of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries showed up both the strengths and the limitations of the caucus of emerging economies, says former Indian foreign minister Shyam Saran in an interview to IPS.
CUBA: Raúl Castro Proposes Change from Within Socialist System
- Inter Press Service
Accompanied unexpectedly by Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl brought the sixth congress of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) to a close Tuesday with a call to 'change everything that should be changed,' but without abandoning the socialist path taken on Apr. 16, 1961.
Uncertain Flows the Mekong
- Inter Press Service
Countries around the lower Mekong have failed to reach a consensus on a controversial proposal that could see Laos build the first hydropower dam on this part of the vital river.
A Fair Wind for Clean Energy in Central America
- Inter Press Service
Soaring international prices for oil and gas are driving the expansion of renewable energies in Central America, a region that has plenty of untapped potential for producing hydroelectricity, wind power and geothermal energy.
Colonial-Style Land Grabbing Back on the Table
- Inter Press Service
The highly-contested Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI), a set of priorities that peasants’ collectives and food rights groups have been battling for years, are back on the table this week, as the annual Conference on Land and Poverty opened at World Bank headquarters here Monday.
CUBA: Young People Look Abroad
- Inter Press Service
While for their parents, leaving Cuba was a traumatic event because of the impossibility of returning, for younger generations, 'moving abroad' is becoming more and more of a normal decision, just another alternative for the future.
LATIN AMERICA: Lack of Prevention, Timely Treatment Make Women Vulnerable to Cancer
- Inter Press Service
In many cases, cancer is preventable, treatable and curable if detected on time. But the fate of millions of women with the disease varies enormously, depending on where they live.
Thousands Attend Syria Protesters’ Funerals
- Inter Press Service
Tens of thousands of Syrians have attended the funerals for protesters killed in the central city of Homs, chanting slogans demanding the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, the country’s president.
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