News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2012
ZIMBABWE: Backlash Against Women in Politics
- Inter Press Service
'Women in Zimbabwe are largely seen as a huge demographic to be exploited by politicians who seek our support,' says Ntombikayise Mswela. 'But when we take to the streets to demand respect and our rights from the same government we are thrown into prison.
Latin America's Gaze Increasingly Turns East
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Latin America, Washington's traditional role as 'regional hegemon' is being reevaluated as its attention focuses on the Arab Spring and an emerging commercial competitor - China - focuses on the U.S.'s backyard.
LIBYA-U.S.: Obama Speech Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
- Inter Press Service
Widely praised as an effective defence of Washington's 10-day- old military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama's speech Monday evening appears to have left several key questions about his future intentions unanswered.
GUATEMALA: Evictions of Native Families Add Fuel to Fire Over Land Acces
- Inter Press Service
'We have nowhere to plant our corn, we have nothing,' Jorge Chocoj told IPS while waiting with his wife and three children for the police to evict them from the land they farmed in northwestern Guatemala.
AUSTRALIA: Pushing Uranium Exports Despite Japanese Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Many countries view nuclear energy as a way to meet growing electricity demands without releasing large amounts of greenhouse gasses. And as a major uranium exporter, Australia is keen to capitalise on future opportunities despite the ongoing nuclear emergency at Japan’s Fukushima reactors.
Asian Group in Key Role in High-Level U.N. Elections
- Inter Press Service
The 53-member Asian Group, one of the largest regional groups in the world body, is expected to endorse the final candidates for two key positions in the organisation: the president of the next General Assembly sessions, beginning in September, and the secretary-general of the United Nations for the next five years, beginning in January 2012.
AGRICULTURE: Malawian Cotton Farmers Ecstatic Over High Prices
- Inter Press Service
An ardent listener to the radio, small-scale cotton farmer Mercy Kaduya from Chikhwawa in Nsanje in southern Malawi has just heard an item during the international news segment that cotton prices have hit a record high on the international market.
ECUADOR: Trees on Shaky Ground in Texaco’s Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
When the trunks of the trees move with every step you take, you know you are in a swamp. This is what happens when you walk over the seemingly firm and vegetation-covered ground over what was once a pit used to dump oil sludge in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest.
EL SALVADOR-HONDURAS: Forgotten People of the Border Pact
- Inter Press Service
Salvadorans who were transferred to Honduran jurisdiction following an international court decision in 1992, which settled a long-running border dispute between the two countries, are still calling for implementation of social and economic development projects needed to conquer poverty.
Women Turn Spotlight on Haiti's Silent Rape Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
Some 14 months after Haiti's earthquake, activists say there is an ongoing epidemic of rape and gender-based violence (GBV) in the country's more than 1,000 squalid displaced persons camps, where nearly a million people are still awaiting permanent housing.
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