Maria Aparecida dos Anjos points to where the stream, now reduced to a trickle of water, reaches when flooded in the community of Santa Helena do Inglês, one of the riverside towns along the Rio Negro, a large tributary of the Amazon, in Brazil by Mario Osava (manaus, brazil) Friday, December …
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Expansion of Mexico’s Largest Port Causes Alarm Over Environmental Damage — Global Issues
The port of Manzanillo, with the largest cargo movement in Mexico, is expanding its facilities without an environmental impact study. Credit: Colima Sostenible by Emilio Godoy (mexico) Thursday, December 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MEXICO, Dec 19 (IPS) – The expansion of the port of Manzanillo, Mexico’s most important port in …
My Father Was Arbitrarily Arrested and Convicted for Denouncing Government Corruption — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Inter Press Service Dec 17 (IPS) – CIVICUS speaks with Ramón Zamora, son of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, about restrictions on press freedom and the challenges of defending human rights in Guatemala. Rubén Zamora is part of the CIVICUS Stand as My Witness …
Small Island States Put Faith in International Courts Wayfinding Advisory Opinion — Global Issues
Protest for climate justice. Two hundred 200 women gathered at Mt. Yasur, an active volcano on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. Credit: Greenpeace & Ben Bohane by Umar Manzoor Shah (the hague) Friday, December 13, 2024 Inter Press Service THE HAGUE, Dec 13 (IPS) – Hearings on states’ legal obligations …
New Law in Cuba Makes Investing in Renewable Energy Sources Mandatory — Global Issues
Félix Morfis, next to photovoltaic panels installed on his house in Regla municipality, Havana. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños /IPS by Dariel Pradas (havana) Thursday, December 12, 2024 Inter Press Service HAVANA, Dec 12 (IPS) – With Decree 110, published on 26 November, Cuba made it mandatory for major consumers, whether they …
Latin America’s Poor Are More Urban and More Vulnerable — Global Issues
Shoppers jostle for the best prices at the Lo Valledor street market in Santiago, Chile. Urban households that ride the poverty line are particularly sensitive to food inflation. Credit: Max Valencia / FAO by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Monday, December 09, 2024 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Dec 09 (IPS) – Poverty, while …
Maya Train is Yet to Deliver Promised Benefits — Global Issues
The Maya Train’s Merida-Teya station, in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatan. Stations fill up when the train arrives, but remain empty most of the time. Credit: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (valladolid, mexico) Friday, November 29, 2024 Inter Press Service VALLADOLID, Mexico, Nov 29 (IPS) – Indigenous craftsperson …
Solar Project Causes Social and Environmental Conflict in Rural El Salvador — Global Issues
Salvadoran farmer Damian Cordoba looks at the trunk of what was once a fire tree, one of many that have been felled to make way for solar panels to be installed on a farm in western El Salvador by Volcano Energy to provide cheap energy for bitcoin mining. Credit: Edgardo …
Mayan Farmers Improve Their Livelihoods and Polyculture of Milpa in Mexico — Global Issues
Maya farmer Leonardo Puc shows an achiote seedling, whose seeds give colour and flavour to a variety of Mexican food recipes, in a cornfield in the municipality of Tadhziú, in the southeastern state of Yucatán. Image: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (chacsinkin, mexico) Monday, November 25, 2024 Inter Press …
Caribbean Calls For Just, Fair Financing For Small Island States at COP — Global Issues
Dr. Colin A. Young, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center says the developed world should be reminded of catastrophic outcomes of failing to meet emissions targets. Credit: Aishwarya Bajpai/IPS by Aishwarya Bajpai (baku) Monday, November 18, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 18 (IPS) – Communities living in …
‘Show Me the Money’—Grenada PM Calls for Climate Justice — Global Issues
Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell superimposed on a dramatic poster displayed at the CARICOM Pavilion at COP 29. Credit: Aishwarya Bajpai/IPS by Aishwarya Bajpai (baku) Thursday, November 14, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 14 (IPS) – “Though I come from a ‘no worries’ island, climate change is deeply worrisome …
Pass on Renewables, Fail on Efficiency — Global Issues
Large solar power plant in the Sertao region, in the arid northeast of Brazil, installed by the Spanish company Naturgy. Credit: Naturgy by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Nov 13 (IPS) – The Latin American and Caribbean region is a student with good grades in …
Haiti’s Transition of Power Predicted to Worsen Gang Violence — Global Issues
Internally displaced children at a displacement shelter in Léogâne. Credit: UNICEF/Maxime Le Lijour by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – Gang violence has ravaged Haiti, causing thousands of civilian deaths, displacements, and violations of international humanitarian law. Turmoil is expected …
Leather Cooperative Stops Unemployment in Northeast Brazil — Global Issues
José Carlos Castro, founding partner and former president of the Arteza Cooperative in Ribeira, Paraíba state, northeastern Brazil. Credit: Carlos Müller / IPS by Carlos Muller (cabaceiras, brazil) Monday, November 11, 2024 Inter Press Service CABACEIRAS, Brazil, Nov 11 (IPS) – The small community of Ribeira stands out in the Northeast, …
Brazil Promotes a Freer Global Biofuels Market — Global Issues
The biogas and biomethane plant of Cocal, a company that produces ethanol and sugar from sugarcane and biogas, biomethane and other derivatives from waste, in Narandiba, in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo. Credit: Mario Osava / IPS by Mario Osava (rio de janeiro) Tuesday, November 05, 2024 Inter Press …
COP16 Delivers on Indigenous Peoples, Digital Sequencing, But Fails on Finance — Global Issues
An image of an indigenous woman at the Plenary in session at COP16 which took a historic decision on the indigenous peoples and local communities. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (cali, columbia) Sunday, November 03, 2024 Inter Press Service CALI, Columbia, Nov 03 (IPS) – The curtains fell on the …
Conditions Deteriorate from Persisting Gang Violence in Haiti — Global Issues
Frequent gang attacks in Haiti’s capital city, Port-Au-Prince have forced this family to flee its home. Credit: UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol by Oritro Karim (united nations) Saturday, November 02, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 02 (IPS) – Due to worsening political instability, escalating gang violence, and a lack of basic …
Can COP16 Meet the Expectations? — Global Issues
Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General at COP16, sent a message that peace with nature was only possible if there was a political solution to conflicts. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (cali, columbia) Thursday, October 31, 2024 Inter Press Service CALI, Columbia, Oct 31 (IPS) – José Aruna, a forest …
Small Farmers Reap Growing Benefits From Solar Energy in Chile — Global Issues
Residents pose behind the sprinkler that irrigates an alfalfa field thanks to the energy generated by a photovoltaic panel installed on Fanny Lastra’s property in Mirador de Bío Bío, Chile. Credit: Courtesy of Fresia Lastra by Orlando Milesi (santiago) Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, Oct 29 (IPS) – …
Scientific Research Can Play a Key Role in Unlocking Climate Finance — Global Issues
More than 700 authors representing 90 different nationalities written the AR6 for IPCC | Credit: Margaret López/IPS Opinion by Margaret Lopez (caracas) Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Oct 29 (IPS) – Climate finance will come under intense scrutiny during COP29, and its distribution aligned with scientific analysis of …
