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A Chimera in Growing Cooperation Between China and Brazil
Mario Osava
A total of 35 agreements and contracts were signed during Chinese Prime
Minister Li Keqiang’s visit to Brazil, as part of the growing ties
between the two countries. But there is one project that drew all the
attention: the Transcontinental Railway.
The railroad will stretch over 5,000 km from ...
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Germany’s Asylum Seekers – You Can't Evict a Movement
Francesca Dziadek
In a move to take their message of solidarity to refugees across the
country and calling for their voices to be heard in Europe’s ongoing
debate on migration, Germany's asylum seekers have taken their
nationwide protest movement for change on the road under the slogan:
“You Can't Evict a ...
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Climate Change: Some Companies Reject ‘Business as Usual’
A. D. McKenzie
When it comes to climate change, business as usual is simply “not an
option”.
That was the view of Eldar Saetre, CEO of Norwegian multinational
Statoil, as international industry leaders met in Paris for a two-day
Business & Climate Summit, six months ahead of the next United
Nations Climate ...
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Pakistan’s Streets Kids Drop the Begging Bowl, Opt for Pencils Instead
Zofeen Ebrahim
Khalil Ahmed's life story sounds like it could have come straight out of
the plot of a Bollywood flick, but it didn’t. And that makes it all the
more inspiring.
Residents of the sleepy town of Gambat, 500 km from the Pakistani port
city of Karachi, where Ahmed was an all too familiar face, may ...
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The U.N. at 70: Time to Prioritise Human Rights for All, for Current and Future Generations
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Seventy years ago, with the founding of the United Nations, all nations
reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and
worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women and
of nations large and small.
The commitment to fundamental human rights that was ...
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Lessons from an Indian Tribe on How to Manage the Food-Forest Nexus
Manipadma Jena
Scattered across 240 sq km on the remote Niyamgiri hill range in the
eastern Indian state of Odisha, an ancient tribal group known as the
Dongria Kondh have earned themselves a reputation as trailblazers.
Having fought – and won – a decade-long battle with a British mining
giant that invested ...
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U.N., World Bank Set 2030 Deadline for Sustainable Energy for All
Thalif Deen
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, an unrelenting advocate of sustainable
energy for all (SE4All), once dramatised the need for modern
conveniences by holding up his cell phone before an audience in the
Norwegian capital of Oslo and asking: “What would we do without them?”
“We are all dependent on ...
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Latin America Must Address Its Caregiving Crisis
Fabiana Frayssinet
As in the rest of the world, the care of children, the elderly and the
disabled in Latin America has traditionally fallen to women, who add it
to their numerous domestic and workplace tasks. A debate is now emerging
in the region on the public policies that governments should adopt to
give them a ...
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Development Threatens Antigua's Protected Guiana Island
Desmond Brown
In June 2014, Gaston Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party to a
resounding victory at the polls with a pledge to transform the country
into an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean.
In their first 100 days in office, Prime Minister Browne’s Cabinet
approved a number of private ...
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“Megaprojects” Can Destroy Reputations in Brazil
Mario Osava
Megaprojects are high-risk bets. They can shore up the government that
brought them to fruition, but they can also ruin its image and undermine
its power – and in the case of Brazil the balance is leaning
dangerously towards the latter.
As the scandal over kickbacks in the state oil company ...
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Opinion: Edinburgh University Bows to Fossil Fuel Industry
Kirsty Haigh , Eric Lai , and Ellen Young
The University of Edinburgh has taken the decision to not divest from
fossil fuels, bowing to the short-term economic interests of departments
funded by the fossil fuel industry, with little to no acknowledgement
of the long-term repercussions of these investments.
The decision, which was ...
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Murders of Gays Raise the Question of Hate Crimes in Cuba
Ivet González
During the events surrounding the eighth annual celebration of the Day
Against Homophobia in Cuba, it emerged that a young transsexual had
recently been killed in the city of Pinar del Río near the western tip
of this Caribbean island nation.
While efforts to combat discrimination against ...
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“Swachh Bharat” (Clean India) Requires a Mindset Change
Prerna Sodhi
“Swachh Bharat”, or Clean India, is a slogan that most Indians today
associate with the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his first
nation-wide campaign launched soon after taking office in 2014.
The call has definitely awakened popular consciousness on cleanliness
but whether citizens ...
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Friday, May 22, 2015
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