Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1419
Women Pay for Kashmir's Water Woes
- Inter Press Service
Naseema Akhtar, 38, worries that her daily treks to collect clean water from the mountain springs around her village of Bonpora, in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, are getting longer. She is already doing more than seven km every day.
Caribbean Private Sector Lags in Exploiting EU Trade Pact
- Inter Press Service
When Europe signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the Caribbean Forum countries in 2008, the intention was to boost trade and services between the two regions.
U.S.: Forming Coalitions, Tea Party Continues to Brew
- Inter Press Service
In the three years since its inception, the Tea Party has cemented its place in U.S. politics, routinely making waves in political races of national interest. But some local Tea Party groups are beginning to run counter to the movement's narrative, building post-partisan coalitions that are both surprising and counterintuitive.
Displaced Guatemalan Peasants Demand Answers
- Inter Press Service
'We want land where we can live and grow food to feed ourselves,' said Pedro Ichich, one of several thousand indigenous farmers who marched to the Guatemalan capital to demand solutions to the ageold conflict over land.
Could Coffee Eliminate Borders?
- Inter Press Service
A diverse blend of coffee is going to pervade the city of Milan in 2015. World producers will come together to show, exchange and market their coffee in a global alliance without geographical-based membership.
The Downside of China’s Lifeline to Brazil
- Inter Press Service
Over the last decade, China has become Brazil’s main trading partner and source of foreign investment. But this apparent lifeline at a time of global crisis could actually aggravate longstanding problems faced by Latin America’s biggest economy.
Memories of Osh Violence Continue to Haunt Kyrgyz Children
- Inter Press Service
The physical damage done to Osh, the city in southern Kyrgyzstan that was engulfed in interethnic violence almost two years ago, is steadily being repaired. The psychological scars, on the other hand, may take generations to heal.
Could Mining Threaten Mongolia's Tourism Potential?
- Inter Press Service
Twenty years ago, when a Dutch cyclist named Rik Idema first passed through Mongolia on a round-the-world biking trip, the country struck him as the most pristine place he'd ever seen.
Brazil and South Africa Hit Hard by Exchange Rate Complications
- Inter Press Service
Brazil and South Africa have experienced a widespread contraction of their manufacturing industries, with the latter suffering massive unemployment as well, thanks to the rampant volatility and misalignment of dominant global currencies like the dollar, trade experts from the two countries say.
A Little Power to Some Palestinian People, For Now
- Inter Press Service
A handful of makeshift homes built from small boulders and plastic tarps and secured with thick ropes sit in the isolated community of She’b El- Buttum in the South Hebron Hills. A few metres away, several rows of solar panels and two wind turbines are affixed to the rocky hilltop, providing electricity to the village’s 150 residents.
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