Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 20
FOOD: Something's Rotten in Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
Tens of thousands of tonnes of basic foods rotted in the last year in shipping containers belonging to the Venezuelan government. Fully two-thirds of the food consumed by Venezuela's 27 million inhabitants is imported.
CAMBODIA: Aid Donors Urged to Demand Faster Reforms from Gov’t
- Inter Press Service
P. Yuen Mach sat on the floor of her wooden home, her hands nervously twisting a stalk of lemongrass into fibrous strands.
MEXICO: Parents' Fight for Justice Continues a Year After Nursery Fire
- Inter Press Service
From the moment he wakes up each morning, Abraham Fraijo feels the absence of his daughter Emilia, one of the 49 children who died Jun. 5, 2009, in a fire at the ABC child-care centre in the northwestern Mexican city of Hermosillo. It is the battle for justice that keeps him going.
Corporate Greenwash at EU Environment Meet?
- Inter Press Service
Coca-Cola, recently indicted for causing serious damage to water and soil in India, might seem like an odd champion of environmental protection.
Burundi’s Opposition Alleges Election Fraud
- Inter Press Service
The first in a series of elections has brought simmering discontent with Burundi's electoral commission to the boil.
RIGHTS: China’s Secret ‘Black Jails’ Hold Sordid Tales of Injustice
- Inter Press Service
In 2003, a number of Xu Cong Yang’s possessions — including jewelry and a rare stamp collection — went missing. The culprit, he believed, was a company owned by the local government in a central Chinese city that Xu had enlisted to insure the items.
Peruvian Congress Calls in Debt from U.S. Oil Executive
- Inter Press Service
The Peruvian Congress has opened proceedings to demand that U.S. businessman William Kallop pay the Treasury 482.2 million dollars -- taxes on the 900-million-dollar sale of a petroleum company and other debts to the government.
FINANCE: Ecuador Wants Off the Money-Laundering List
- Inter Press Service
'It sounds incredible, but it's just a matter of a letter that wasn't turned in on time,' Ecuador's attorney general said in regards to the Financial Action Task Force decision to qualify the country as 'posing a risk to the international financial system.'
U.S. Govt Sues KBR as Army Awards New Contract
- Inter Press Service
Only hours after the U.S. Justice Department said it plans to pursue a lawsuit accusing KBR Inc. of taking kickbacks from two subcontractors on Iraq-related work, the Army announced it would award a 568-million-dollar no-bid contract to the former Halliburton Corporation subsidiary.
Q&A: Albanians Press Democracy With Hunger Strike
- Inter Press Service
Since May 1 over 200 people have been on hunger strike in a tent in the centre of the Albanian capital of Tirana supported by rallies of 200,000 protestors and road blocks across the country to press for a recount of last year’s parliamentary vote.
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