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19 May 2023, 08:15

PRETORIA, South Africa, May 18 (IPS) - Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and undermining its democracy because “you cannot eat democracy”.

Read the full story, “Human Rights & Sovereign Debt Restructurings: A Proposal for an Optimal Outcome”, on globalissues.org

19 May 2023, 08:15

MEXICO CITY, May 18 (IPS) - Mexico’s development banks have violated their own socio-environmental standards while granting loans for the construction of the Mayan Train (TM), the flagship project of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Read the full story, “Government Financing for Mayan Train Violates Socio-environmental Standards”, on globalissues.org

19 May 2023, 08:15
Presence of Ukrainian president is likely to bolster G7 and NATO resolve to continue supplying weapons.
19 May 2023, 08:15
The Syrianisation of the Ukraine war is no coincidence. Russia got away with it once — and believes it will again.
19 May 2023, 08:15
Subjected to all kinds of racism, the gifted, plain-spoken orator became an inspiring role model for social justice.
19 May 2023, 08:15
HRW says Bangladesh 'shouldn't forget why Rohingya became refugees' and recognise that those factors have not changed.
19 May 2023, 08:15
India is sending more aid to Yangon, but communications remain difficult, hampering the disaster response.
19 May 2023, 08:15
Rescue teams working to reach towns and villages in northern Italy inundated by flooding.
19 May 2023, 08:15
As G7 summit kicks off, survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb caution world leaders about the human cost of nuclear weapons.
19 May 2023, 08:15
New study finds unsustainable human use has led to more than half of the largest lakes drying up around the world.