Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1496
CUBA: Strategic Battle against Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The battle against corruption is one of the greatest challenges faced by Cuban President Raúl Castro, who began designing his strategy for preventing and combating the problem when he temporarily took office after his brother Fidel fell ill in July 2006.
Floods Leave Thai Economy Gasping
- Inter Press Service
No guns are needed in this battle. Only the muscle of Thai soldiers defending a sprawling industrial estate on the eastern end of this city from an advancing enemy - flood waters.
/CORRECTION/*Italy's New Cabinet - Politics without Politicians*
- Inter Press Service
Of the 12 ministers nominated Wednesday by Italy's premier-designate Mario Monti, not one is a politician.
Italy's New Cabinet - Politics without Politicians
- Inter Press Service
Of the 12 ministers nominated Wednesday by Italy’s premier-designate Mario Monti, not one is a politician.
GUATEMALA: Incoming Government Has Its Job Cut Out
- Inter Press Service
One of the highest poverty levels in Latin America, one of the highest murder rates in the world, and much-needed political and tax reforms are some of the pressing challenges that will face Guatemalan president-elect Otto Pérez Molina.
Microcredit - Women Demand More Than Incomes
- Inter Press Service
Microcredit can help a woman to have an income. It can, for better or worse, also transform gender equations in the public and private spheres.
CHINA: Only Business Occupies Shanghai
- Inter Press Service
As China's financial centre and a pinnacle of domestic wealth, Shanghai could have been in the forefront of a home-grown movement against income disparity of the like sweeping New York's Wall Street and London's City.
MALAWI: Painkillers Prescribed for Malaria Amid Drug Shortage
- Inter Press Service
Malawi is experiencing a drug shortage as the country’s international donors remain reluctant to release aid meant for the health sector.
CARIBBEAN: Cuba Shares Its Experiences in Agroecology
- Inter Press Service
Farmers and experts on agriculture from Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique are touring fields in Cuba this week, along with local colleagues, to exchange experiences to foment ecological fruit growing on Caribbean islands.
CLIMATE CHANGE: A Rising Sea Threatens Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
As world leaders gear up to spend the coming weeks in South Africa haggling over economically bearable cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is already exacerbating environmental conditions and threatening the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Pacific Islanders.
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