News headlines for “Racism”, page 115
CHILE: Dakar Rally Left Trail of Archaeological Damages
- Inter Press Service
The Dakar rally, held this year for the first time in Chile and Argentina, caused severe damage to archaeological sites in northern Chile, according to a report by the Council on National Monuments.
PARAGUAY: Dance Helps Disabled Kids Leap Barriers
- Inter Press Service
Nicolás, a 14-year-old disabled boy, was finally able to open up and begin expressing himself thanks to Open Wings, a project in Paraguay that uses modern dance as a tool to help youngsters with disabilities develop on both the physical and psychological level.
CUBA: Following the Trail of a Woman Who Lived as a Man
- Inter Press Service
When Cuban historian and anthropologist Julio César González and his Spanish friend Alberto Góngora Sanz arrived at the birthplace of Swiss physician Enriqueta Favez, in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, their joy at finally reaching their destination was so great that they broke into tears and dropped to the ground in the square across the street from her house.
MEDIA-ASIA: Editorial Cartoonists Turn to Pens and Mice
- Inter Press Service
Against the backdrop of challenges ranging from the global financial crunch to the popularity of new media, editorial cartoonists are drawing up ways to be creative in more ways than one.
CULTURE-AUSTRALIA: Film on ‘Slavery’ Ignites Controversy
- Inter Press Service
‘Stolen’, an Australian documentary film that premiered at the Sydney Film Festival last month, has ignited a controversy with its claims on slavery in the refugee camps of Western Sahara. The main protagonist has denounced the film for her portrayal as a 'slave’, but the filmmakers say they stand by their version of the story 'one hundred per cent'.
RIGHTS-SOUTH AFRICA: When the Goal is Peace
- Inter Press Service
Delivering his first state of the nation address in June 2009, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma described sport as 'a unifying force' that people must use to live together. A social soccer club in Cape Town's informal settlement of Masiphumelele is taking his challenge seriously: Kanana Football Club has recruited foreigners as a gesture of goodwill and harmony.
EUROPE: Not the Language to Speak
- Inter Press Service
A controversial new law on foreign languages in Slovakia branded discriminatory and totalitarian by critics is fuelling tensions and destroying trust between Slovaks and ethnic Hungarians, political analysts have warned.
Q&A: 'My Boyfriend Insisted I Quit Dancing, My Answer was No'
- Inter Press Service
She has had to change her name, sever links with her family and boyfriend, and even move cities because of male stalkers in the Bahraini capital. But no 'sacrifice' is too much in the pursuit of her dream for Tufaha, just 24.
CHILE: Home Truths About the Dictator and His Family?
- Inter Press Service
'La Familia. Historia privada de los Pinochet' (The Family: Private History of the Pinochets), a book that delves into the personal life of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and his immediate family, has had a mixed reception in this country and in Ecuador, where a man claiming to be his illegitimate son may soon identify himself.
ARGENTINA: Women Writers Who Break the Mould
- Inter Press Service
An Argentine woman’s first novel, narrated by a character that eludes female literary stereotypes, has surprisingly met with some nasty sexist comments from spheres where such biases were previously unheard of, such as literary criticism and sophisticated readership.
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