By Global Issues MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 18 (IPS) – Guatemala’s new president, Bernardo Arévalo, was expected to be sworn in on 14 January at 2pm –the 14th at 14:00, as people repeated in anticipation for months. It was a momentous event – but it wasn’t guaranteed to happen. Read the full story, “Guatemala’s Chance for […]
By Global Issues JOHANNESBURG, Jan 17 (IPS) – There is cautious optimism regarding the conflict that has been raging in northern Mozambique, largely in the province of Cabo Delgado, since 2017. There are encouraging indications that the Islamic State (IS)-driven insurgency has significantly decreased thanks to the deployment of the Mozambique Defense Armed Forces (FADM), […]
By Global Issues KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 17 (IPS) – World Bank aid encourages governments to enable illicit financial outflows to offshore tax havens by reducing capital controls, thus draining precious foreign exchange and government resources. Read the full story, “World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft”, on globalissues.org → Source: World Bank Enables Foreign Aid […]