Inter Press Service - Latin America and the Caribbean

Artículos

• Latin America Sets an Example in Welcoming Displaced Venezuelans

  26 de julio, puesto en línea por Humberto Marquez — Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Latin America & the Caribbean, Migration & Refugees, Population, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Venezuela
  The exodus of more than five million Venezuelans in the last six years has led countries in the developing South, Venezuela’s neighbours, to set an example with respect to welcoming and integrating displaced populations, with shared benefits for the new arrivals and the nations that receive (...)

• The Fight for the “Lost Souls.”

  19 de julio, puesto en línea por Rosi Orozco — Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Gender, Gender Violence, Headlines, Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations
  In June, the Department of Homeland Security made a critical announcement. For the first time in U.S. history, more than 15 national and local agencies and civilian organizations conducted a simultaneous major binational operation to find missing children inside and outside the United States. (...)

• El Salvador’s Bitcoin Mining Proposal Faces Many Hurdles

  19 de julio, puesto en línea por Edgardo Ayala — Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Integration and Development Brazilian-style, Latin America & the Caribbean, Projects, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations, Bitcoins, El Salvador, Geothermal Energy
  That a country like El Salvador, poor and with many social needs, would embark on an effort to attract so-called bitcoin mining, which demands a huge amount of energy and does not generate large numbers of jobs, is an extravagance that many find hard to digest. “In El Salvador financial (...)

• Cleantech Entrepreneurs Driving a Green Recovery in Barbados

  16 de julio, puesto en línea por Borbala Csete and Andrea Eras Almeida
  Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eastern Caribbean island nation, famed for its beautiful landscapes, pristine white-sand beaches and temperate climate, attracted around a million tourists each year. But with travel restrictions across the globe, tourism all but dried up, and the country’s (...)

• Caribbean aims to Turn Foul-smelling, Enviro Problem Sargassum Seaweed into High-Value Products

  14 de julio, puesto en línea por Jewel Fraser
  A regular visitor to the islands of the Caribbean has become a dreaded nuisance over the past ten years. The sargassum seaweed that typically washes ashore now arrives each year in overwhelming, extraordinary amounts for reasons that are not entirely clear. When it comes, it threatens marine (...)

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