News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 934
ECONOMY-BALKANS: 'How Did We Become So Poor?'
- Inter Press Service
Almost two decades after Yugoslavia fell apart, the majority of the defunct socialist country’s people are insecure and uncertain for their future with the booming economy and rapid development that capitalism promised remaining a pipe dream.
Football Fortunes for Mexican TV
- Inter Press Service
Horacio Ramos is not bothered about paying an extra 50 dollars on his television subscription so that he can watch the entire FIFA World Cup, which kicks off Jun. 11 in South Africa.
BOLIVIA: Amazon Indigenous Communities Plan 1,000-km March
- Inter Press Service
The indigenous peoples of the Amazon region of Bolivia have declared themselves in a 'state of emergency' and announced that on May 20 they will begin a 1,000-kilometre march to La Paz to demand that the government defend their territory from being plundered by oil, logging and mining companies.
SRI LANKA: Tourists Return to Paradise Isle a Year After War’s End
- Inter Press Service
A year since Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war ended on May 18 last year, tourists are returning in huge numbers to a popular beach destination located over 300 kilometres from where the last battles were fought.
ECONOMY: Africa Has Less Say After Changes in World Bank Voting
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank has described its recent increase of 3.13 percent in the voting power of emerging economies as a reform 'to enhance voice and participation of developing and transition countries'. But the shift has actually decreased a third of African countries’ share of votes.
DEVELOPMENT-BAHRAIN: Escalating Dowries Take Toll on Men
- Inter Press Service
Surging dowries and the skyrocketing costs of living amid constricting economic opportunities made worse by the global financial crisis have placed a heavy burden on Bahraini men contemplating marriage.
GREECE: Turks Bearing Gifts
- Inter Press Service
The first visit in six years of a Turkish prime minister to Greece has been widely hailed as a historical rapprochement after a long period of mutual bitterness.
Angola's Small-Scale Farmers Welcome Investment, Urge Careful Targeting
- Inter Press Service
Think small to overcome big problems - that was the message to African governments being urged to do more to increase food security and reduce hunger and malnutrition on the continent.
PERU: Gas Exports Will Cause Local Shortages, Governors Protest
- Inter Press Service
The Peruvian government refuses to change the contract it signed with Consorcio Camisea to export natural gas to Mexico, as demanded by the governors of the southern provinces of Arequipa, Cuzco, Moquegua, Puno and Tacna, who are worried about shortages of local supplies.
Shielded by U.S. Umbrella, Israel Joins Rich Man's Club
- Inter Press Service
With tongue firmly entrenched in his cheek, an Arab diplomat recounts an Israeli cabinet meeting interrupted by an aide rushing in with the latest statistics on the state of the economy.
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