By Global Issues MANAUS, Brazil, Dec 20 (IPS) – The flow of the igarapé always dropped for three months every year, but now it has been dry for two years in a row, complains Maria Aparecida dos Anjos, looking at the trickle of water that when flooded reaches the stilts of her wooden house, 50 […]
By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (IPS) – In overthrowing Bashar al-Assad and his regime, Syria reaches the process of re-affirming its sovereignty, a process that the United Nations chief asserts must be led by the Syrian people. Read the full story, “UN Commits to Supporting Syria in Political Transition, Adapting Humanitarian Support”, on […]
By Global Issues DUISBURG, Germany, Dec 19 (IPS) – Donald Trump, president-elect of the USA, wants to end the Ukraine war within a day, as he has emphasized several times, but without saying how. Despite the brutal clashes on the ground in Ukraine, do negotiations now have a chance? Are we near to a “ripe […]