Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1037
U.S.-Colombia Labour Rights Plan Falls Short
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 09 (IPS) - Three years after Colombia agreed to U.S. demands to better protect labour rights and activists, a "Labour Plan of Action" (LPA) drawn up by the two nations is showing mixed results at best, according to U.S. officials and union and rights activists from both countries.
Colombia’s Breadbasket Feels the Pinch of Free Trade
- Inter Press Service
IBAGUÉ, Colombia, Apr 08 (IPS) - "Things are getting worse and worse," Enrique Muñoz, a 67-year-old farmer from the municipality of Cajamarca in the central Colombian department of Tolima, once known as the country's breadbasket, said sadly.
In Eastern Caribbean, Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold
- Inter Press Service
MERO, Dominica, Apr 08 (IPS) - Christmas 2013 was the most "dreary and depressing" Don Corriette can remember in a very long time.
To Tell or Not to Tell? Ugandan Teens Grapple with HIV Disclosure
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Silence is golden, it is said. But not for Ugandan Constance Nansamba*, who paid a dear price for keeping silent about being HIV positive and pregnant at age 18.
IFC-Negotiated Privately Run Hospital Sapping Lesotho Budget
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 07 (IPS) - The world's first hospital to be built and run in a developing country under a public-private partnership is taking up more than half of the health budget in Lesotho, according to new estimates, diverting resources from populations outside of the capital.
Mercury Still on the Loose in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 07 (IPS) - Latin America is not taking the new global agreement to limit mercury emissions seriously: the hazardous metal is still widely used and smuggled in artisanal gold mining and is released by the fossil fuel industry.
As Planet Warms, Clean Energy Investments Take a Dive
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 07 (IPS) - Policy uncertainty and plummeting solar prices led to a 14-percent decrease in investment in renewable energy in 2013, according to a report released Monday.
Going Green Without Sinking into the Red
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Apr 07 (IPS) - Most Caribbean countries are famous for their sun, sand and warm sea breezes. Far fewer are known for their wide use of solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy.
On 20th Anniversary of Genocide, Rwanda’s Women Lead
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 07 (IPS) - When Rwandan Member of Parliament Veneranda Nyirahirwa was just a girl, she wasn't allowed to attend secondary school because of her ethnicity.
Taliban Provokes New Hunger for Education
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 07 (IPS) - Following scattered defiance of the Taliban earlier, a new wave of students is now heading for education in schools and colleges across the troubled north of Pakistan.
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