News headlines for “Racism”, page 85
LITERATURE-CUBA: 'Forbidden Stories' by Sonia Rivera-Valdés
- Inter Press Service
Lázara wakes up every morning in her home in New York, has a cup of coffee and, with the same passion with which she takes a stand for or against every cause, she turns on the radio, hoping to hear the news that she has been waiting for most of her life: the demise of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
BRAZIL: Murky Finances Haunt 2014 Football World Cup
- Inter Press Service
Delays in construction to prepare for the 2014 football World Cup, to be hosted by Brazil, bring to mind the budget overruns and the secretive bidding process ahead of the Pan-American Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2007.
CUBA: Church-State Dialogue Sends 'Signals' to the World
- Inter Press Service
The talks between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government are unprecedented in several respects in this socialist island nation, and this should be taken into account by the international community, experts say.
COLOMBIA: Drug Trade's Hold on Football Persists
- Inter Press Service
Football, the most popular sport in Colombia, has been subject to heavy pressures from drug trafficking since the mid-1970s. A new study shows that the illicit trade continues to tarnish the upper echelons of this sport.
JAPAN: Left-Behind Parents Want End to Single Child Custody System
- Inter Press Service
Masako Suzuki, 50, has been fighting tooth and nail for the last six years just to gain equal custody of her son, who lives with her estranged husband.
SWAZILAND: Focus on Infants in HIV Prevention
- Inter Press Service
A proud mother, Nonhlanhla Mabuza cuddles her one-day-old baby boy, at the circumcision clinic of Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. A day after delivering her second son, Thabiso Dlamini, the 20-year-old mother is not only beaming because she has just successfully delivered her tiny little tot — her bundle of joy has just undergone male circumcision.
LATIN AMERICA: Photos a Leveller for Maids and Their Employers
- Inter Press Service
Fifty pairs of women -- maids and their employers -- from Argentina, Chile and Colombia abandoned their daily routines to pose for photographs for a project about the hierarchical relationship that unites them.
INDIA: Muslim Women Explore Opportunity in Non-Traditional Fields
- Inter Press Service
In a small, dingy and humid room inside a house in Metiabruz, a poor Muslim- dominated locality in Kolkata in eastern India, at least 20 Muslim women, aged 16 to 28, can hardly contain their enthusiasm as they talk about their aspirations and why they decided to study information technology (IT), a short-term course offered for a minimal fee by a non-government organisation operating in their area.
BRAZIL: The Football Nation Doesn't Forget Its Heroes
- Inter Press Service
Long known as 'the football nation,' Brazil today is seeking a new title: recognition as a global economic and political power -- though without denying the sport that made it famous.
Risking Life and Limb for Football in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
'Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that,' former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said. Uncomfortably close to a bald statement of fact for fans of the beautiful game in Somalia, who risk their lives to watch the World Cup unfolding in South Africa.
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