Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 2009 (IPS) – The global economic crisis, which has pushed millions more into extreme poverty, is threatening to have a devastating impact on the health of women and children. A new study, released Monday, says the most elusive of the U.N. s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the […]
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GUATEMALA: Multi-Pronged Effort to Boost Food Security Still Falling Short
Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 13 2010 (IPS) – I used to work on the south coast, cutting sugar cane, and I would go all the way to Belize to pick oranges during the harvest. I went through a lot so we could get by, Héctor Pan, a Q eqchi Indian in Guatemala who has […]
U.S. Proposes Major Debt Relief for Ebola-Hit Countries
An Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on the day of a visit from Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). Credit: UN Photo/Ari Gaitanis WASHINGTON, Nov 13 2014 (IPS) – The United States proposed Tuesday that the international community write off 100 […]
In Hawaii, Concern Rises about Use of Farm Pesticides
Tammy Brehio of Kihei, Hawaii, pointing from her back balcony to a Monsanto cornfield a few hundred yards from her house. The inset photo, taken by Tammy, shows a Monsanto tractor spraying pesticides. Credit: Photo by Christopher Pala. Inset photo by Tammy Brehio. KIHEI, Hawaii, Oct 16 2015 (IPS) – Tammy Brehio stood on the […]