Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1504
Anti-Castro Cuban Americans Fret Over Drilling Rig
- Inter Press Service
With a giant deep-water oil rig steaming slowly toward the Gulf of Mexico and the waters just off Cuba, the administration of President Barack Obama is being pushed and pulled by different interests over what, if anything, to do about it.
MALAWI: No Social Safety Nets for the Poor
- Inter Press Service
In Mbedza village, a remote rural community in southern Malawi, Fedson Feston beams an infant’s awkward smile and swings his tiny arms up towards the face of his mother. Four months old, Fedson is too young to know how lucky he is to be alive.
POPULATION-CUBA: Young People as Agents of Change
- Inter Press Service
At 19, Liz Sandra Falcón had never imagined that every decision she made could have an impact beyond her own life: not only on people close to her, but on Cuban society itself, and even — although it might seem like an exaggeration — on global tendencies.
Africa’s Free Trade Zone: A Pie in the Sky?
- Inter Press Service
African heads of state have ambitious plans to create a free trade zone, encompassing 26 countries and more than 600 million people on the continent. But economic experts warn the project is a bold step that comes with a plethora of legal, administrative and political hurdles. Others suggest the plan might be a pie in the sky.
At G20 Summit, Civil Society Demands 'People First, Not Finances'
- Inter Press Service
While the 20 heads of state of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialised and emerging countries gather in southern France to deliberate on the future of the global economy — particularly the crises unfolding in the Eurozone — pockets of activists are amassing around the summit to make their voices heard.
Antigua Partners with EU for Emergency Docking Port
- Inter Press Service
The scars on the pilings adjacent to the new Emergency Ferry Docking Facility here are still visible, graphic evidence of the devastation caused by Hurricane Luis when it hit Antigua and Barbuda in 1995.
Brazil's Health System Inspires Abroad, Frustrates at Home
- Inter Press Service
News that the government of South Africa was inspired by Brazil's health system in setting up its own universal coverage scheme might meet with scepticism in this South American country.
INDIA: Massive Digital Divide in the Land of IT
- Inter Press Service
In a remote Indian village in the Western state of Maharashtra, a fourth-grader named Suraj Balu Zore proudly told IPS that he can now effortlessly operate a laptop computer.
BALKANS: Who’s Afraid of Serbian Violins
- Inter Press Service
The path of reconciliation in former Yugoslavia has taken a musical turn, as the philharmonic orchestras of Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade team up for their first joint season since 1991.
BRAZIL: 'Occupy' Movement Rolls to Rio
- Inter Press Service
Inspired by the movement for real democracy and people's power that has spread to hundreds of cities around the world, young Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro have created their own version of 'Occupy Wall Street', dubbed 'Occupy Rio'.
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