Languages
Sunday, November 8, 2026
News and Views from the Global South
POLITICS: US Hoping for Breakthrough in North Korea
President Bill Clinton is sending former Pentagon chief William Perry to Pyongyang this week, looking for a major breakthrough in easing tension in the Korean Peninsula.RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Logbook Chronicled Crimes of Death Squads
Revelations contained in a logbook, apparently kept by a military death squad in Guatemala City from September 1983 through March 1985, has prompted new calls for the Guatemalan government to thoroughly investigate the crimes detailed in the document.ECONOMY: US Approves Aid for Central American Countries
The United States is delivering on its pledges of aid and an easing of immigration rules to help Central American nations savaged by last year's Hurricane Mitch.RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: Logbook Chronicled Crimes of Death Squads
Revelations contained in a logbook, apparently kept by a military death squad in Guatemala City from September 1983 through March 1985, has prompted new calls for the Guatemalan government to thoroughly investigate the crimes detailed in the document.POLITICS-US: Cheers for Barak’s Victory in Israel
The White House led the cheers in the United States Tuesday at the landslide victory of Labour leader Ehud Barak over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli elections.RIGHTS-US: Two Former Salvadorean Generals Sued
Two top-ranking army officers from El Salvador, who also served as defence ministers in their home country, are being sued in a US federal court for their role in the 1980 murder of four US churchwomen.ECONOMY-GUYANA: Multilaterals Approve Debt Relief
Guyana has become the third country after Uganda and Bolivia to qualify for relief under the 1996 programme allowing the world's poorest countries to reduce debt owed to international financial agencies, such as the World Bank.RIGHTS-US: Two Former Salvadorean Generals Sued
Two top-ranking army officers from El Salvador, who also served as defence ministers in their home country, are being sued in a US federal court for their role in the 1980 murder of four US churchwomen.POLITICS: US Hopes to Ride Out China Crisis
With demonstrations against the US embassy in Beijing winding down, political sources here believe that the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade should not seriously disrupt Sino-American ties.HEALTH-US: Teenage Murders and Suicides Rise Sharply
Two weeks after a shooting spree left 15 people dead at a high school in Colorado, a nationwide survey shows there has been a sharp increase in the incidence of murder and suicide among US teenagers during the past 20 years.HEALTH-US: Teenage Murders and Suicides Rise Sharply
Two weeks after a shooting spree left 15 people dead at a high school in Colorado, a nationwide survey shows there has been a sharp increase in the incidence of murder and suicide among US teenagers during the past 20 years.CONFLICT-KOSOVO: G-8 Accord Seen as Advance in NATO Strategy
The accord reached Thursday, between Russia and the West's most powerful nations on a framework for a Kosovo peace accord, marks the culmination of NATO's diplomatic effort to drive a wedge between Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and Moscow.POLITICS-US: Letup in Policy on Terrorism
A series of moves in the past week by President Bill Clinton's administration could have a major impact on US policy towards terrorism and countries accused of supporting it.HEALTH-AMERICAS: New Efforts to Eliminate Measles
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) are joining forces for a final push to eliminate measles from the Americas within the next five years.RIGHTS-US: New Drive to Kill “School of Assassins”
Human-rights activists and legislators, capitalising on President Bill Clinton's recent apology for Washington's support for the Guatemalan military, want to close the notorious US Army School of the Americas.ECONOMY: Balkans Economies Battered by War in Yugoslavia
While NATO warplanes continue to rain bombs on the infructure of Yugoslavia, the economies of Belgrade's pro-NATO Balkan neighbours also are taking a beating.RIGHTS: Undemocratic Regimes get Billions from US
The United States provided a record 8.3 billion dollars in military support to undemocratic regimes in 1997 - the latest year for which statistics are available - according to a report released here Wednesday.CONFLICT-KOSOVO: NATO Offers Guarantees for ‘Front-Line States’
Wrapping up a summit dominated by the Kosovo crisis, leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) pledged Sunday to provide economic support and security guarantees to Yugoslavia's neighbours which co-operate with NATO's military campaign.HEALTH: U.S. Won’t Destroy Its Smallpox Stocks
President Bill Clinton has decided against destroying the remaining US stocks of smallpox virus, claiming that, to do so, could harm scientific, health, and national security interests.CONFLICT-KOSOVO: NATO Leaders Court Russia
Leaders of the 19-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), despite their determination to prevail in the air war in the Balkans, have moved closer toward Russia's plan to end the month-old conflict over Kosovo.CONFLICT-KOSOVO: Spectre of Ground War Haunts NATO Summit
Like Banquo's ghost in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth,' the spectre haunting this weekend's summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is "bloody and muddy."« Previous Page — Next Page »
The Week with IPS
NEXT STOP - SDGs
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
