News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2100
Brazil Keeps a Grip on Bolivia's Natural Gas Industry
- Inter Press Service
Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobrás maintains a solid and vigorous presence in natural gas production within Bolivian territory, even with the nationalisation of petroleum and gas in 2006 led by Bolivia's left-wing President Evo Morales.
UGANDA: Carbon Finance May Not Benefit Forest Communities
- Inter Press Service
Uganda has lost more than two million hectares of forest since 1990, mostly converted to farmland by a growing population of smallholders. Carbon finance through the REDD programme is often presented as one way to arrest this destruction, but only if the benefits clearly translate to the grassroots.
PERU: Mineral-Rich Highlands Lack Legal Protection
- Inter Press Service
More than 11 percent of Peruvian territory is distributed among mining concessions. Those mining blocks can include moors, river sources, and even protected natural areas.
Gender-Based Violence: 'Zimbabwe Police Officers Forget Themselves'
- Inter Press Service
Tasha Ncube* has no kind words for the police. Early last month, the 31-year-old mother of two was beaten several times by her husband over what she says were small arguments. This was the first time in a marriage that has gone for years without any such occurrence.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Lay Judges Open Up Judicial System
- Inter Press Service
It recently handed down two death sentences just a few days apart, leaving many of those against capital punishment upset. But legal experts say Japan’s lay-judge system is changing this country’s criminal justice process for the better, largely because it is making this process closer to the public.
U.S.: Federal Reserve Conjures - and Redefines - Money
- Inter Press Service
The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, essentially subsidising the federal deficit for the year.
U.S.: No Top Secrets, but Damaging Nonetheless
- Inter Press Service
While the massive dump of some 250,000 internal U.S. diplomatic communications by Wikileaks includes none marked 'top secret', their dissemination is already causing considerable embarrassment and may well inflict longer-term damage on Washington's foreign relations.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Big Steps Forward for Nascent Recycling Industry
- Inter Press Service
Waste recycling as a way to save money, create jobs and take care of the environment is finding footing in Central America, where hundreds of tonnes of paper, plastic, tyres and other products are now being marketed through innovative initiatives.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Will Year of Extremes End with a Whimper?
- Inter Press Service
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, with soaring ocean temperatures resulting in a near record die-off of tropical corals, extreme heat and drought in Russia and massive flooding in Pakistan - all signs that climate change has taken hold.
Zambia Must Fulfill Promises to Children Living With AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Less than one in four Zambian children who should be on life-saving anti-retroviral drugs is receiving them. The country planned to increase the number of children on ARVs from the present 20,000 to 120,000, but inadequate facilities pose a major stumbling block.
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