Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1105
U.N. Advice to Aid Worker: Write Last Will Before Leaving Home
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 18 (IPS) - When Anoja Wijeyesekera, an aid worker with the U.N. children's agency UNICEF, received her new assignment in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan back in 1997, her appointment letter arrived with a "survival manual" and chilling instructions: write your last will before leaving home.
Nuclear Energy Small but Strategic in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil, Dic 18 (IPS) - Brazil has continued to develop nuclear energy despite the costs involved and the fact that the industry will never account for more than a small portion of the country's energy production.
When NATO Leaves Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
JALALABAD,Afghanistan, Dic 18 (IPS) - Afghanistan's 30 million people are deeply divided over whether President Hamid Karzai should sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with Washington that will allow U.S. military operations to continue in the conflict-ravaged country after NATO forces leave in 2014.
Bicycle Use Booming in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Dic 17 (IPS) - "I ride 43 km a day and I love it," said Carlos Cantor in Bogotá, Colombia. "Five years ago I switched my car for a bike," explained Tomás Fuenzalida from Santiago, Chile.
Automation, Drones and Robots Lead to Guaranteeing Incomes for Humans
- Inter Press Service
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Dic 17 (IPS) - The debate over structural unemployment, automation and jobless economic growth began in the 1960s as car factories replaced workers with robots.
Food Security Can Come in Tiny, Wiggly Packages
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Dic 17 (IPS) - It is known as the land of copper to the outside world, but there's another c-word that does a roaring trade in Zambia, albeit locally - caterpillars.
Dam the Fish
- Inter Press Service
RATANAKIRI PROVINCE, Cambodia, Dic 17 (IPS) - "I prefer the dam to the fish," says middle-aged farmer Ton Noun, when asked his opinion on a proposed 400 megawatt dam on Sesan river near his home in northeastern Cambodia. Then he chuckles and asks, "What fish?"
U.S. Wind Industry Buffeted by Uncertainty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 17 (IPS) - The U.S. wind industry looks set to enter a period of uncertainty, with an important government subsidy expiring at the end of the month and no clear plan for lawmakers to work towards an extension.
Bachelet’s Promised Reforms Could Face Uphill Struggle
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Dic 16 (IPS) - The promised structural reforms to modify the political system inherited from Chile's 1973-1990 dictatorship and reduce the severe social inequalities in the country propelled Michelle Bachelet to a resounding triumph in the Sunday Dec. 15 runoff election.
Glaring Asymmetries in Bali Accord
- Inter Press Service
BALI, Dic 16 (IPS) - As industrialised countries celebrate the World Trade Organisation's Bali accord, the developing and the least-developed countries are forced to carry their battle to another day after securing only half-baked results and grandiose promises, said several trade ministers.
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