Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 406
Electoral Revolution in Brazil Aimed at Neutralising Corporate Influence
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 29 (IPS) - From now on, elections in Brazil will be more democratic, without corporate interference, which had become decisive and corruptive. A Sep. 17 Supreme Court ruling declared unconstitutional articles of the elections act that allow corporate donations to election campaigns.
Opinion: We Can Overcome Poverty and Hunger by 2030
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 29 (IPS) - Over three quarters of the extreme poor in the world live in the countryside. Reducing rural poverty will therefore require significantly higher rural incomes. Since most rural incomes are related to agriculture, raising agricultural productivity can help raise rural incomes all round.
Mexican Government Depends More and More on Private Business Partners
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 28 (IPS) - The Mexican government has increasingly turned to public–private partnerships (PPPs) to build infrastructure in the energy industry and other areas. But critics say this system operates under a cloak of opacity and is plagued by the discretional use of funds.
Opinion: Secret Trade Negotiations Threaten Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, Sep 25 (IPS) - World leaders and Pope Francis met in New York Friday to announce 'a plan to transform our world', the Sustainable Development Goals.
Opinion: The Pope, Partisanship and the Common Good
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 24 (IPS) - Pope Francis delivered two very strong messages in his speech to Congress Thursday morning: let's work together and let's protect the vulnerable.
Opinion: Food Loss & Waste Has Got to Do a Lot with Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 24 (IPS) - More than 150 world leaders will meet in New York this weekend to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of global targets intended to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and curb climate change. The SDGs will help set the global development agenda for the next 15 years, focusing attention on the opportunities that will allow for more a sustainable future.
Opinion: Kenya Cannot Rise If Its Women Are Left Behind
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 23 (IPS) - Consider this. A young girl called Amina Mohamed who is the 8th of 9 children, from a modest Muslim home in Kakamega County in Kenya was encouraged by her parents to complete her education and pursue her dreams.
Opinion: Fifteen Years and Forever
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 23 (IPS) - The next 15 years will be decisive for our planet's future.
During this period we will face some of the 21st Century's greatest challenges, amidst an ongoing and profound transition in the global economy.
Chile’s Altiplano Region Seeks Sustainable Tourism
- Inter Press Service
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, Chile, Sep 22 (IPS) - Chile's altiplano or high plateau region, pounded by the sun of the Atacama desert, the driest place in the world, is home to dozens of indigenous communities struggling for subsistence by means of sustainable tourism initiatives that are not always that far removed from out-of-control capitalism.
How to Fix Environmental Woes in Buenos Aires Shantytown
- Inter Press Service
AVELLANEDA, Argentina, Sep 18 (IPS) - Children have been poisoned by lead in Villa Inflamable, a shantytown on the south side of the capital of Argentina. Resettling their families involves a socioenvironmental process as complex as the sanitation works in one of the most polluted river basins in the world.
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