News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1099

  1. Christmas Storm Underlines Caribbean's Vulnerability

    - Inter Press Service

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jan 07 (IPS) - Guyanese President Donald Ramotar says the death and destruction caused by intense rainfall in three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries over the Christmas holidays is a sign that the region has no time to lose in fortifying its resiliance to climate change.

  2. Sawhoyamaxa Battle for Their Land in Paraguay

    - Inter Press Service

    ASUNCIÓN, Jan 07 (IPS) - The Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community in Paraguay have spent over 20 years fighting to get back their land, which they were pushed off by cattle ranchers.

  3. Breast Is Best, But Not in Swaziland

    - Inter Press Service

    MBABANE, Jan 07 (IPS) - Smiling as she breastfeeds her six-week-old baby boy, Lindiwe Dlamini, 38, is optimistic about his future.

  4. Afghans Want Justice Before Elections

    - Inter Press Service

    KABUL, Jan 07 (IPS) - Will we get justice? That is the question many Afghans are asking as their war-ravaged country heads for presidential polls in April. For, the list of candidates includes several warlords who have been accused of heinous crimes and who are yet to be brought to justice.

  5. OP-ED: Arms and Athletes in Bahrain - Al Khalifa’s Deadly Game

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 07 (IPS) - A few days ago, Bahraini officials announced that they had “foiled an attempt to smuggle explosives and arms, some made in Iran and Syria, into the country by boat.” Around the same time, the government also contended it had defused a car bomb and seized weapons in different locations in the country.

  6. Bike Paths, BRT Going Strong in Latin American Cities

    - Inter Press Service

    MEXICO CITY, Jan 06 (IPS) - Sustainable transport grew in the Latin American cities of Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro in 2013.

  7. Anti-Poaching Operation Spread Terror in Tanzania

    - Inter Press Service

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    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Jan 06 (IPS) - Ali Nyenge, a resident of Iputi ward in Tanzania's northern Ulanga District, woke up as anti-poaching security officers surrounded his home. He says they accused him of illegal hunting and in front of his 11-year-old son, made him take his clothes off, poured salt water on his body and whipped him with a cane.

  8. Best Wishes for a Less Destitute New Year

    - Inter Press Service

    BEIRUT, Jan 06 (IPS) - Over the past year more than 50,000 Palestinian refugees have fled violence, chaos and destitution in Syria to seek sanctuary in Lebanon. The vast majority have found themselves living in dire poverty, and trapped in chronically insecure existence.

  9. Women Farmers in Chile to Teach the Region Agroecology

    - Inter Press Service

    SANTIAGO, Jan 05 (IPS) - An organisation that brings together some 10,000 peasant and indigenous women from Chile is launching an agroecology institute for women campesinos, or small farmers, in South America.

  10. Women Farmers in Chile to Teach the Region Agroecology

    - Inter Press Service

    SANTIAGO, Jan 04 (IPS) - An organisation that brings together some 10,000 peasant and indigenous women from Chile is launching an agroecology institute for women campesinos, or small farmers, in South America.

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