International
‘People come first’ say progressive leaders
March 30, 2009VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile, Mar 28 (IPS) - Countries must put people first if they are to prevent the economic recession from becoming a social recession, concluded the two-day gathering of self-styled progressive world leaders that...
Read moreMorales to call for new world order in Doha
March 30, 2009La Paz, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales on Sunday is flying to Doha, Qatar, for the Second Arab-South American Summit, where he will advocate for a new multilateral world order to face the...
Read moreNestl stands accused of rights violations in connection with possible sell-off in Korea
March 29, 2009Reposted from www.iuf.org The IUF wrote to Nestlé corporate management, pointing out that while the company may react with silence or with the standard 'we do not respond to rumours' when dealing with the media, it...
Read moreDollar days may be numbered, say experts
March 29, 2009London, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) The Presidents of Brazil and China, Russia and India have already agreed that a solution to the financial crisis could be to create global reserves based on a basket of the...
Read moreU.S.-Mexico border garners much attention from White House
March 28, 2009In response to highly publicized wave of turf battles among drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Obama administration issued an ambitious multi-agency $700 million plan this week to combat the violence. The on-going problem has...
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