Climate change is a global phenomenon that affects different populations around the world in different ways. In South Africa, for example, there are situations caused by global warming, as in the rest of the African continent.
Siziwe Khanyile, member of environmental organization GroundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa, talked about this.
Here are the words of the activist.
The change is not confined to Colombia—although it has its epicenter there—but extends to countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru, and affects the entire region.
After days of discussion in the Indian Congress, the government obtained the MPs support to move forward with a nuclear cooperation deal with the US.
The agreement has led to a crisis in the country since it was proposed four years ago. It caused a strong reaction mainly among the former communist allies of the government of the United Progress Alliance (UPA), who expressed their firm rejection to the nuclear deal with Washington, for considering it would give too much influence to the US on foreign and nuclear policy in India.
In early July in Sicaya, Cochabamba, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that if he wins the August 10 recall vote...
It shouldn't be too much to expect that the Mexican government welcome its citizens back home—to be there at the border with agencies that provide shelter, food, transportation, and medical attention for all the hundreds of thousands of Raymundos and Raymundas who are unwillingly coming home.
In December of this year, Uruguay will submit a seismic study of the country’s marine soil to international corporations that exploit gas and oil, so that they begin hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities.
This will be the first chapter of what the government calls the “Uruguay Round 2009”, which actually began during the 19th World Petroleum Congress, held in Madrid this month.