Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 390
Thaw with United States Will Put Cuba’s Agroecology to the Test
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA/LA PALMA, Mar 30 (IPS) - The United States has indicated a clear interest in buying organic produce from Cuba as soon as that is made possible by the ongoing normalisation of ties between the two countries. But farmers and others involved in the agroecological sector warn that when the day arrives, they might not be ready.
World Bank Reinvents Tainted Aid Program for Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
OAKLAND, Mar 29 (IPS) - I was taught that responsibility means admitting your mistakes and being accountable when you make a mistake. I still believe this to be true for individuals and institutions. So when a powerful group like the World Bank makes a mistake, I expect it to be accountable for its wrong-doings, and to do everything possible to make sure those mistakes don't happen again.
The Rise of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the Extractive Sectors
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 28 (IPS) - African countries have been active in concluding international investment treaties. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), as of end 2013, 793 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have been concluded by African countries, representing 27% of the total number of (BITs) worldwide.
Need for an Urgent Revision to Bond Contracts and a Debt Workout Mechanism
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 27 (IPS) - Argentina signed an agreement in principle on 29 February 2016 with four "super holdout" hedge funds including NML Capital Ltd, Aurelius Capital, Davidson Kempner and Bracebridge Capital. Buenos Aires would pay them a total of about 4.65 billion dollars, amounting to 75 percent of the principal and interest of all their claims of Argentina's bonds that were defaulted on during the 2001 debt crisis. This deal would allow the return of Argentina to the international capital market after more than 15 years of exclusion.
Agroindustry Provides Jobs, Better Living Standards in Paraguay
- Inter Press Service
VILLETA, Paraguay, Mar 26 (IPS) - "I worked in many companies, in construction, fertilisers, chemicals, but none of them were as good as this one," said Dario Cardozo, who works in the Angostura Agroindustrial Complex (CAIASA) grain reception facility.
Soy Fuels Industrialisation in Paraguay
- Inter Press Service
VILLETA, Paraguay, Mar 23 (IPS) - A soybean processing plant that does not use fossil fuels and generates practically no waste products from soy reflects Paraguay's growing industrialization.
Are Indigenous Women Key to Sustainable Development?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (IPS) - "We, indigenous women want to be considered as part of the solution for sustainable development, because we have capabilities and knowledge, " said Tarcila Rivera, a Quechua journalist and activist for the rights of indigenous people in Peru, at a press conference on the Empowerment of Indigenous Women.
Reaping the Gender Dividend
- Inter Press Service
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Mar 21 (IPS) - For the first time, an all-female flight crew recently operated a Royal Brunei Airlines jet from Brunei to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Such a feat certainly appears noteworthy in a country where gender segregation is pervasive. When women are still not permitted to drive a car; where there are separate entrances for men and women in banks, is there a possibility of an all-female crew operating a Saudi Airlines plane from Jeddah to Brunei? Not immediately, as there are disturbing signs that the limited gains on the gender front might face reversals.
Argentina’s ‘Shale Capital’ Suffers from Slowdown
- Inter Press Service
AÑELO, Argentina, Mar 19 (IPS) - The dizzying growth of Añelo, a town in southwest Argentina, driven by the production of shale oil and gas in the Vaca Muerta geological reserve, has slowed down due to the plunge in global oil prices, which has put a curb on local development and is threatening investment and employment.
Germany: Reaping What You Sow
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 17 (IPS) - The recent German elections went as predicted.. A new right wing, xenophobe party, Alternative for Germany, AFD, has emerged with force, and will bein national Parliament in 2017.This development is unprecedented in German politics since the end of the second world war, and it is widely viewedas part of a general trend - the rise of populist and xenophobe forces all over Europe.
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