Cuba Diversifies – But Energy Focus Still on Oil
Cuba continues to focus heavily on oil for its energy needs, through agreements with partners like Venezuela, with the hope of discovering commercially exploitable wells in the Gulf of Mexico. But it...
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Millions of Kenyans Vote in Historic Election
On Monday, Mar. 4, Betty Amollo was one of the millions of Kenyans who turned out in large numbers to cast her ballot in the country’s first general election since the 2007 disputed polls left almost...
View ArticleImmigrant Groups Say Spanish Hospitality in Danger
“We used to be seen as really useful, and now we’re a pain in the neck,” said Roberto Suárez, an Ecuadorian who was complaining about proposed fines or prison sentences that could target Spanish...
View ArticleU.S. “Stalling” Could Force Acceptance of Onerous TPP
Civil society opposition here has strengthened against a U.S.-proposed free trade zone that would include some dozen countries around the Pacific Rim. As negotiators head into a 16th round of talks...
View ArticleWorld Bank Urges African Agriculture Rethink
The World Bank is urging African governments to retool their agriculture policies, particularly to include a far greater focus on agribusiness as a critical driver of future development. The bank is...
View ArticleU.S. Wasted Billions of Dollars on Iraqi Reconstruction
Almost exactly a decade after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Washington’s efforts to help reconstruct the country have fallen far short, according to the final report by the U.S. Special Inspector...
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At the Bottom of Lake Nyasa is ‘Rare Earth’
The local Tanzanian community bordering Lake Nyasa is no nearer to understanding what the conflict between their country and Malawi is about, nor why so much is at stake, as mediation efforts between...
View ArticleAfter the Tigers, Fishers Face Poachers
The sea is all that 40-year-old Arul Das has mastered. From looking at the clouds or from the direction of the wind, this fisher from northern Jaffna can predict the condition of the sea fairly...
View ArticlePress Freedom on the Chopping Block
Saddled with a long list of woes brought on by an economic crisis, debt-stricken Greece now finds itself tackling a different kind of austerity than the one implemented by its European creditors: this...
View ArticleWheels of Industry Slowing in Brazil
Industry is the ailing sector of the Brazilian economy, with production falling 2.7 percent in 2012 in spite of government incentives, and in contrast with the strong expansion of retail trade and the...
View ArticleU.N. Declares Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Women
U.N. agency heads gathered Tuesday to reassert their unified commitment to ending the epidemic of violence against women and girls, and bringing justice and healing to survivors. Grim statistics...
View ArticlePoll Finds Mounting Hostility Among Arabs towards Iran
A poll released Tuesday shows a stark decline in favourability among Arab and Muslim citizens regarding the Iranian government and its policies. Some who follow the issue are warning that tensions...
View Article“We Aren’t Fighting Poverty Here, We’re Improving the Quality of Life”
The residents of San Crisanto, a small communal village nestled in an idyllic setting in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatán, have learned that valuing and protecting natural resources can...
View ArticleChávez Invigorated the Left in Latin America
Part of the legacy left by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who died Tuesday, was his determined struggle for the integration of Latin America independent of the standards and models of the...
View ArticleGaza Women Suffer on ‘Their’ Day
“In Gaza we don’t lead normal lives, we just cope, and adapt to our abnormal lives under siege and occupation,” says Dr. Mona El-Farra, a physician and a long-time human rights and women’s rights...
View ArticleVictims Want Voice and Vote in Colombia’s Peace Talks
Victims of crimes of the state want their recommendations to be taken into consideration by the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas that are seeking to end half a...
View ArticleHaiti Moves to Tighten Laws on Sexual Violence
Haiti is poised to enact major reforms to its penal code to make it easier for victims of rape to prosecute their attackers. The amendments to the penal code would precisely define sexual assault in...
View ArticleU.S. Austerity Ripples Outward
Since the 2008 financial crisis, and most recently with the broad federal spending cuts beginning Mar. 1, experts have warned that an austerity-minded political system could bring about dramatic...
View ArticleU.S. Abstains on Controversial World Bank Mongolia Mine Project
The United States has refused to vote for involvement by the World Bank Group in a massive but controversial mining project in Mongolia. In abstaining, the U.S. representative cited concerns over the...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council Hits N. Korea with New Sanctions
North Korea, which has survived three rounds of diplomatic and economic sanctions since its first nuclear test in 2006, reacted with predictable fury, threatening to nuke the United States, in...
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