News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 597
Brazil Holds Key to Door Between Pacific Alliance and Mercosur
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 03 (IPS) - The Mercosur and Pacific Alliance blocs can strengthen Latin American integration rather than weaken it, analysts say.
Brazil Champion – But No Longer the Land of Football
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 03 (IPS) - The Brazilian national football team made a glorious comeback with its victory in the FIFA Confederations Cup, but the sport has lost its tight grip on society. While millions celebrated, the tournament was also another source of anger for the protesters that have filled the streets in the last few weeks.
U.S. Court Overturns Key Extractives Transparency Rule
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - A federal judge here on Tuesday struck down a key new regulatory provision that would require large U.S.-listed extractives companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments, a rule that rights groups had long pushed as a way to cut down on corruption in developing countries.
In the Land of the Gods, Disaster Response Falls Short of Divine
- Inter Press Service
DEHRADUN, India, Jul 02 (IPS) - Over 580 bodies have so far been found. Hundreds more will likely never turn up. Survivors say they are suspended in a kind of nightmare, either haunted by memories of their brush with death or desperate for news of loved ones. At least 3,000 are reported to be missing.
Edible Insect Market Hindered by Legal and Cultural Barriers in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Jul 02 (IPS) - A 280-square-metre warehouse in Coín, a municipality in the southern Spanish province of Málaga, is home to a unique type of farm, where insects are raised for human consumption and the production of animal feed. But despite FAO's endorsement of insects as food, there are numerous obstacles holding back the development of this industry.
A Latin America With Opportunity for All
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - Latin America has had a good decade. Over the last 10 years, economic growth averaged 4.2 percent, and 70 million people escaped poverty. Macroeconomic stability, open trade policies and pro-business investment climates have supported and will continue to support strong growth in the years to come.
Donations Sound the New Note
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Jul 02 (IPS) - The global economic crisis has not hit Serbia for the first time, but this year it has bitten into Serbian culture. State subsidies for theatres, festivals, films and exhibitions have almost hit the bottom. State support for films is down to zero.
Obama Plan to Electrify Africa Offers a “New Model” of Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - During an eight-day trip to Africa, President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious plan to improve access to electricity across the continent, a move the White House says is designed to lift Sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty and help the region develop a stable middle class.
Obama Announces New U.S. Focus on Wildlife Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - President Barack Obama on Monday announced a series of new initiatives to combat spiking levels of international poaching and draft a new national plan on wildlife trafficking, an industry that has grown so significantly in recent years that the president now calls it an "international crisis".
Media Scholars Decry Financial Crisis, Call for Action
- Inter Press Service
DUBLIN, Ireland, Jul 01 (IPS) - Communications scholars from around the world deplored the global financial crisis and called on their peers to take more active roles in the search for solutions at a recent four-day conference in Dublin, Ireland.
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