Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas — Global Issues

Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas — Global Issues

A view of two towers in Vaca Muerta, the field whose discovery gave Argentina huge potential in shale gas and oil. Since 2011, governments have dreamed of fully exploiting it, but have been unable to do so, so the country spends billions of dollars annually on imports of gas. CREDIT:…

Theres no Stopping Renewable Power in Chile, but Community Energy Is Not Taking Off — Global Issues

Theres no Stopping Renewable Power in Chile, but Community Energy Is Not Taking Off — Global Issues

The Nueva Zelandia school is leading a pioneering experience of community electricity generation with solar panels that will reduce the cost of consumption for the school and 20 local families taking part in the project in the poor municipality of Independencia to the north of Santiago. To this initiative, the…

Keeping the Promise of Education for Crisis-Impacted Children and Adolescents — Global Issues

Keeping the Promise of Education for Crisis-Impacted Children and Adolescents — Global Issues

Rohingya refugee girl Rohima Akter, 13, is excited about learning to write in the Burmese language in the UNICEF learning centre in Cox’s Bazar.​ ​The new curriculum provides Rohingya refugee children with formal and standardized education.​ Credit: UNICEF Bangladesh by Joyce Chimbi (united nations) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Inter Press Service…

How NOT to Win Friends and Influence People — Global Issues

How NOT to Win Friends and Influence People — Global Issues

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 (IPS) – After four years of Trump’s ‘America first’ isolationism, US President Joe Biden announced “America is back”. His White House has since tried to find allies…

High Cost of Medical Services Puts Immigrants’ Health at Risk in the U.S. — Global Issues

High Cost of Medical Services Puts Immigrants’ Health at Risk in the U.S. — Global Issues

by Edgardo Ayala (san salvador) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Inter Press Service SAN SALVADOR, Aug 23 (IPS) – Getting sick is one of the worst fears facing Jorge, a Salvadoran living in the United States, because without access to health insurance or public health programs, he knows he will not be…

The Challenges of High Fertility, Rapidly Growing Populations — Global Issues

The Challenges of High Fertility, Rapidly Growing Populations — Global Issues

Promoting children’s primary and secondary education, especially for girls, will contribute significantly to development efforts as well as facilitate the demographic transition. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, August 22, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Aug 22 (IPS) – While most countries in the world have…

Why Electoral Malpractices are the Leading Form of Governance in Africa — Global Issues

Why Electoral Malpractices are the Leading Form of Governance in Africa — Global Issues

Opinion by Gabriel Odima (minnesota, usa) Monday, August 22, 2022 Inter Press Service MINNESOTA, USA, Aug 22 (IPS) – Once again, Kenya finds itself at a crossroads. The current events in Kenya illustrate how and why electoral malpractices and not democracy and human rights are the leading form of governance in…