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U.S.: Controversy Highlights Plight of Black, and White, Farmers
Tue, 31 Jul 2010 17:22 GMT - The controversial firing of an African-American federal government employee over comments misconstrued to be racist has refocused attention on the plight of black farmers in the U.S. South.
Haitian Immigrant Street Peddlers Try to Get a Leg Up
Tue, 31 Jul 2010 08:40 GMT - Gaston Dorelus has little education, no vocational training, no extrinsic qualifications to make his way through life any easier.
GREECE: Society Begins to Crack Under Harsh Measures
Mon, 30 Jul 2010 05:30 GMT - Every working day, more than a hundred people crowd around the entrance of the merchant and passenger boats\' reconstruction industry, well known as \'The Zone\', in the southern suburb of Attiki.
MIGRATION-ECUADOR: Cubans Find Door Half Open - Part 1
Sun, 29 Jul 2010 10:15 GMT - Carlos sold his house, Juana got a divorce so she could remarry and obtain resident status, and Pedro bought a \"letter of invitation\" with 10 years of savings... These sorts of stories are common amongst Cubans anxious to make a new life in Ecuador.
JAPAN: Rising Wages Won\'t Scare Investors Away from China
Sat, 28 Jul 2010 20:29 GMT - Common business wisdom would have it that rising wages are bad news for foreign investors, but analysts here say that workers\' clamour for higher pay in Japanese factories in China will not send them packing from that country anytime soon.
PERU: Adios, Doe Run
Sat, 28 Jul 2010 17:44 GMT - Peruvian President Alan García confirmed Wednesday that the permit of the U.S. mining and metallurgical company Doe Run to operate a major smelter complex was being cancelled because the firm missed the deadline for proving that it had the necessary financing to restart operations and complete an environmental cleanup.
MIGRATION-PORTUGAL: On the Football Pitch, Everyone Is Equal
Sat, 28 Jul 2010 08:50 GMT - Football functions on so many levels. It can be big business, moving astronomical quantities of cash, with obscene salaries for owners, coaches and star players. And it can be a widely played sport, found in every park, street or vacant lot. And it can be the common ground for multicultural coexistence.
VENEZUELA: Chronic Oil Leaks Sully Lake Maracaibo, Livelihoods
Fri, 27 Jul 2010 07:10 GMT - Dark oil slicks are spreading from the middle of Venezuela\'s Lake Maracaibo towards the shores -- the wetlands, mangroves, beaches and docks. Oil is permeating fishing nets, coating the garbage dumped into the water, killing off wildlife and driving away residents and tourists.
MALAWI: Government Money-Saving Measure Costs Traders Dearly
Thu, 26 Jul 2010 03:16 GMT - The Malawian government\'s new cost-cutting prohibition on the hosting of conferences, training sessions and workshops on the shores of Lake Malawi has hit small-scale merchants who ply their trade on the roadsides and beaches of the fresh-water lake.
ECONOMY: Latin America Grows Despite Global Uncertainties
Tue, 24 Jul 2010 07:06 GMT - More fixed capital investment to improve competition, greater added value to exported goods and services, and tax reforms to finance social policies are some of the challenges Latin America and the Caribbean face in the uncertain global economic panorama.