Chinese Fleet Threatens Latin America’s Fish Stocks — Global Issues

Chinese Fleet Threatens Latin America’s Fish Stocks — Global Issues

Only artisanal fishing is allowed in the waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where it is possible to catch large, valuable fish. The area is a marine reserve, a nursery of species for the eastern Pacific and is off-limits to industrial fishing. But its continental shelf is increasingly under siege by…

Gender Sensitization, Not ‘Romeo’ Policing Needed, say Activists — Global Issues

Gender Sensitization, Not ‘Romeo’ Policing Needed, say Activists — Global Issues

Activists have asked for gender sensitizing of the police, rather than the so-called Romeo squad. Source: Twitter by Mehru Jaffer (lucknow) Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Inter Press Service Lucknow, Jul 27 (IPS) – Romeo is a bad word in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India’s largest province with nearly 25 million people. While…

Unprecedented Threats Against Right to Protest on the Rise World-wide — Global Issues

Unprecedented Threats Against Right to Protest on the Rise World-wide — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (IPS) – The French writer and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778), once famously remarked: “I disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend unto death, your right to utter them.” But that political axiom…

Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation — Global Issues

Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation — Global Issues

Opinion by Charles Seevali Abeysekera (bromley, uk) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service BROMLEY, UK, Jul 19 (IPS) – Sri Lanka is officially bankrupt and a failed state in all but name. How did a country of 22 million people with a level of literacy on par with most of…