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Published on Fri, 2011-07-29 09:35
The delay in approving a new ceiling for public debt in the United States is threatening the international financial system, and this could have a dramatic impact on the value of assets, exchange rates, levels of global activity and, as a result, on demand for goods and services produced and exported by Latin America and the Caribbean, warned the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). |
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Published on Fri, 2011-07-29 09:32
Source: The Star. The outcome of the 1992 Earth Summit was large in ambition but poor in implementation. With the world in even larger crisis, the search is on for stronger institutions, as a meeting in Solo last week revealed, wrote Martin Khor in his most recent column for The Star, one of the leading Malaysian newspapers. |
Published on Fri, 2011-07-29 09:29
Source: Pew Research Center. Wealth gaps between ethnic communities have risen to record highs in the United States. The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black ones and 18 times that of Hispanic families, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. |
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Domingo Schiavoni La organización mundial Social Watch, que se caracteriza por sus propuestas alternativas, en materia de desarrollo económico y social a las que impulsan las grandes corporaciones de los países más poderosos, acaba de concluir su quinta asamblea internacional en Manila pronunciándose abiertamente contra el modelo en curso, particularmente en las naciones en vías de desarrollo, al que caracteriza como “económicamente ineficiente, socialmente injusto, ambientalmente nocivo y políticamente insostenible”. |
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Los principios de responsabilidad son universales, así como “los mecanismos de ‘identificar y avergonzar’ son esencialmente los mismos” en todas partes, pero los medios para hacerlos funcionar varían de país en país, dijo Roberto Bissio, coordinador de Social Watch, en la Asamblea Mundial de esta red de organizaciones de la sociedad civil celebrada en Manila. |
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Mario Rapoport Aun con todas sus limitaciones, el capitalismo social europeo, tanto del tipo renano como escandinavo, parecía en general preferible al estadounidense, |
Published on Thu, 2011-07-28 07:43
Source: Lívia Duarte’s report for the World Social Forum Representatives of 150 social organizations and movements from various countries announced in Rio that the Peoples’ Summit will be held in parallel to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20), which will take place next year from June 4-6. |
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Fuente: Ceské Noviny El Informe de Social Watch 2010, publicado la semana pasada en Praga, critica a las autoridades de la República Checa por el recorte de prestaciones sociales y por algunas propuestas del gobierno que podrían precipitar a familias de bajos ingresos hacia la pobreza, informó el diario Ceské Noviny |
Published on Wed, 2011-07-27 07:34
Source: Eurostep. The European Commission launched seven sustainability schemes which will be used to verify actual mitigation impact of biofuels. The launch, however, has raised fresh concerns about the European Union’s policy on this matter, with critics arguing those plans fall short in addressing the social impacts of biofuel production, reported Eurostep. |
Published on Tue, 2011-07-26 13:42
Source: Report by Salma Shukrallah, Al Ahram Parties and civil organizations, amongst them Mosharka (national focal point of Social Watch), demand that Egypt's military council and government take responsibility for Abbassiya violence. The groups call for an independent committee to investigate the episode, as they compare it to the infamous 'Battle of the Camel'. |
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