Global News Blog / IPS April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Milagros Salazar CUZCO, Peru, Apr 28 (IPS) – Thousands of varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum), one of the most widely-eaten and well-known foods in the world, have been developed in the heart of South America’s Andes mountains, [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Eliminating Poverty at Low Cost
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Global News Blog / IPS Saturday, April 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Mario Osava* – Tierramérica RIO DE JANIERO, Apr 26 (IPS) – The success of pioneering efforts to reduce inequality and poverty using relatively few resources has led to an expansion in Latin America of direct aid, [...]
EL SALVADOR: Gangs Are ‘Perfect Scapegoats’, Say Experts
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Global News Blog / IPS April 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Raúl Gutiérrez SAN SALVADOR, Apr 25 (IPS) – El Salvador, a Central American country of 21,000 square kilometres bathed by the Pacific ocean, is the battleground of a shadowy war between mafias, street gangs and death squads, [...]
ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Mr. Kirchner, the Éminence Not-So-Grise
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Global News Blog / IPS April 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Apr 25 (IPS) – Above and beyond its impact on the markets or the economy itself, the change of economy minister in Argentina has clearly demonstrated the enormous power that former President Néstor Kirchner [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Can Rising Food Prices Help Small Family Farms?
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Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Daniela Estrada* SANTIAGO, Apr 24 (IPS) – Rising global food prices could represent an opportunity for the development of small-scale family farming if national governments provide effective support as part of long-term policies, say experts from various [...]
Q&A: Land Reform Agents Try to Free Indians from Servitude in Bolivia
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Q&A: Land Reform Agents Try to Free Indians from Servitude in Bolivia Interview with INRA Secretary General Juan de Dios Fernández Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. LA PAZ, Apr 24 (IPS) – Alto Parapetí, a rural area in the eastern Bolivian province of [...]
CUBA: Government Toughens Stance Against Dissidents
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Global News Blog / IPS April 22, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Patricia Grogg HAVANA, Apr 22 (IPS) – The break-up of a demonstration by a small group of Cuban women demanding the release of their imprisoned dissident husbands came just a few days after a government warning that [...]
ECONOMY-LATIN AMERICA: From Optimism to Concern
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Global News Blog / IPS April 22, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Apr 22 (IPS) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) called on countries in the region Tuesday to take urgent measures to deal with the rising cost of food, which [...]
PARAGUAY: An Injection of Hope
Global News Blog / IPS April 22, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By David Vargas ASUNCION, Apr 22 (IPS) – ”This is an injection of hope,” said Ricardo Cáceres, a resident of Asunción, celebrating the victory of former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo, who was elected president of Paraguay in elections [...]