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ECUADOR: Seven Foreign Oil Companies to Pull Out
- Inter Press Service
Seven of the 16 foreign oil companies operating in Ecuador have decided to pull out of the country in disagreement with a reformed oil law that turned the firms into providers of services to which the government will pay a fixed tariff for operating the fields.
GUATEMALA: High Staple Food Prices Drive Up Hunger
- Inter Press Service
The rise in prices of corn, beans and other staple foods, driven up by damages to crops caused by extreme weather events, is making it even harder for the poor to afford a basic diet in Guatemala, which has the highest rate of child malnutrition in Latin America.
CUBA: Shock at Deaths and Corruption in Psychiatric Hospital
- Inter Press Service
The trial of staff at the Havana Psychiatric Hospital for the deaths of 26 patients who died of cold and neglect revealed a dark chapter in an institution that was once a shining symbol of Cuba's much lauded health care system, and drew reactions of shock and criticism.
PHILIPPINES: ‘Wanted, Full-Time Mothers’
- Inter Press Service
It’s definitely not your typical job advertisement. 'Wanted: Mothers; must be mature, strong and stable, self-confident, humorous and know how to cook; must have a positive and cheerful attitude towards life; must be willing to work as a full-time mother for the long term.'
Report Condemns Widespread Tolerance for Torturers
- Inter Press Service
The international community - from Western authorities to Southern powers - lacks courage and hides behind 'soft diplomacy' in confronting human rights abusers, a leading rights group accuses in a 649-page world report released Monday.
Cracking the Donor Discourse on Haiti
- Inter Press Service
In her remarks last week to the president of the U.N. Security Council on the first anniversary of Haiti's earthquake, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice called for a free and fair election that reflected the views of Haitian voters, applauded the work of the U.N. Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and declared that the 'prospects for rebuilding Haiti depend upon maintaining a secure environment and creating jobs for Haitians'.
ECUADOR: Migrants Uprooted Twice
- Inter Press Service
Ecuadorean immigrants have been put in an even more vulnerable position by the lingering economic crisis in the industrialised world, especially in Spain and the United States, the main destinations for migrants from Latin America.
COTE D’IVOIRE: Protecting Public Health Despite Political Impasse
- Inter Press Service
The political stand-off between Alassane Ouattara, certified by the United Nations as winner of Nov. 28 elections, and the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to step down, is stretching into its eighth week.
EU Hosts Uzbek Dictator
- Inter Press Service
In what appalled human rights defenders have described as an episode of 'shame and discredit' for the European Union, Brussels played host to one of the world’s worst dictators Monday.
Should U.N. Chief's Public Pronouncements Be Copyrighted?
- Inter Press Service
When the secretary-general of the United Nations issues a key policy statement, holds a news conference or simply makes off- the-cuff remarks to the press corps, they traditionally remain in the public domain.
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