News headlines in 2015
Thursday, December 31, 2015
BELFAST, Dec thirty one (IPS) – In November two thousand fifteen I visited Syria together with an International Peace delegation. This was my third visit to Syria in the last three years. As on previous occasions I was moved by the spirit of resilience and courage of the people of Syria.
Disunity, the Hallmark of European Union Foreign Policy
Thursday, December 31, 2015
ROME, Dec thirty one (IPS) – The appalling crisis ravaging the Middle East and striking terror around the world is a clear challenge to the West, but responses are uncoordinated. This is due on the one mitt to divergent analyses of the situation, and on the other to conflicting interests.
Cuba Needs a Law Against Gender Violence
Thursday, December 31, 2015
HAVANA, Dec thirty one (IPS) – Activists and researchers dedicated to the probe of gender violence in Cuba insist on the need for a comprehensive law to protect the victims and prevent the problem, which was publicly overlooked until only a few years ago in this socialist Caribbean island nation.
Kitchen Gardens are Victory Gardens in Boosting Nutrition and Incomes in Western Kenya
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
BUSIA, Kenya, Dec thirty (IPS) – Busia County in western Kenya is home to an array of indigenous vegetables. But for decades there has been a shift in popular taste leading to leading to little interest in what is indigenously grown. This relegated the vegetables to the periphery with most farmers cultivating kale and cabbages among other more exotic varieties.
Women Inmates Sow Hope in Prisons in El Salvador
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
IZALCO, El Salvador, Dec twenty nine (IPS) – Doris Zabala squats down in the field to pull up radishes. She is working on a prison farm in El Salvador, where more and more penitentiaries are incorporating agricultural work and other activities to keep prisoners busy.
Foreign Direct Investment: Myths and realities
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
GENEVA, Dec twenty nine (IPS) – Foreign direct investment (FDI) is perhaps one of the most ambiguous and the least understood concepts in international economics. Common debate on FDI is confounded by several myths regarding its nature and influence on capital accumulation, technological progress, industrialization and growth in emerging and developing economies.
Insecurity in Dominican Countryside Menaces Local Food Supply
Monday, December 28, 2015
MATA MAMÓN, Dominican Republic, Dec twenty eight (IPS) – "Sometimes we have too much water, which washes everything away," Cecilia Joseph, originally from Haiti, said in strenuously accented Spanish while pulling up a ñame root (a kind of yam) on her farm in the municipality of Santo Domingo Norte in the Dominican Republic.
The Power of the Pen
Friday, December 25, 2015
LONDON, Dec twenty five (IPS) – "How would you like it if you were just voicing your feelings and someone just put you in jail?" This is how an eight-year-old American schoolchild asked King Salman of Saudi Arabia not to cane imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi.
French hard attacks Ugandan tax using ISDS
Friday, December 25, 2015
KAMPALA, Dec twenty five (IPS) – The intensely criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an significant instrument for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: "Why have we ever signed this?"
Mexican Government Disregards Social Influence of Energy Projects
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
MEXICO CITY, Dec twenty three (IPS) – Mexico’s hydrocarbons law stipulates that oil contracts must include a social influence assessment. But this has not been done in the case of the oilfields granted to the country’s former oil monopoly, Pemex, or to private companies since the industry was opened up to private investment.
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