News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 844
BRAZIL: Women Workers Determined to Ride the Wave of Mechanisation
- Inter Press Service
'She's crazy' said most of the husbands and other family members of the 34 women who decided to become operators of sugarcane harvesters in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo, attracted by the opportunity of better pay and encouraged by the growing mechanisation of the industry.
Death Sentence Looms for Filipino Drug Mules in China
- Inter Press Service
Time is running short for three Filipino workers in China. Ramon Credo, Elizabeth Batain and Sally Villanueva - who were convicted of smuggling heroin in 2008 - are set to be executed by lethal injection Mar. 30.
South African Farmers Set Up in Congo
- Inter Press Service
In the hope of strengthening its agricultural production, the Republic of Congo has handed over 80,000 hectares of arable land to a company owned and operated by 14 South African farmers.
New Yorkers Rage Against the Cuts
- Inter Press Service
In the shadow of towering colonial-style office buildings of the world's most powerful financial district, a crowd over 5,000-strong amassed outside Manhattan's City Hall Thursday, chanting 'The people united will never be defeated!'
Foreign Labourers Targeted Throughout Bahrain
- Inter Press Service
As protests in Bahrain continue, increasingly migrant workers are being victimised in violent hate crimes.
PAKISTAN: And Then There Was Light
- Inter Press Service
Hasan Ibrahim’s tea stall is the busiest place in the sleepy, sand-dune covered village of Sholani, proof of the economic and social change the arrival of electricity has ushered in.
Women in Garment Factories Help Cambodia Out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Cambodia’s rise out of poverty continues to depend on the nimble fingers of young women like Khiev Chren.
INDIA: EU Trade Deal May Curb Affordable Drug Supply
- Inter Press Service
As India prepares to seal a sweeping trade and investment deal with the European Union (EU) in April, civil society groups are campaigning to limit the deal’s repercussions within the local generic drug industry here upon which millions of people around the globe depend.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Alternative Tourism Seeks to Overcome Obstacles
- Inter Press Service
Most of the countries of Central America are lagging behind the rest of the tourist destinations in Latin America, despite their impressive natural and archaeological treasures. To turn this situation around, the area is increasingly focusing on alternatives like rural tourism.
Questions Abound Over Whether IBSA and BRICS Can be Complementary
- Inter Press Service
The IBSA Dialogue Forum, a South-South alliance of India, Brazil and South Africa, could be better suited to the needs of Southern Africa for South-South cooperation than the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) loose alliance of emerging economies. But Southern Africa will have to beef up its markets to truly benefit.
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