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Surviving the Sexist Genocide in Guatemala
- Inter Press Service
'He would punch my head all the time, pull my hair, smack and kick me. And he would make me wear long sleeves to hide the bruises; even on my wedding day I had a black and blue mark on my arm,' Heidi Velásquez told IPS in Guatemala.
AFRICA: Swaziland in Crisis as Customs Union Revenue Is Slashed
- Inter Press Service
Apart from the looming job losses in Swaziland’s public sector, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have also warned of retrenchments following the government’s decision to suspend procurement from small businesses.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Together Against the Rising Water
- Inter Press Service
A decade after heavy floods wrecked havoc in Southern Africa, the region is better prepared to monitor and respond to seasonal flooding. This is thanks as much to the growing strength of transboundary institutions as it is to technical improvements.
Q&A: Revolutions Are Not Widgets
- Inter Press Service
Behind the headlines of mass social forums and violent protests, fighting oppression and changing the world requires sustained grassroots action, according to Kenyan social justice activist Onyango Oloo.
EGYPT: Mubarak’s Fate in Military Hands
- Inter Press Service
Make no mistake about it - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will stay in power only as long as his army generals deem it to be in their best interest.
SUDAN: Rights Groups Fear Quid Pro Quo for Peaceful Transition
- Inter Press Service
Amid renewed pockets of unrest throughout Sudan and continuing violence in Darfur, government officials in Khartoum announced Monday that a whopping 98.83 percent of southern voters — numbering more than 3.8 million in a country of over 42.3 million — cast their ballots in favour of secession during last month's highly anticipated referendum.
No More Immunity for George W. Bush — Abroad, at Least
- Inter Press Service
Former U.S. President George W. Bush may have mostly vanished from the headlines since January 2009, but the alleged crimes committed by his administration are not forgotten.
COLOMBIA: Increasingly Broad Social Movements Fight Mining
- Inter Press Service
Social mobilisation against gold-mining is growing in Colombia, which is now one of the world's biggest per capita polluters of mercury, used in artisanal mining, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).
Forest Fest Makes Headway in Protection, Poverty Reduction
- Inter Press Service
Political leaders have committed to ramping up restoration of the world's forests and tackling poverty in forest communities as part of pledges made at the ninth session Forum on Forests, which wrapped up at the United Nations headquarters in New York last week.
MEXICO: 'They Don't Want Their Town to Vanish' - Underwater
- Inter Press Service
The people of three towns that would be flooded by the El Zapotillo dam to be built in the western Mexican state of Jalisco have refused to be relocated and are fighting to save their homes.
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