Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 565
Bangladesh Workers Short of Compensation
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 30 (IPS) - Six months after the worst man-made disaster in Bangladesh's history, safety conditions in garment factories have a chance to improve. But not the lives of survivors or the victims' next of kin.
Teen Pregnancy Rooted in Powerlessness
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) - Before we begin, perhaps we can set aside the stereotypes: no, she didn't "mess herself up by following boys around", and no, it is not in fact her fault that she became pregnant.
Too Many Indians Find It’s Better to Die
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Oct 30 (IPS) - When Sarath, 29, a security staffer with a private firm in Kattakada town in India's southern Kerala state hanged himself at his office premises, his death became a grim reminder of what statistics in the country have been showing for some time now: more and more young Indian men are succumbing to socio-economic pressures and are committing suicide.
Caught Between Two Sudans
- Inter Press Service
ABEYI, Oct 30 (IPS) - When Chris Bak returned two weeks ago to the disputed border town of Abyei, which voted this week on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, he barely recognised it as the place where he grew up. "Everything is dirty," he told IPS. "We were just going around and around, but we didn't this place."
OP-ED: Bahraini Opposition Shuns Bogus Dialogue
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (IPS) - Bahraini opposition groups announced on Tuesday their opposition to participating in the dialogue that is supposed to start tomorrow. According to the Bahrain Mirror, the five opposition groups that signed the joint statement included al-Wifaq, Wa'd, al-Minbar, al-Tajammu', and al-Ikha'.
ICE Raids Leave Broken Homes in Their Wake
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) - Saul Merlos is an undocumented migrant from El Salvador. About two years ago, he was living and working in the southern U.S. city of New Orleans.
Domestics Join Forces to Put Their House in Order
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 29 (IPS) - "We have come together to join forces, to be heard, because we want to speak for ourselves," said Ernestina Ochoa, a Peruvian domestic worker, at the close of the founding congress of the International Domestic Workers Federation in the Uruguayan capital.
Swiss Knife Sharpened to Cut Bosses’ Pay
- Inter Press Service
BERN, Oct 29 (IPS) - Swiss voters will decide Nov. 24 on introducing a salary cap that would limit the wage spread in companies to 1:12. The economic lobby is nervous - success for the proposal in the referendum is not as unrealistic as once expected.
There are Solutions to U.S. Calamities
- Inter Press Service
MANASSAS, Virginia, U.S., Oct 28 (IPS) - Political terrorism failed. The House Republicans used voting in one chamber to put the livelihoods of millions of people inside and outside the U.S. at risk, for their own political goals. And made the mistake of most terrorists, non-state or state: when people suffer they will join us, against our enemy; to find out that people turn against the terrorists instead.
Major New Andes Tunnel Turns Back on Volcano
- Inter Press Service
FINCA GALICIA, Cordillera Central, Colombia, Oct 26 (IPS) - A new system of tunnels at the Alto de La Línea mountain pass in Colombia's central Cordillera mountain range will open up a key logistics route for this country and neighbouring Venezuela. But it could be overcome by disaster if the Machín volcano erupts.
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