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U.S. “Stalling” Could Force Acceptance of Onerous TPP

By Carey L. Biron
Civil society opposition here has strengthened against a U.S.-proposed free trade zone that would include some dozen countries around the Pacific Rim.

China Maps Out Venezuela’s Valuable Mining Resources

By Humberto Márquez
An agreement signed by the government of Venezuela and the Chinese state-owned company Citic Group for prospecting and mapping the country's mining reserves is being challenged by both the opposition and experts who argue that it will leave valuable natural resources dangerously exposed.

New Development Bank to be Key BRICS Building Block

By John Fraser
Emerging market leaders want their Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa club to be taken seriously, and next month they are expected to make a decisive move towards setting up a development bank to give it real substance and credibility.
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Q&A: South Korean Brands Invade Global Markets

By Thalif Deen
When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former foreign minister of South Korea, met with Psy last October, he jokingly told the wildly popular rapper that he was "a bit jealous" of him.

Tourism Lies at the Heart of the BRICS

By John Fraser
As tourism between the emerging nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa starts to increase, South Africa is determined to weld the iron while it is hot.

BRICS Summit Means Business

By John Fraser
African nations and other emerging countries are expected to soon outperform the developed world, and South Africa wants to take advantage.

Climate Change Threatens Caribbean Coral Reefs

By Peter Richards
Scientists and researchers are working together in a new initiative to collect data that will help determine the effects of climate change on coral in the Caribbean Sea.

Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away

By Michelle Tolson
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake for fish and plants, which they would eat and sell.

In the Land of Gas, the Residents Have None

By Franz Chávez
The 19,000 inhabitants of the municipality of Caraparí, the area supplying a third of Bolivia’s gas exports, do not have access to gas or petrol, six years after the nationalisation of the mega deposit and almost a quarter century after its discovery.

Draft Arctic Oil Spill Agreement “Inadequate”

By Joe Hitchon
Environmentalists are warning that a meeting of environment ministers that took place Monday in Sweden has agreed on a weak and inadequate response plan in case of an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean.

Solar Streetlights Light the Way Toward Green Energy in Caribbean

By Desmond Brown
The tiny federation of St. Kitts-Nevis and its larger neighbour to the north, Jamaica, are leading the Caribbean's search for new ways to become more energy efficient by installing new solar streetlights, a green alternative to traditional ones.

Building Angolan-Brazilian Ties on Infrastructure

By Mario Osava
Brazil has turned to large infrastructure as a unique way to globally expand its economy and build up its political influence, with the added bonus of furthering the development of small nations. But this strategy is not without its risks.

Q&A: Raising Tariffs “Common Sense” Not Protectionism

By John Fraser
South Africa has denied that it is taking a protectionist stance to protect its own producers against foreign competition, but says it is justified in boosting tariffs where this is allowed under international trade agreements.

Cuban Diplomacy Bypasses U.S. via CELAC

By Patricia Grogg
Cuban diplomacy will be working full blast this year, promoting its own approach to integration in line with the needs and goals of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a regional body that excludes the United States, Cuba's leading ideological opponent.

Latin America and Caribbean Aim for “Unity in Diversity”

By Marianela Jarroud
Openly conceding the differences in their ideological, economic and geopolitical views, leaders and high-level representatives of the 33 member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) committed themselves to integration at their first ever summit.

Latin America Flexes Muscles at Joint EU Summit

By Marianela Jarroud
The nations of Latin America and the Caribbean strengthened their position with respect to Europe at the CELAC-EU summit held this weekend in the Chilean capital, reaching agreements that protect their natural resources from foreign investors and securing a joint condemnation of the United States’ trade embargo against Cuba.
From the European Union to Latin America, protestors have taken to the streets against austerity policies. Credit: Nikos Pilos/IPS

Can Europe and Latin America Meet as Equals?

By Fabiana Frayssinet
The European Union's serious economic and financial crisis stands in stark contrast to the relative stability and decade-long growth enjoyed by Latin America and the Caribbean and could put the two blocs on equal footing, giving the Southern region more leverage to further its demands and economic growth.

China-Mexico Ties Grow Thin

By Emilio Godoy
"We are completely 'clueless' when it comes to China." This statement by Enrique Dussel, director of the Centre for China-Mexico Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, perfectly describes the currently stale state of relations between the two countries.

Digging for Water, But Striking Oil

By Thalif Deen
The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil.

In Caribbean, Climate-Smart Agriculture Bolsters Farm Production

By Desmond Brown
A new initiative is catching on in the Caribbean that aims to increase and sustain agricultural productivity by incorporating information about weather and climate into the farming process, all under the umbrella of climate-smart agriculture.

Latin America and the Venezuelan Question Mark

By Fabiana Frayssinet
A lot of water has passed under the bridge in Latin America since Hugo Chávez first took office as president of Venezuela in 1999, with left-wing and centre-left governments coming to power and the emergence of paths toward integration that exclude the United States.
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