News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 619
The Challenge of Being a Maasai Woman
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 09 (IPS) - The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania has long been a beacon of traditional culture to many Africans - and for Westerners on safari through Maasai Mara, Samburu or Amboseli, a familiar face.
Culture Becomes Latest Front in Afghanistan's War
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 09 (IPS) - Another kind of war, less explosive than bombs and more subtle than night raids, is taking place in the Central Asian country of Afghanistan: a war of cultural influence. Its means are financial sponsorships and other support for cultural and artistic events.
Developing Resilience to Financial Shocks
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 09 (IPS) - The global repercussions of the 2007-2008 financial crisis are a stark reminder of the economic interdependence in our globalising world. No country was spared from the shock waves that originated in the financial systems of developed economies.
Mexico - Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 08 (IPS) - In the 2011 action-thriller "Unknown", scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate world hunger.
Chile Looks to Volcanoes and Geysers for Energy
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 08 (IPS) - Chile is one of the countries with the greatest potential for geothermal energy development in Latin America, but a lack of incentives for investment in the sector has kept it from moving past the exploratory phase. A strategic partnership with New Zealand aims to change that situation.
Institutional Tangles, Deindustrialisation Hurt Mercosur
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 08 (IPS) - July will mark the start of a new era for the Common Southern Market (Mercosur), when it will expand to five full members, if the South American bloc manages to overcome the commotion caused by the admission of Venezuela and the suspension of Paraguay.
Still Homeless, Two Decades Later
- Inter Press Service
PUTTALAM, Sri Lanka, May 08 (IPS) - The camp should not have been difficult to find. We were told to drive straight on the road that leads north away from the town of Puttalam, 140 kilometres from Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, and we would come upon the settlement of internally displaced people.
An Election for Iran or the Supreme Leader?
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, May 07 (IPS) - As the five-day registration period for presidential candidates began here Tuesday, the question of whether Iran's upcoming election will represent the will of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or the people of Iran is uppermost on many people's minds, including those of the potential candidates.
Climate Change Adaptation: A Race Against Time
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, May 07 (IPS) - Adaptation and mitigation. Identified by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and by scientists as the two major responses to address the problem, these were also the twin preoccupations of a climate change conference held recently in Dhaka.
Critics Slam California “Forest Offset” Plan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 07 (IPS) - More than two dozen environmental organisations are urging California Governor Jerry Brown to disregard recommendations from a United Nations task force to include so-called forest "offsets" in the state's new emissions-trading scheme.
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