News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 628
Women Miners Blast Through Barriers in Chile
- Inter Press Service
RANCAGUA, Chile, Apr 11 (IPS) - Women are playing an increasingly important role in Chile's mining industry, where little more than a decade ago they were not even allowed in the mines because of prejudice and superstitions.
Mexicans Develop Drones for Peace
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 11 (IPS) - Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, have earned a bad reputation due to their controversial use by the United States in its "war on terrorism", yet they have almost unlimited potential as tools for scientific research.
‘Money Wasted Without Policy’
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 11 (IPS) - As European Commission leaders made calls for EU countries to raise their spending on development aid for the world's poor, groups working in underdeveloped states warned that without more effective aid policies and networks, extra financing may be wasted.
Oil Flows Beneath the Battlefield
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Apr 11 (IPS) - At seven o'clock in the morning on Mar. 1, Kurdish militias took over the only operational oil refinery in Syria, located about 800 kilometres northwest of Damascus.
Obama Requests Modest Bump in Foreign Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 11 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday asked Congress to approve some 52 billion dollars in foreign aid and international spending in 2014, slightly higher than the current year's budget which was cut due to the partisan impasse over how to reduce the yawning federal deficit.
Chilean Court Suspends Pascua Lama Mine
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 10 (IPS) - Environmental groups and indigenous Diaguita communities of the Huasco Valley in northern Chile celebrated a court decision Wednesday that will bring to a complete halt work on the Pascua Lama gold, silver and copper mine belonging to Canada's Barrick gold.
International Carbon Markets Expanding but Still Contentious
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 10 (IPS) - Nascent carbon emissions-trading exchanges in several countries are increasingly looking at options to interlink with one another, which advocates say would offer investors long-term stability, increase revenues for the development of renewable energy and strengthen corporate support for climate policy.
Q&A: Moving Away from "Elite Multilateralism"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 (IPS) - As the global South claims a greater share of the world's GDP, is it also progressing in terms of overall human development? How has this southward tipping of the scale affected the dynamics of international trade? What is the role of global governance in mediating this period of change?
Prolonging the Life of the World’s Biggest Copper Mine
- Inter Press Service
RANCAGUA, Chile, Apr 10 (IPS) - El Teniente, the world's largest underground copper mine, has already been in operation since 1905, but the state-owned National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO) wants to keep it running for another 50 years.
EU Calls for New Plans Past the MDGs
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 10 (IPS) - The European Commission has unveiled a blueprint for global development aid and called on world leaders to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with an international aid framework based on sustainable and inclusive development tackling poverty at its roots.
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