Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Saturday, October 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Judith Henríquez Acuña interviews indigenous leader DANIEL PIÑACUÉ VILLA RICA, Colombia, Oct 24 (IPS) – Colombian President Álvaro Uribe admitted that the security forces opened fire on indigenous protesters in the southwestern province of Cauca, but [...]
ECONOMY-US: It’s Not the ”Greedy Poor People”
October 23, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by William Fisher NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) – A 31-year-old law designed to put an end to ”redlining” and other restrictive practices that effectively shut poor and minority families out of home-ownership and neighbourhood [...]
Q&A: ”EU Should Place Greater Importance on Latin America”
October 23, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Mario de Queiroz interviews MARIO SOARES LISBON, Oct 23 (IPS) – Mario Soares, two times president and three times prime minister of Portugal, says he is sorry that the European Union has not yet understood the [...]
ECONOMY-US: From the Guys Who Brought You Enron…
October 23, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Adrianne Appel BOSTON, Oct 23 (IPS) – The global credit agencies Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch propelled the financial meltdown by giving high marks to failing financial companies and their risky, sub-prime investments, lawmakers said [...]
AFRICA: Financial Crisis May Increase Pressure for Debt Repayment
Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Analyst Online / IPS Saturday, October 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stanley Kwenda* MANZINI (Swaziland), Oct 25 (IPS) – The collapse of the financial markets may force the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to [...]