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Small Rural Businesses in Brazil Set Sights on Domestic Market
“Canjinjin has special powers,” said Deize Coelho de Barros. The recipe for this local liquor, made from a mixture of herbs, was handed down from her African ancestors, and is seen as a sort of...
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A Hotter World Is a Hungry World
Food prices will soar and hundreds of millions will starve without urgent action to make major cuts in fossil fuel emissions. That is what is at stake here on the last day of the U.N. climate talks...
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Environmentalist Ends Hunger Strike Over Trinidad Highway
For 21 days Wayne Kublalsingh sat in the scorching sun outside the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. He sat in support of his belief that constructing a highway in southern Trinidad...
View ArticleDrones Come Home, to U.S. Privacy Activists’ Dismay
Better known as drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles piloted by military in the U.S. hunt and kill suspected enemy combatants abroad. Now the drones are coming home to beef up local law enforcement. But...
View ArticleQ&A: Making Toilets Fashionable
When the founder of the World Toilet Organisation Jack Sim turned 40, he literally began counting how many more days he had to live and felt a sense of urgency to do meaningful things with the...
View ArticleBrazilian Firms Bring Water and Power to Angolans
The Kwanza river in the heart of Angola will be a symbol of Brazilian partnership in African development when power stations along the country’s main source of water are fully operational. Nine...
View ArticleThe Civilian Toll of Israel’s Bombs
When Israeli bombs struck the Abu Khadra complex for civil administration, they also gutted the sixth floor of the Abu Shabaan complex, located ten metres across the road. According to the Palestinian...
View ArticleSyria Rebels “Seize Key Aleppo Army Base”
Syrian rebels have captured parts of a large army base in the country’s north, just west of the city of Aleppo, activists say. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels...
View ArticleLonger Lives, Lower Incomes for Japanese Women
When Hiroko Taguchi retired this past April, at the age of 64, from her job as an insurance sales agent, she joined the rapidly growing ranks of Japan’s aging women who now outnumber their male...
View ArticleHaitian Community Radio Reopens After Protests
A community radio station silenced by Haitian authorities is open again thanks to the mobilisation of other stations as well as organisations and associations both inside and outside of Haiti. On Nov....
View ArticleOff the Blacklist Doesn’t Imply Improvement in Human Rights in Colombia
Colombia will be removed from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “blacklist” next year. In exchange, the government of Juan Manuel Santos facilitated a visit to the country by a delegation...
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Developing World to Overshadow the West by 2030, Study Says
A major new long-range report by the U.S. intelligence community suggests that the U.S. economy, currently the world’s largest, could be eclipsed by China’s by 2030. China’s high-speed rail network is...
View ArticleChávez Names Civilian Heir for Sake of Unity
Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan vice president and foreign minister, has been announced by President Hugo Chávez as his political successor. Many analysts view this as a specific call for party unity,...
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Critics Brand Climate Talks Another Lost Opportunity
Rich countries came to the U.N. climate talks in Doha intent on delaying needed action on climate change for another three years and a still to be hammered out new global treaty. Poor communities are...
View ArticleChina’s Tops in South African Trade
South Africa has experienced a significant shift in trade with a new emphasis on links with developing nations, at the expense of traditional partners in the developed world, according to a leading...
View ArticleOP-ED: Women Out Loud
Global efforts to reach the “three zeros” for women and girls – zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths – are gaining momentum. Much of the progress we have seen is...
View ArticleEconomic Reforms in Cuba Require Decentralisation*
The social and economic model that is taking shape in Cuba based on changes gradually being implemented require reforms for strengthening and giving greater autonomy to local government bodies, which...
View ArticleChile Follows South Africa’s Lead in Climate Change Mitigation
Chile is turning to South-South cooperation to help define the most effective strategies and options for reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the face of global climate change. The Mitigation...
View ArticleYouth Call for ‘Change of Course’ to Solve Climate Crisis
While world leaders were wrapping up the United Nations conference on climate change (COP 18) in Doha, Qatar this past weekend with the annual vague promise to tackle the enormous crises brought on by...
View ArticleIran Debates Talking with the U.S.
As the Iranian leadership prepares to engage in negotiations with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) over the fate of its nuclear programme, the conversation...
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