Global Issues
News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 416
Native Communities in Mexico Demand to be Consulted on Wind Farms
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 03 (IPS) - "It hurts us that our land is affected, and the environmental impacts are not even measured. Wind farm projects affect streams and hurt the flora," said Zapotec Indian Isabel Jiménez, who is taking part in the struggle against the installation of a wind park in southern Mexico.
The Neglected Street Vendors of India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 02 (IPS) - For the past nine years, 27-year-old Jignesh has been hawking bed sheets on the bustling pavements of Janpath, a major throughway in India's capital, New Delhi, as kamikaze traffic swirls around him.
Jamaican Gov't Sees IMF Successes but No Benefits for the Poor
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jun 02 (IPS) - For Jamaicans like Roxan Brown, the Caribbean nation's International Monetary Fund (IMF) successes don't mean a thing. Seven consecutive tests have been passed but still, the mother of two can't find work and relies instead on the kindness of friends and family.
Prolonged Drought Leaves Caribbean Farmers Broke and Worried
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, Jun 02 (IPS) - St. Lucian farmer Anthony Herman was hoping that next year he'd manage to recoup some of the losses he sustained after 70 per cent of his cashew crop withered and died in the heat of the scorching southern Caribbean sun.
Opinion: Why the US-Iran Nuclear Deal May Still Fail
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 02 (IPS) - The euphoria that spread though the world after the Iran nuclear agreement reached in Lausanne in April this year with the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany, plus the European Union, is proving short-lived.
Growing Mobilisation Against Introduction of Fracking in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Jun 02 (IPS) - Thousands of people in Spain have organised to protest the introduction of "fracking" – a controversial technique that involves pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into shale rock to release gas and oil.
Corporate Tax Dodging Cheats Africa Out of 6 Billion Dollars, Says Oxfam
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 02 (IPS) - G7-based companies and investors cheated Africa out of an estimated six billion dollars in a year through just one form of tax dodging, according to a new Oxfam report ‘Money talks: Africa at the G7', released Jun. 2.
Small Arms Proliferation a Trigger for Rising Wildlife Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (IPS) - The ongoing military conflicts in the Middle East and Africa continue to be fuelled by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW), primarily assault rifles, sub machine guns, hand grenades, portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, rockets and self-loading pistols.
Opinion: The Bumpy Road to an Asian Century
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 01 (IPS) - It has been apparent for some time that we are in the midst of a historic shift of the centre of gravity of the global economy from the trans-Atlantic to what is now becoming known as the Indo-Pacific.
Garment Sweatshops in Argentina an Open Secret
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 30 (IPS) - The death of two Bolivian boys in a fire and the mistreatment and sexual abuse of a young Bolivian woman put the problem of slave-like labour conditions in clandestine sweatshops back in the headlines in Argentina.
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