Articles Written by:    GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA     

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RIGHTS: Tripped Up by Honduras, UN Council Turns to Middle East

RIGHTS: GENEVA, Sep 15 (IPS) - The United Nations Human Rights Council set a firm precedent in favour of the international isolation of the de facto government that took over in Honduras after a Jun. 28 coup removed President Manuel Zelaya. ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  U N Security Council,  Manuel Zelaya,  Patricia Rodas,  Richard Goldstone

COLOMBIA: Indigenous People Troubled by U.S. Military Presence

COLOMBIA: GENEVA, Aug 13 (IPS) - The head of Colombia's biggest association of indigenous people is concerned that allowing U.S. troops to use military bases in his country will signal a regression to former times when the United States ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  13 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

RIGHTS: Disfiguring Disease Linked to Right to Food

RIGHTS: GENEVA, Aug 7 (IPS) - Noma, an ulcerous disease whose name comes from a Greek word that means "to devour" because it literally eats away at malnourished children's faces in just a few months, is found in the developing world, ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  7 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Jean Ziegler

RIGHTS: UN Anti-Racism Committee Concerned for Indians in Peru

RIGHTS: GENEVA, Aug 5 (IPS) - The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern this week over the treatment received by indigenous communities in Peru. The already tense relations between ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  5 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

TRADE: WTO Report Chose "Serendipitous" Topic

TRADE: GENEVA, Jul 22 (IPS) - The central focus of the WTO annual report - the tricky balance between the need to protect national production and the negative economic impacts of such measures during times of crisis - was actually chosen ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  22 Jul 2009
Related Topics: World Trade Organization

HEALTH: Flu Pandemic Declared; Poor Countries at Highest Risk

HEALTH: GENEVA, Jun 11 (IPS) - The cautious tone taken by World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan when she declared an H1N1 influenza virus pandemic Thursday was only modified when she expressed concern over the ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Margaret Chan

LABOUR: Colombia Still Undisputed Leader in Trade Unionist Murders

LABOUR: GENEVA, Jun 10 (IPS) - Colombia has long been the world leader in murders of trade unionists a dubious distinction that it seems in no danger of losing, according to a new report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: AFL-CIO

HEALTH: Swine Flu – Caught Between Health and Profits

HEALTH: GENEVA, May 19 (IPS) - The first step towards a massive global health prevention mechanism, under which billions of people around the world could be vaccinated against the H1N1 influenza virus while a handful of transnational ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  19 May 2009
Related Topics: Margaret Chan,  United Nations,  World Health Organization,  Ban Ki-moon

HEALTH: Voices of Alarm and Moderation at WHO Meet

HEALTH: GENEVA, May 18 (IPS) - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chang issued a warning about the danger posed by the H1N1 flu epidemic, while health ministers from several countries recommended avoiding excesses ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  18 May 2009
Related Topics: World Health Organization,  World Bank

TRADE: More Openness, No Major Changes in US Return to WTO

TRADE: GENEVA, May 13 (IPS) - The new U.S. administrations first appearance on the WTO scene demonstrated "a willingness to engage in dialogue, and greater openness," but in substance "it did not show major differences with the past," said ...

From GUSTAVO CAPDEVILA, Inter Press Service,  13 May 2009
Related Topics: World Trade Organization,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Republican Party

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