Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1463
EL SALVADOR: Twenty Years of Peace Fail to Bring Prosperity
- Inter Press Service
Two decades after the signing of the Peace Accords, together with the social commitments they contained, El Salvador's levels of poverty and violence are so high that academic and social leaders are proposing new accords to overcome the crisis.
INDIA: The Tribal Show Goes On
- Inter Press Service
In the eastern city Kolkata, a tourist just back from a holiday in India’s Andaman islands last week boasts he threw bananas to Jarawa tribe members and secretly photographed them when their car passed through a jungle.
HUNGARY: Civil Society Steps in as Opposition
- Inter Press Service
The massive overhaul of Hungary’s political system by the conservative Fidesz party is raising fears the country’s days as a liberal democracy may be numbered. With opposition parties powerless, it is civil society that has awakened to support a more participatory democracy.
CHINA: Building a Cultural Front Against the West
- Inter Press Service
President Hu Jintao of China made headlines in the early days of the new year saying China and the West were engaged in an escalating culture war, and calling on Chinese people to strengthen cultural production to defend themselves against the assault.
INDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
As the amount of protected forest dwindles rapidly in India, indigenous groups and wildlife find themselves living cheek to jowl in an increasingly contested space.
DEVELOPMENT: France Steps Forward With Robin Hood Tax
- Inter Press Service
The decision by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to push ahead with a financial transactions tax (FTT) may be a political ploy ahead of elections, but it has the approval of many non-governmental organisations, even as support lags elsewhere.
Iran's Relations with Latin America Less Than Meets the Eye
- Inter Press Service
Its economy hurting from sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been making a show of bolstering its ties to Latin America, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this past week making his sixth official visit to the region since taking office in 2005.
Egypt Follows Israel, Eyeing U.S. Aid Without Pre-Conditions
- Inter Press Service
The United States, the largest provider of military aid to Israel, has rarely, if ever, succeeded in using its leverage to get the Jewish state to abandon its continued repression of Palestinians or halt illegal settlements in occupied territories.
EUROPE: Berlin Urged to End Austerity Measures
- Inter Press Service
Bolstered by Germany’s strong economy, Berlin has become the unofficial capital of the battered European monetary union.
GUATEMALA: For the Maya, the World Isn't Ending — the Environment Is
- Inter Press Service
The end of the Maya long-count calendar does not predict a global catastrophe, let alone the end of the world, say native activists and elders who spoke to IPS in Guatemala. But what are coming to an end are the world's natural resources, as a result of human activity, they warn.
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