News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 851
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Energy Pie Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
- Inter Press Service
Two million compact fluorescent lamps will be distributed to households and industry in Malawi by June, in just one of several measures to bridge the gap between electricity supply and demand. Across Southern Africa, energy shortfalls threaten to choke development.
BRAZIL: Locals Protest 'Metal Rain' Pollution from Steelworks
- Inter Press Service
A protestor held out a handful of metal dust, part of the 'silvery rain' falling that day in Santa Cruz, a low-income neighbourhood on the west side of this Brazilian city, as proof of the environmental nightmare affecting the area ever since a German steel plant opened there.
Critics Call Secret U.S.-Canada Talks 'End Run Around Democracy'
- Inter Press Service
The just-announced Canada-U.S. security perimetre discussions are comprehensive and potentially wide-ranging and could impact Canadian sovereignty. However, the domestic opposition appears to have been caught off-guard.
Zimbabweans Turn to Indigenous Medicine
- Inter Press Service
Zimbabwe's government recently announced that the country had run out of the critical painkiller morphine. It was just the latest development in a debilitating health care crisis that has seen hospitals turn away patients because of drug shortages.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: A Region of Winners and Losers, Not Partners
- Inter Press Service
As Southern Africa prepares itself for another year of economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union, trade analysts say any deal should be about more than just liberalised trade.
Malawi Business Keen on Power From Mozambique
- Inter Press Service
The feasibility study looking at connecting Malawi's electricity grid to Mozambique's Cahora-Bassa hydropower station was completed 15 years ago; a price for power was long ago agreed by the respective governments: but somehow the project is yet to go ahead.
CARIBBEAN: Regional Integration Stalls over Governance
- Inter Press Service
For the first time in years, none of the Caribbean leaders appearing at the Caribbean Community's end-of-summit news conference uttered the words, 'We had a very good meeting.'
China Learns to Live With Inflation
- Inter Press Service
At Mr. Ma’s fruit and vegetable shop, located in a historic hutong alleyway a few blocks from the Lama Temple, the impact of China’s growing inflation is evident. In recent months, the prices of Mr. Ma’s products have soared. Eggs have gone from RMB 7 (6.5 RMB to a dollar) to RMB 10 per kilogram. Tomatoes have almost doubled. Cabbage has tripled.
CUBA: Integrated Farming to Help Reach Food Sovereignty
- Inter Press Service
Based on their own experience, Luisa García and Jorge Medina, whose farm in Cuba produces a variety of food that feeds them year-round, said they have no doubt that food sovereignty can be achieved in their country and in the rest of Latin America.
U.S.: Workers, Students Vow to Fight on in Wisconsin
- Inter Press Service
Despite heavy protests against Republican Governor Scott Walker's 'Budget Repair Bill', the Republican-controlled State Assembly in Wisconsin abruptly passed the bill - which would strip the labour force of its collective bargaining rights - early Friday morning.
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