Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 60
CUBA: Video Games Increasingly Popular
- Inter Press Service
Despite the many limitations on access to digital-age technology in Cuba, a taste for computer games is spreading in this country, giving rise to a youthful movement that is beginning to conquer new public spaces.
COLOMBIA: 'Impunity' — Keeping the 'Black Hand' Anonymous
- Inter Press Service
The film 'Impunity' has only just now arrived in Colombia, although the filming was completed a year ago and it was first shown to the public in Geneva in January. But the wait was apparently worth it because the documentary contributes key elements to the heated debate on the so-called 'black hand' behind many of the atrocities committed in this South American country.
PERU: Indigenous Women Weave New Community Ties
- Inter Press Service
Fuchsia, green and turquoise yarn shuttles swiftly across the wooden loom Dora Huancahuari has learned to use. Together with other craftswomen, she has started a small weaving business which is helping to rebuild their lives in this remote, poverty-stricken Andean community torn by Peru's history of armed conflict.
MIDEAST: Sphinx Avenue Paved With Bitter Memories
- Inter Press Service
Mohamed Saeed’s battle with a wrecking crew ended predictably. His refusal to leave the home his grandfather built and defiant attempts to throw himself in front of the giant hydraulic hammer bought his family some time, but by the end of the day their two-storey house was reduced to rubble.
Q&A: 'Women Have Yielded the Cooking Profession to Men'
- Inter Press Service
'Women didn't want to be slaves any more, or work professionally at what they were trying to liberate themselves from,' renowned Venezuelan chef Helena Ibarra told IPS, explaining why women have taken so long to compete in a workplace as symbolically feminine as the kitchen.
ECUADOR: Bishop Fasts for Reconciliation in Jungle Province
- Inter Press Service
Catholic bishop emeritus Gonzalo López Marañón has been fasting since May 24 in a park in the Ecuadorian capital to call for peace and reconciliation in Sucumbíos, an Amazon province immersed in a conflict over the Vatican's decision to put the diocese in the hands of an ultra-conservative Catholic order.
Street Harassment, Not 'Compliments'
- Inter Press Service
Men say they are giving compliments, or even claim they are being poetic. But to many women, cheeky or lewd remarks from men on the street are a form of harassment which is offensive, insulting and even denigrating.
Asylum-Seekers Find Refuge in a Street Paper
- Inter Press Service
The reasons why people become street paper vendors are many and diverse. Some are homeless; others suffer mental or physical health problems, struggle with addiction or face unemployment. And some people do it because the magazines offer them the refuge they so desperately need.
CULTURE-CUBA: The Coco Solo Social Club, Open to All
- Inter Press Service
The family history of writer Manuel Martínez rises up in large, black letters on the walls and ceilings of his house in a low-income neighbourhood of the Cuban capital. Photos and objects from times past complete this different kind of a book, which you can start reading from any point.
SRI LANKA: Plan to Host 2018 Commonwealth Games Opposed
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka plans to host the Commonwealth Games seven years from now and spend two billion dollars, in what politicians and economists slam as another extravagant adventure aimed at boosting President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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