Preschool teacher Iris Mejías and her husband Alexis García, a retired university professor, stand next to the geomembrane biodigester that since December 2023 provides about four cubic meters of biogas daily for their agricultural activities and the needs of their home in the semi-urban neighborhood of Sierra Maestra, in the municipality of Boyeros on the …
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, April 05, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Apr 05 (IPS) – The fact that Senegal’s election took place on 24 March was in itself a triumph for civil society. That an opposition candidate, campaigning on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption agenda, emerged from jail to become the continent’s …
Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim Opinion by Aeenah Gurib-Fakim (port louis, mauritius) Wednesday, April 03, 2024 Inter Press Service PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Apr 03 (IPS) – Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, PhD, Former President of the Republic of MauritiusThe title of this piece is not my words. It’s from the President of Turkey calling for a reform of the United Nations …
A small farmer checks his corn field in the southern state of Guerrero. The grain is the star of the staple diet in Mexico, consumed in many different forms. CREDIT: Sader by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Thursday, March 14, 2024 Inter Press Service MEXICO CITY, Mar 14 (IPS) – Mexico has taken important steps to protect …
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 13 (IPS) – Much higher interest rates – due to Western central banks – are suffocating developing nations, especially the poorest, causing prolonged debt distress and economic stagnation. US Fed-induced stagnation After the greatest US Fed-led surge …
Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete. Credit: ECA by Busani Bafana (victoria falls, zimbabwe) Monday, March 11, 2024 Inter Press Service VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe, Mar 11 (IPS) – With 20 percent of the global population and vast untapped natural resources, not forgetting its human capital, it is time Africa had its rightful seat at …
Seaweed farming using the off-bottom seaweed farming approach—tying algal fonds or seaweed seeds to ropes attached between wooden pegs driven into the ocean sediment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (mwazaro beach, kenya) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service MWAZARO BEACH, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, IPS brings …
Credit: WFP/Arete/Siegfried Modola Opinion by Olivier De Schutter, Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva (washington dc) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Mar 08 (IPS) – Poverty is multidimensional. If we think of classical thinkers, Adam Smith referred to the basis of self-respect and the importance of being able to “appear in public without shame,” while …
Women march for their rights on Mar. 8, 2023, in Brasília. Every International Women’s Day, Brazilian women take to the streets in towns and cities to protest against sexism, racism and other factors of gender inequality. CREDIT: Lula Marques / Agência Brasil by Mario Osava (rio de janeiro) Wednesday, March 06, 2024 Inter Press Service RIO …
Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the UN General Assembly, writes a message of blessing at the National Children’s Center in Beijing. Credit: China National Children’s Center Opinion by Siddharth Chatterjee (beijing) Thursday, February 08, 2024 Inter Press Service BEIJING, Feb 08 (IPS) – The Year of the Dragon is upon us. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said …