Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1191
How to Close Latin America's Rich-Poor Chasm
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 11 (IPS) - Latin American governments have increasingly been working to lessen inequality in the region, but new data suggests their efforts vary widely in quality and impact.
U.S., Malaysia Lead Worldwide "Land Grabs"
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 10 (IPS) - Africa is the main target for "land grabs" by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released Monday.
Cuba Kicks Off Cyclone Season with ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Rains
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jun 10 (IPS) - The new cyclone season in Cuba is forecast to be highly active, and it announced its arrival with intense rains that caused rivers to burst their banks and flooded extensive areas in the western province of Pinar del Río.
Q&A: Women Hardest Hit by Growing New Austerity Measures
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - The widespread financial crisis in Europe, and its negative fallout in the developing world, has triggered severe austerity measures worldwide.
Behind the Climate Finance Headlines
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Jun 10 (IPS) - Developed countries report that they delivered more than 33 billion dollars in Fast Start Finance (known as FSF), beyond the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. Recent analysis suggests that the funding delivered may have exceeded 38 billion dollars. But that is not the whole story.
Are Developing Countries Waving or Drowning?
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 10 (IPS) - More than five years since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the world economy has shown few signs of stabilising and moving towards strong and sustained growth.
Kenya’s Flower Farms No Bed of Roses
- Inter Press Service
NAIVASHA, Kenya, Jun 10 (IPS) - Catherine Mumbi knows the difficulties of working in Kenya's flower sector. She was fired as a casual worker at a flower farm after taking time off to recover from complications of the liver. But that was just the start of her problems.
Iceland Renews Push for Aluminium Plant
- Inter Press Service
REYKJAVIK, Jun 09 (IPS) - The new Icelandic government was only a day old when it announced in mid-May that it would do all it could to push ahead with the Helguvik aluminium smelter. Construction for the smelter began in in 2008 but since then has met with a variety of problems, mostly energy-related.
Making a Business Out of Water Rationing
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jun 09 (IPS) - For 61-year-old Sarah Chikwanha from water-starved Chitungwiza, a town about 25 kilometres outside Harare, Zimbabwe, there is no choice. She must buy her water from illegal water traders, whose businesses have sprung up across the country.
BOOKS: The Brothel Next Door
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 08 (IPS) - The underground sex trade is closer to our everyday world than we may think.
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