By Global Issues MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 19 (IPS) – This year more than half the world’s population has the chance to go to the polls. That might make it look like the most democratic year ever, but the reality is more troubling. Too many of those elections won’t give people a real say and won’t […]
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By Global Issues MEXICO CITY, Mar 14 (IPS) – Mexico has taken important steps to protect native corn, even standing up to its largest trading partner, the United States, to do so. But the lack of a comprehensive legal framework in its policy towards genetically modified crops allows authorizations for other transgenic crops. Read the […]
By Global Issues RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 13 (IPS) – Brazil is counting on biofuels to assert itself as an energy powerhouse in the near future, as a decisive supplier of low-carbon jet fuel, a requirement of the climate crisis. Read the full story, “Brazil’s Biofuel Potential Set to Expand Thanks to Sustainable Aviation Fuel”, […]