Milagros Salazar LIMA, Aug 17 2006 (IPS) – Arankartuktaram! This Achuar cry sums up what indigenous communities in the heart of Peru s Amazon jungle region are demanding from the State and multinational oil companies a little respect. For thirty years the Achuar people in the Corrientes River basin were unable to stop outsiders from […]
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ENVIRONMENT: Asians Choking on Dirty Air – Experts
T V Padma YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec 17 2006 (IPS) – Every year over half-a-million people die in Asia from breathing air loaded with pollutants that are far in excess of World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for air quality, experts warn. The premature deaths in Asia account for half of all deaths caused by air dirtied […]
SECURITY-BRAZIL: Oedipus Caught in the Crossfire
Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 17 2007 (IPS) – A child mown down by a hail of bullets from a rifle aimed by an unseen gunman is one of the drawings kept on file by psychologist Ricardo Parente, and produced in evidence to support his claim that Freudian theory must be revised when treating […]
Train Faith Leaders to Tackle Africa’s Mental Health Needs
In countries like Malawi, there are simply not enough mental health professionals to go around. The local faith community can help fill this void. Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser. BLANTYRE, Malawi, Oct 14 2020 (IPS) – The world is actually in the throes of two pandemics. The first is COVID-19. The second is the wave of […]