Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1324
Q&A: “Pacification of Favelas Not a Real Public Policy Yet”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 18 (IPS) - The “pacification” of the favelas in this Brazilian city, aimed at driving out armed groups and fighting drug trafficking, has not yet become a fully effective public policy, says Eliana Sousa Silva, who has lived in one of Rio’s shantytowns for nearly 30 years.
Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Kabul Bus
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Sep 18 (IPS) - A suicide car bomber has killed 12 people in the Afghan capital, nine of them foreigners, officials said, in an early-morning attack claimed by an armed group which said it sent a female attacker to avenge an anti-Islam film.
Little Concern for the Environment in EU-Central America Agreement
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Sep 18 (IPS) - The Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union (EU) will increase environmental and social pressures on the region, warn experts and activists. But some observers stress its potentially positive impacts.
Tractors Revolutionise Agriculture in Chad
- Inter Press Service
N’DJAMENA, Sep 18 (IPS) - Chad has more than 400,000 square kilometres of arable land, but poor rainfall and a reliance on basic agricultural techniques have left the country with a grain deficit in the past two years. The government is turning to mechanisation in a bid to improve harvests.
New Plans to Protect Nature
- Inter Press Service
JEJU, South Korea, Sep 18 (IPS) - At the close of the ten-day World Conservation Congress that ran from Sept. 6-15 on the South Korean island of Jeju, members of the convening International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) agreed on an ambitious four-year action plan for protecting global natural resources.
India Coaxes Tribal Girls Into Schools
- Inter Press Service
RAYAGADA, India, Sep 18 (IPS) - The deafening din of the lunch gong is sweet music to the 200-odd tribal girls rushing down the stairway, clutching stainless steel plates and tumblers.
Deeper CO2 Cuts Needed to Save Corals
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 18 (IPS) - Limiting climate change to two degrees C won't save most coral reefs, according to new, state-of-the-art research.
Taking Justice to the Neighbourhoods in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 17 (IPS) - The Argentine government has opened legal aid centres in slum neighbourhoods, to provide a range of services, from assistance for immigrants and victims of domestic violence to dental care services.
Companies Calculate Their Debt to Planet Earth
- Inter Press Service
JEJU, South Korea, Sep 17 (IPS) - As ravenous consumers of natural resources, companies are beginning to recognise that they owe a monetary debt to the planet, and are sharpening their pencils to calculate it.
16-Year-Old Vote on the Agenda in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 17 (IPS) - A bill that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16 is headed for approval in the Argentine Congress, in line with a reform that has already been adopted in Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador and Nicaragua, and that has begun to be debated in Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay.
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