Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 375
Nationwide Protests Rage against Colombia’s Economic Policies
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Aug 30 (IPS) - A strike declared nearly two weeks ago in Colombia by farmers and joined later by truck drivers, health workers, miners and students spread to include protests in the cities before mushrooming into a general strike Thursday, demanding changes in the government's economic policies.
Filming Uganda’s Own Stories
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA?, Aug 30 (IPS) - For four years Isaac Godfrey Nabwana made and sold bricks in Kampala's Wakalinga slum. But now, thanks to his labours, he is building what he hopes will become Uganda's answer to Nollywood.
West Cold-Shoulders Rebuilding Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE/JOHANNESBURG, Aug 29 (IPS) - The Southern African Development Community has had to revisit its plans to raise funding for its ambitious regional development plan in the wake of a cold-shoulder from western nations and multilateral finance institutions.
DR Congo Armed Groups Increase Child Recruitment
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Aug 29 (IPS) - Over 2,000 children are still being used as soldiers by 27 armed groups in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite efforts by the United Nations Children's Fund to remove them from the frontlines and return them to their homes.
Argentina Seeks to Restructure Debt Held by Vulture Funds
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 29 (IPS) - As a sign of Argentina's willingness to repay its bondholders, President Cristina Fernández introduced a bill for a new swap of the foreign debt held by "holdout" creditors who refused earlier restructurings after the country's late 2001 default.
Zimbabwe Sails Close to Economic Rocks
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 28 (IPS) - For President Robert Mugabe to defeat the opposition in the Jul. 31 election by hook or by crook may have been a walk in the park, but beating the economic crisis will be another matter. The stock market fell 11 percent the day he was sworn in, the biggest fall in a day since 2009.
U.S. Court Ruling Boosts Vulture Funds at Developing World's Expense
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES, Aug 27 (IPS) - A recent U.S. court ruling over a fight between Argentina and its creditors on Wall Street will increase global poverty by making it easier for "vulture funds" to seize the assets of indebted nations, according to anti-debt campaigners who are urging the U.S. government to overturn the decision.
Q&A: Everyone Loses in War Over Amazon Dams – Part 1
- Inter Press Service
SAO PAULO, Aug 27 (IPS) - In the war over major hydropower dams in the Amazon jungle, everyone loses - even the winners who manage to overcome the opposition and build them, but who suffer delays, costs that are difficult to recoup, and damage to their image.
Rwanda Tribunal Digs Up Partial Truth
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Aug 27 (IPS) - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) based in Arusha, Tanzania, is due to conclude its business at the end of 2014 following several deferrals. A United Nations Security Council Resolution set up the tribunal in 1994.
U.S. Sells Attack Helicopters to Indonesia amid Rights Concerns
- Inter Press Service
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