South-South

Rich Getting Richer as the Poor Crawl Slowly Out of Poverty

By Diana Cariboni
The very contemporary medieval novels of Welsh author Ken Follett transport readers to a time when the rich had everything - and the poor didn’t even own themselves.

China Casts A Long Shadow Over Latin America

By Jill Richardson
In the past 15 years, China has gone from being a relatively insignificant economic partner in Latin America to the number-one trading partner of some of the largest economies in the region.

Pakistan’s Coal Rush: A Bubble Waiting to Burst

By Farrukh Zaman and Chaitanya Kumar
Mukhtar Ali is one of the many Pakistanis who are furious at politicians and authorities for failing to provide citizens with a regular supply of electricity during the smouldering summer months.

Tracking the Democratic “Alternative from the South”

By Michelle Tullo
Democratic governance offers a viable option for developing countries to achieve economic growth and inclusion, yet this doesn’t need to follow the Western model, new research released here this week suggests.

Narendra Modi: More Continuity Than Change in Foreign Policy

By Rajan Menon
The Congress Party took a beating in India’s recent parliamentary election and has been now been sidelined by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party, or BJP).

When China Sneezes, Latin America Gets the Flu

By Michelle Tullo
China’s massive urbanisation has been built, literally, by metal, supplied mostly by Latin American countries (LAC). Yet now China’s slowing economic growth and falling commodity prices threaten Latin American commodity booms.

Is Putin’s Eurasian Vision Losing Steam?

By Joanna Lillis
Victory Day on May 9 was an occasion for Russians to indulge in patriotic flag waving in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin used the previous day to muster a show of diplomatic support for his efforts to bring formerly Soviet states closer together.

UAE Diplomatic Offensive in Latin America

By IPS Correspondents
The visit by United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru brings to an end 10 days of unusually intense diplomatic activity by the Gulf nation in Latin America.

Biofortified Tortillas to Provide Micronutrients in Latin America

By Fabíola Ortiz
Latin America is one of the regions in the world suffering from “hidden hunger” - a chronic lack of the micronutrients needed to ward off problems like anaemia, blindness, impaired immune systems, and stunted growth.

Deforestation in the Andes Triggers Amazon “Tsunami”

By Mario Osava
Deforestation, especially in the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru, was the main driver of this year’s disastrous flooding in the Madeira river watershed in Bolivia’s Amazon rainforest and the drainage basin across the border, in Brazil.

U.S. Blasted on Failure to Ratify IMF Reforms

By Jim Lobe
While Republicans complain relentlessly about U.S. President Barack Obama’s alleged failure to exert global leadership on geo-political issues like Syria and Ukraine, they are clearly undermining Washington’s leadership of the world economy.

Developing Nations Seek U.N. Retaliation on Bank Cancellations

By Thalif Deen
The 132-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing nations, has urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide, "as soon as possible...alternative options for banking services" in New York City following the mass cancellation of bank accounts of U.N. missions and foreign diplomats.

Going Green Without Sinking into the Red

By Peter Richards
Most Caribbean countries are famous for their sun, sand and warm sea breezes. Far fewer are known for their wide use of solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy.

Discomfort over Crimea Annexation Among Emerging Powers

By Jim Lobe
Last month’s annexation by Russia of Crimea and the West’s reaction have placed emerging regional powers, which have generally supported Moscow’s position on key geopolitical developments, in a difficult position, according to U.S. analysts.

Brazilian Dams Accused of Aggravating Floods in Bolivia

By Franz Chávez
Unusually heavy rainfall, climate change, deforestation and two dams across the border in Brazil were cited by sources who spoke to IPS as the causes of the heaviest flooding in Bolivia’s Amazon region since records have been kept.

Russia Expelled From G8, but G20? Not So Fast

By Thalif Deen
When Western powers, led by the United States, decided to throw Russia out of the Group of 8 (G8) industrial nations, it was aimed at punishing and "isolating" President Vladimir Putin for his intervention in Ukraine and "annexation" of Crimea.

Q&A: “Bolivia Marked the Start of a Major Indigenous Awakening”

By Marianela Jarroud
He describes himself as someone who was drawn to Marxism as a result of his commiseration with the plight of indigenous people in his country, and he is considered one of the most influential Latin American thinkers of the 21st century.

Commonwealth Works to Raise Climate Resilience on Global Agenda

By Peter Richards
As they fine-tune preparations for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Samoa and the United Nations post-2015 development framework meeting in September, Commonwealth states are focusing on getting the international community to pay more attention to the challenges they face.

U.N. Diplomats, Cut Off from Banks, Seek Haven in Mattresses

By Thalif Deen
Addressing a closed-door meeting of the Group of 77 (G77) developing countries last week, a visibly angry Latin American delegate recounted the growing new hostility towards foreign diplomats in New York city.

Putting Climate Polluters in the Dock

By Desmond Brown
Can Caribbean governments take legal action against other countries that they believe are warming the planet with devastating consequences?

Brazilian Innovation for Under-financed Mozambican Agriculture

By Amos Zacarias
Some of the technological excellence that revolutionised Brazil’s tropical agriculture is reaching small producers in Mozambique. But it is not enough to compensate for the underfinancing of the sector.
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