News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 897
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentine Beef Overtaken by Mercosur Partners
- Inter Press Service
South America's Mercosur trade bloc is becoming established as the top world producer of beef, with 40 percent of the international market. But while in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay production and exports are growing, Argentina, the home of the legendary 'asado' barbecue, is falling behind.
EAST AFRICA: Protecting Lake Victoria's Top Predator
- Inter Press Service
Coordinated conservation measures to arrest the steep decline of stocks of Nile perch in Lake Victoria are showing encouraging results - for fish, if not for fishing communities around the lake.
US: New Banking Overhaul More Like An Under-Haul
- Inter Press Service
On July 21, 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping financial industry regulatory reform since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But, experts point out that the bill does not address some of the real problems behind the structural instabilities of the U.S. economic system.
HAITI: Scraping by on Mud Cookies
- Inter Press Service
At six in the morning in Cite Soleil, the poorest zone of Haiti's capital city, the sun is already up. It's the start of another workday for Lurene Jeanti, making cookies from mud, butter and salt. She's been mixing the ingredients on the side of the road to sell to her neighbours for the past eight years.
AFRICA: Outrage Over Claim that Anti-GM Campaign 'Causes Hunger'
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations have reacted with outrage to claims that the international campaign against genetically modified (GM) crops is partly responsible for food shortages and food insecurity in Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA: Public Health Strained by Nurses' Strike
- Inter Press Service
Striking health workers have continued their work stoppage despite accusations that it endangers patients' lives. They are part of a nationwide strike by public sector workers that has some observers concerned that rising wage demands could harm South Africa's economy.
HEALTH-UGANDA: Problems with Anti-Counterfeit Bill Persist
- Inter Press Service
Health rights activists still insist that, despite some improvements to Uganda’s controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Bill, it will affect the availability of generic medicine if enacted in present form.
CHILE: Forestry Industry Sows Poverty, Study Says
- Inter Press Service
The poverty rate in the districts of southern Chile where the logging industry is the main economic activity is nearly twice the national average, a new study shows.
SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers' Voices Heard in Public Sector Strike
- Inter Press Service
South African teachers - along with other public service employees - have embarked on an indefinite strike over wages. The unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase. Government says it cannot afford to offer 1.3 million striking public servants any more than seven percent.
ROMANIA: Austerity Deals Mortal Blow to Health System
- Inter Press Service
Five newborns died last week in a fire caused by an airconditioning fault at a Bucharest maternity. Insufficient, overworked staff and deficient maintenance -- results of inadequate funding of the health system - -were listed among the causes.
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