“The servicing and defense of the weakening naira with country’s accumulated foreign reserve is not sustainable with shrinking war chest.” – Emeka Chiakwelu, Policy Strategist at AFRIPOL The state and wellbeing of Nigeria’s economy is gradually but steadily losing its momentum and steam, while simultaneously taking its casualty. The first casualty is naira and […]
Amazon.com Selects 21 VITS Students For Managerial Positions
Role Of Analytical & Communicative Skills Vital Proddatur (GR-TYP-BIN): 21 Students of Vaagdevi Institute of Technology and Science (VITS) were selected in campus placements conducted on May 28, by the multinational company Amazon.com for managerial positions, said Principal Dr. N Kumara Swamy. A total of 250 students attended the campus interviews. We selected 21 candidates by means […]
Brazil: Amnesty International Campaign to Stop Forced Evictions
Written by Melissa Rossi While many Rio de Janeiro residents, known as cariocas, are looking forward to the exciting games, colorful banners, and renovated stadiums of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in the city, other less fortunate Brazilians will remember the event forever with grief and indignation over losing their homes for […]
Brazil: Sugar Cane Farming Bill Puts Amazon at Risk
Written by Luciane Salles · Translated by David Bond Brazil has opened the door to the cultivation of sugar cane for the first time in areas of the Amazon forest and surrounding wetlands and savanna, causing concern among environmentalists. Federal Bill number 626/2011 [1] [pt], approved by the Brazilian Federal Senate on May 15, 2013, […]
Chilean Student Movement Revival
Written by Elizabeth · Translated by Peter Jones With a massive protest at the national level, the student movement [1] demanding free, quality education returned to the streets of Chile in full force. Using slogans like “and it’s going to fall, it’s going to fall, the education of Pinochet…and Bachelet,” students from throughout the country […]
Worldwide Pot-Banging Protests
By Sara Moreira A day of pot-banging protests promises to shake the most sensitive ears across the globe [2] on October 13, 2012. The Global Noise [3] initiative is organized by the international networks of Occupy, Indignados, #YoSoy132, and other social justice movements and activist platforms from several different countries. It will take place roughly […]
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