Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1476
PERU: Humala Surrounds Himself with Uniforms
- Inter Press Service
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala is taking an increasingly hard-line stance against protests, and is losing important allies less than five months into his term.
GUATEMALA: Discrimination Undermines AIDS Prevention
- Inter Press Service
'At the clinic we were attended to by a woman who criticised us and only talked to us about religious questions,' says Carlos Valdez of Proyecto Unidos, an NGO in Guatemala that fights for access to HIV/AIDS prevention services by homosexuals and sex workers.
U.S.: Protestors Occupy Ports in Oakland and Beyond
- Inter Press Service
Occupy movements in Oakland, California; Portland, Oregon; and Longview, Washington claimed victory Monday when they prevented workers from loading or unloading ships at the three ports.
Q&A: ''Sustainable Development' Is Often Used Gratuitously'
- Inter Press Service
People are disillusioned with global conferences 'that mobilise thousands of people and fail to achieve real global progress' in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says Boris Graizbord, head of the sustainable development studies programme at one of Mexico's leading research universities in the social sciences
'Walk the Busan Talk'
- Inter Press Service
Women’s rights champions are not prepared to let the dust settle on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that ended in this South Korean port city on Dec. 1 with the customary nod towards gender equality and empowerment.
EUROPE: Cranes Overstay Their Welcome as Weather Grows Warmer
- Inter Press Service
Migrating flocks of cranes flying overhead are normally a harbinger of spring and autumn in Europe. But due to rising temperatures, the birds are sticking around increasingly longer in the fall before heading south.
INDIA: Kashmir Clamours for Normalcy
- Inter Press Service
As armed insurgency in India’s northern Jammu and Kashmir ebbs, the elected state government is keen to hasten a return to normalcy by easing draconian security laws and reopening movie theatres and liquor shops, banned by fundamentalist militant groups.
SOUTH AFRICA: Climate Change Affecting Fisherwomen’s Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
Having observed changes in the sea and the life cycles of the rock lobsters that their livelihoods depend on, a group of fisherwomen from the Western Cape, South Africa are calling on government to adjust fishing seasons to adapt to what they claim are climate change-related alterations.
Forging Bond Will Be Test for Co-ops and Occupy Movement
- Inter Press Service
Canadian cooperatives may grow as the global Occupy movement raises the profile of their business model through boosting interest in credit unions over traditional banks, but uncertainty remains about the degree to which the two camps will join forces from here on.
CLIMATE CHANGE-BRAZIL: Contradictory Goals in Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
Brazil aims to meet its climate change targets in agriculture by stimulating techniques that have been proven to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — but which may increase the use of toxic agrochemicals, activists say.
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