Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 555
Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan: Cold Leaders, Warm Ties
- Inter Press Service
, Dic 04 (IPS) - Two of the most despotic leaders in the world sit atop the governments of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, according to rights groups. But in sharp contrast to the way they regard their respective peoples, Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Uzbekistan's Islam Karimov seem to treat each other with courtesy and respect when they get together.
Where Is the Global Economy Heading?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - In a passage in Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle, he condemns an egalitarian native people at the tip of South America to remain primitive.
Food Security, Trade Facilitation Clash in Bali
- Inter Press Service
BALI, Dic 04 (IPS) - The World Trade Organisation's ninth ministerial meeting at Bali, Indonesia has morphed into a fierce battle between the countries seeking social safety nets for hundreds of millions of poor people and those insisting on having advanced import-facilitation programmes in the developing countries on par with the industrialised nations.
The Asia-Africa Link Is IT
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Dic 04 (IPS) - Only 16 percent of Africa's population of over a billion is online. But as Internet and mobile phone connectivity grows rapidly, the continent wants to join forces with Asian powerhouses to change its digital landscape.
Accra’s High Rents Means Ghanaians Lose
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Dic 04 (IPS) - Across Accra, Ghana's capital city, adverts for letting property can be found all over. But for as many placards there are, you will get just as many verbal warnings from locals cautioning people to beware of swindling agents.
WTO Urged Not to Treat Water Like Widgets
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - As government representatives gather Tuesday in Indonesia for what could be final negotiations towards a global trade agreement under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), environmentalists and social justice campaigners are urging them to specify that water resources cannot be treated as commodities.
Wage Hike in Haiti Doesn't Address Factory Abuses
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dic 03 (IPS) - Haiti's minimum wage will nudge up 12 percent on Jan. 1, from 4.65 to 5.23 dollars (or 200 to 225 gourdes) per day. Calculated hourly, it is up from 58 cents to 65 cents per hour, before taxes.
Uruguay’s Mega-Mining Law in Place – Before the Minerals
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Dic 03 (IPS) - The Uruguayan government, which recently passed a law on large-scale mining, does not actually have a clear idea of the country's mineral wealth and has only just now proposed a geological study to find out.
Health Gaps Between Most Countries Could Close by 2035
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 03 (IPS) - The gap in health standards between the world's poorest countries and the more advanced middle-income nations could close by the year 2035, according to a major new report published Tuesday by Britain's The Lancet medical journal.
Argentine Protesters vs Monsanto: “The Monster is Right on Top of Us”
- Inter Press Service
MALVINAS ARGENTINAS, Córdoba, Argentina, Dic 02 (IPS) - The people of this working-class suburb of Córdoba in Argentina's central farming belt stoically put up with the spraying of the week-killer glyphosate on the fields surrounding their neighbourhood. But the last straw was when U.S. biotech giant Monsanto showed up to build a seed plant.
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