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CARIBBEAN: Regional Unity Losing Steam, Critics Say
By Peter Ischyrion
ST JOHN'S, Antigua - Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders are gearing up for their annual summit in Antigua early next month amid worrying signs that after 35 years, the regional integration movement has not progressed beyond a "community of sovereign states".
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HEALTH-PORTUGAL: Latin American Doctors Fill the Breach
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON - Portugal is trying to fill the vacuum left by the departure of many of the 2,000 Spanish doctors who have been contributing to the normal functioning of hospitals and clinics in the interior of the country, with Argentine, Cuban and Uruguayan doctors.
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TRADE: China and India Should Join Effort to Stop Illegal Logging
By Francis Kokutse
ACCRA - ‘‘Greed should not lead us to destroy our forests,’’ according to Abraham Ansah, an executive member of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) the Bunso Conservationists.
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Q&A: Tough Talk On Reaching Goals
Interview with Salil Shetty, Director of the Millennium Campaign
GLASGOW - The director of the Millennium Campaign, Salil Shetty, is an angry man. Last year he was confronted with the climate change issue and now it is the global food crisis.
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CARIBBEAN: "We Must Produce More and Consume Less"
By Bert Wilkinson
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - For the first time in living memory, Caribbean governments invested time and large sums of money to organise an emergency food summit at their trade bloc's headquarters in Guyana aimed specifically at dealing with the global food crisis and the region's spiraling import bill.
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ECONOMY-ANGOLA: Slowdown Will Hurt Trade Partners
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON - Slower economic growth in Angola will have a negative effect on exports from the southwest African nation’s main trading partners, especially Portugal and Brazil.
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DEVELOPMENT: Gulf Eyes ‘Oil-For-Food’ Deal With Neighbours
By Meena Janardhan
DUBAI - Recent attempts by Gulf countries to invest in farmlands abroad to counter soaring inflation and guarantee long-term food security could prove to be a win-win situation in the short-term for both the oil-rich region and its investment-hungry neighbours, but continued high oil prices may neutralise the gains in the long-run, feel experts.
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DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Major Increase in Aid from Spain
By Tito Drago
MADRID - Spain’s development aid to Africa has increased significantly since socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero took office in March 2004.
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AFRICA: Concerns over Chinese Investment and Working Conditions
By Miriam Mannak
CAPE TOWN - Chinese investment in African countries comes with few strings attached – which is exactly what concerns civil society organisations.
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ARGENTINA: The Brazilian Investment Invasion
By Marcela Valente*
BUENOS AIRES - Heavily invested in the oil and cement industries, as well as mining and steel, textiles, cosmetics, banks, food and beverages, Brazilian capital is edging Europe out of pole position in foreign direct investment (FDI) within Argentina.
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TRADE: "Developed Countries Should Contribute the Most"
Interview with Argentine trade negotiator Néstor Stancanelli
GENEVA - Tension in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations on industrial goods reached such an extreme that the diplomat leading the talks on cutting tariffs, Canadian ambassador Don Stephenson, decided this week to suspend the discussions.
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MEXICO-US: Bold Anti-Drug Plan on the Rocks
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - The Merida Initiative, a U.S. anti-drug aid plan for Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Central America, is floundering. Originally trumpeted as an unprecedented instrument for cooperation, it is now the object of accusations that it would undermine national sovereignty.
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UNITED NATIONS: Africa Keeps Japan Guessing on Security Council Seat
Analysis by Ramesh Jaura
YOKOHAMA, Japan - If the Japanese government was expecting assurances from African nations that they would support its bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, they have reason to be disappointed with the outcome of the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) last week.
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Q&A: U.N. Loses Credibility Ignoring Asia's Ascent
Interview with Kishore Mahbubani, academic and former UN diplomat
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations and its sister institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are in danger of losing their credibility if they continue to ignore the resurgence of Asia as a potentially dominant power in a new era in global politics.
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Q&A: Malawian Aquaculture Initiative Gives Cause for Quiet Hope
Interview with aquaculture consultant Tom Shipton
GRAHAMSTOWN - From time immemorial, fishermen on Lake Malawi have depended on the chambo to help feed their families -- all without upsetting the stocks of this fish species. Following the start of commercial fishing on the lake, however, the annual catch of chambo plunged, from 3,250 tonnes in 1985 to 207 tonnes in 2002.
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POLITICS-AFRICA: U.S., China Should Coordinate Policies
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Amid growing concerns over big-power competition for access to Africa's immense energy and mineral resources, the U.S. and Chinese governments are being urged to better coordinate their policies toward the continent.
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CARIBBEAN: Mega-Farms Could Ease Food Import Bill
By Bert Wilkinson
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Early next month, Caribbean governments will host a global forum in Caricom's regional trade bloc headquarters Guyana in hopes of attracting international investors to the languishing agriculture sector.
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BRAZIL: Leading Agroscience Has Few Links to Small Farmers
By Mario Osava*
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil has the most advanced agricultural science and technology system of the world's tropical countries, with an array of environmental and high-production solutions, but which rarely reach their intended target: the small farmer.
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PERU: Summit Discusses Climate Change as Glaciers Melt
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - Peru is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, which is already having perceptible effects in this country. According to a report by the National Environment Council (CONAM), the area of glaciers in the Andes has shrunk from 2,042 to 1,596 square kilometres in just 25 years.
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News in RSSThere is more to South-South cooperation than making the right noises at international gatherings. Developing nations are among the fastest-growing, most dynamic economies in the world, with giants China and India leading the way. And now several are working together: for example, India, Brazil and South Africa -- the three biggest democracies of the South -- have joined to create the IBSA alliance. Nascent efforts are under way in trade, investment, development, innovation, environment and human rights. But new challenges continue to appear on the global stage, and the South must maintain its footing.

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THE EMERGENCE OF THE SOUTH
    by Supachai Panitchpakdi
JUNE 2008 (IPS) - A fundamental transformation has taken place in the structure of the world economy. The dominant feature of this transformation is the emergence of the South. Indeed, the global expansion of the past five years has been more broad-based than even before. This has allowed many developing countries to become major players in trade and investment, writes Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE RISKS OF INACTION
    by Yash Tandon
MAY 2008 (IPS/South Centre) - There is much to celebrate in the growth and development of the South in recent years, from the ability of certain Latin American countries to avoid dependence on the North to the growth of the economies of certain Asian countries whose increasing sovereign wealth is now being tapped to bail out distressed banks in the North. While there are signs of growth in Africa too, the continent is worse off than the rest of the South, writes Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre.
SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: THE ASIAN EXPERIENCE
    by Biswajit Nag
APRIL 2008 (IPS) - Over the years South-South Cooperation has evolved from merely sharing technical know-how to cooperation for a comprehensive socio-economic transformation, writes Biswajit Nag, associate professor at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India.
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