Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1316
Caracas Youth Orchestra Conquers Europe
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Oct 01 (IPS) - Venezuela’s youth orchestras have gotten used to wild applause and standing ovations in Europe.
But this time the warm reception was not for the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the most visible face of the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela (FESNOJIV), a network of youth and children’s orchestras that has put instruments and music scores in the hands of 400,000 children and young people.
Haitian Government Faces Mounting Popular Anger
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 01 (IPS) - Several thousand marchers demonstrated against Haitian President Michel Martelly on Sunday, the anniversary of a bloody coup d’état that toppled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide 21 years ago.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Brink of Collapse
- Inter Press Service
MONTEREY, California, U.S., Oct 01 (IPS) - Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is dying, and little will be left less than 10 years. More than half of the coral in the 2,300 km long reef has died over the past 27 years, according to a scientific survey released Monday.
Mexico, the End of the 'American Dream' for Child Migrants
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Oct 01 (IPS) - For many undocumented child migrants from Central America, Mexico is the end of the road in their endeavour to reach the United States, driven by economic reasons, gang violence and domestic violence.
Climate Change Hits Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct 01 (IPS) - Climate activist Wanita Limpus, from the low-lying island nation of Kiribati in the Central Pacific Ocean, says the outcome of the Rio+20 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June was a serious letdown for small, developing island states.
Doubts Linger About Caribbean-EU Trade Pact
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 01 (IPS) - P.J. Patterson, the former Jamaican prime minister, has had a long relationship with the European Union.
‘Elderly Can be Contributors, Not a Burden’
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Oct 01 (IPS) - According to popular belief, the world’s rapidly ageing societies face the risk of poverty, dementia and loneliness. But not necessarily so, says a United Nations publication unveiled in Japan Monday. Better management by governments can support a better life for the elderly, and lead them to becoming important contributors to society, it says.
Gaza Looks For Work, Not Aid
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Sep 30 (IPS) - “The overwhelming majority of people we work with tell us, 'We don't want the aid, we want to have an opportunity to work and earn money’. Especially people who had a decent job but lost it in the last many years: before asking for any aid, they ask for a job.”
East Asia Geopolitics Breeds 'Citizen Diplomacy'
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Sep 29 (IPS) - While the 40th anniversary of the normalisation of Japan-China relations passed under a dark shadow of rising tensions and bitter territorial disputes in East Asia, a strand of citizen-based diplomacy at the grassroots level is emerging in Japan as a path towards regional reconciliation.
Climate Change Takes a Bite Out of Global Food Supply
- Inter Press Service
MONTEREY, California, Sep 29 (IPS) - Humanity's ability to feed itself is in serious doubt as climate change takes hold on land in the form of droughts and extreme weather, as well as on the world's oceans.
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