Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1098
Impunity Stinks in Havana’s Quibú River
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 10 (IPS) - The stench hits as you walk through the door of one of the pleasant houses along the Quibú river in the Cuban capital’s Náutico neighbourhood. “The garbage piles up, it stinks, and there are even rats,†said MarÃa Angélica Suárez, a local resident who is tired of living this way.
Many Kenyan Children Miss Out on Life-Saving Drugs
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 10 (IPS) - Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, HIV-positive children can now live to adulthood. Yet a significant number of children living with HIV in Kenya will die due to delay in receiving anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), inconsistent use of ARVs or, simply, no ARVs.
Gaza Loses an Underground Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jan 10 (IPS) - The border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip used to buzz with activity until a few months back as traders brought in an array of Egyptian goods â€" from food supplies to raw material - through hundreds of tunnels.
Small-scale Organic Farming in Peru Gets a Boost
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jan 09 (IPS) - A new institution set up in Peru will strengthen small-scale organic farming, providing support to some 43,000 exporters of ecological products and another 350,000 who supply the domestic market with environmentally-friendly products.
The Virtual Doctor Will See You Now
- Inter Press Service
CHILANGA, Zambia, Jan 09 (IPS) - There are thousands of miles between Chanyanya Rural Health Clinic, a basic medical centre in Zambia's rural Kafue District with no resident doctors despite being the main centre for nearly 12,000 people, and the New York University (NYU) Teaching Hospital, one of the world's most prestigious medical schools.
Fashion Backward: Cambodian Government Silences Garment Workers
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jan 09 (IPS) - “Cambodian garment workers have two handcuffs and one weapon . One handcuff is a short-term contract . Even if they get sick, if they get pregnant they feel they have to get an abortion so they don’t lose their jobs.
Europe's Leaders Visit Athens to Celebrate Their Failure
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Jan 08 (IPS) - The start of Greece's six-month presidency of the EU was marked by a ceremony Wednesday in the Greek capital attended by the EU commissioners. But protests were banned and there was no talk about the raging controversy over the bloc's handling of the Greek debt crisis and the renewed concerns about the vitality of the Eurozone.
Islamic Party Parts With Islamists
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jan 08 (IPS) - In the city of Metlaoui in the Governorate of Gafsa, a mining region in the parched south of Tunisia, the streets are dust, filled with ruts, the skin of the men in the cracked lanes leathery brown from the heavy weather.
Hoodwinked, Jobless, and Back
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Jan 08 (IPS) - Ashik Rehman, 47, worked as a labourer in the southern Indian state of Kerala. He left for Saudi Arabia two years ago, hoping to earn enough to buy a house in his native place. Now he is back and staring at a bleak future.
Despite Legal Attacks, Conflict Minerals Ban Gets Stronger
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - Major manufacturing and business groups on Tuesday urged a court here to roll back a new U.S. regulation that would soon require major manufacturers to ensure that their global supply chains are free of minerals used to fund violence in the Great Lakes region of central Africa.
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