Inter Press Service - Latin America and the Caribbean

Artículos

• We Will Never Give Up the Slavery Reparations Fight, say Caribbean Rastafarians

  18 de octubre, puesto en línea por Alison Kentish — Active Citizens, Civil Society, COVID-19, Featured, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Latin America & the Caribbean, TerraViva United Nations, #HumanRights, Reparations, Slavery
  The Rastafarian organizations in the Caribbean are determined that the issue of slavery reparations will emerge from the eclipse of COVID-19. As the world deals with the impacts of efforts to contain the virus’ spread and regional governments tackle vaccine hesitancy and a wave of (...)

• Argentina’s Small Farming Communities Reach Consumers Online

  14 de octubre, puesto en línea por Daniel Gutman — Active Citizens, Civil Society, Cooperatives, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Green Economy, Headlines, Integration and Development Brazilian-style, Latin America & the Caribbean, Poverty & SDGs, Projects, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations, Argentina, cooperatives, Small Farmers
  This article is part of IPS' coverage of World Food Day, celebrated Oct. 16, whose 2021 theme is: Grow, nourish, sustain. Together.

• Cuba’s Power Crisis Drives Home Need to Accelerate Energy Transition

  14 de octubre, puesto en línea por Luis Brizuela — Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Energy, Featured, Headlines, Integration and Development Brazilian-style, Latin America & the Caribbean, Projects, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations, Cuba, renewable energies
  With aging infrastructure and problems with fuel supplies, Cuba is facing a crisis in its electric power generation system, which could accelerate plans to increase the share of renewable sources in the energy mix. In recent weeks, blackouts have been widespread in the 15 provinces of this (...)

• Pandemic Highlights Urgent Need to Improve Sanitation in Brazil

  8 de octubre, puesto en línea por Mario Osava
  Basic sanitation, a sector that is undervalued because, according to politicians, it does not bring in votes, has gained relevance in Brazil due to the pandemic that has hit the poor especially hard and the drought that threatens millions of people. Brazil has made very little progress in (...)

• The Plight of Haiti

  30 de septiembre, puesto en línea por Jan Lundius — Aid, Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Crime & Justice, Economy & Trade, Education, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Labour, Latin America & the Caribbean, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations, Water & Sanitation
  I assume channel surfing and internet browsing contribute to a decrease in people’s attention span. I am not familiar with any scientific proof, though while working as a teacher I found that some students may be exhausted when five minutes of a lesson has passed and begin fingering on their (...)

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