News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 847
U.S.-LATAM: Obama to Stress the Positive, Show Respect
- Inter Press Service
On the eve of President Barack Obama's first-ever visit to South America, administration officials and independent analysts say that the emphasis throughout his five-day trip will be very much on the positive aspects and possibilities of U.S.-Latin American relations.
BANGLADESH-LIBYA: Garment Industry Pledges to Employ Evacuated Labourers
- Inter Press Service
Bangladesh’s garment factories and overseas recruiting agencies have pledged to employ a substantial number of Bangladeshi expatriates returning from politically volatile Libya, following the violent crackdown on opposition forces by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime there.
ARGENTINA: Rural Slavery at Time of Record Earnings
- Inter Press Service
Crowded into precarious mud-floored dorms or sheet-metal trailers or forced to live in tents of plastic sheeting, with neither piped water nor electricity, after working 14-hour days: these are the harsh conditions faced by hundreds of thousands of rural workers in Argentina despite bumper crops and record earnings for agribusiness.
Agricultural Policy Is Gender Policy
- Inter Press Service
Eva, a Ghanian woman, was given five pigs and some training on how best to care for them. Eventually, her farm grew to 400 pigs and she was able to buy more land and a motorbike which she not only used for transporting her goods to market but for helping neighbours get to town and to hospital quicker.
AFRICA: Responsible Travel Means Not 'Haggling Over Wooden Beads'
- Inter Press Service
Tourism as a concern found its way onto the agenda of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro because of its potential for development but also due to its adverse effects on some populations and natural resources, particularly in Africa.
MEXICO: Resurgence of Cooperatives Offers an Alternative
- Inter Press Service
After years of decline, the cooperative movement in Mexico is reviving as a relatively safe haven from the shocks of the neoliberal free- market model of production and the financial and food crises that have affected the country.
Ivorian Cocoa Producers Cry Foul Over Sanctions
- Inter Press Service
The international community's efforts to deny embattled president Laurent Gbagbo access to funds from cocoa exports have resulted in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Ivorian cocoa surfacing in neighbouring countries. Producers say not only are they selling their perishable crop to black market buyers for a fraction its market value, they are being unfairly victimised by the political situation.
India, Wary of China and Pakistan, Boosts Arms Stockpiles
- Inter Press Service
As it projects its political and economic power in Asia - and vigorously pushes its longstanding claims for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council - India is also steadily strengthening its military might in the sprawling continent.
TRADE: Chic Carpets Link Mozambique, Denmark and, Soon, Brazil
- Inter Press Service
In two rooms in a small Mozambican coastal town, 70 women are cutting, weaving and packaging fabric carpets destined for eclectic design and homeware stores in Denmark and, soon, Brazil and South Africa.
Caribbean Tourism Officials Seek Concessions from Europe
- Inter Press Service
Caribbean officials gathered in Brussels for the region's annual tourism summit, the first to be held in Europe, are urging their biggest development partner to draft policies supporting the lifeblood sector and ease restrictions such as Britain's Air Passenger Duty (APD), which they say are holding back its growth.
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