Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jul 8, 2010 (IPS) – It is open season on local media in states and cities in the interior of Mexico, which are virtually unprotected against violent attack and have been the worst hit by the murders of at least eight journalists this [...]
Laos Burns Drugs – Criminal Syndicates Survive
July 7, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) – Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, has made significant strides in combating the scourge of illicit opium production and addiction, says a new report by the United Nations, but warns of serious problems arising from the country becoming a [...]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Rampant Violence Means Childhood Interrupted
July 6, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 6, 2010 (IPS) – Very early one recent morning in the eastern Guatemalan municipality of Esquipulas, the residents slept soundly — until heart-rending screams from the street broke the calm. It was José Gómez Ramírez, 12, and he was pleading for his [...]
ITALY: Daring to Put Mafia Assets to Social Utility
May 31, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Stefania Milan FLORENCE, May 31 (IPS) – In the small town of Corleone in central Sicily, 13 people, five of whom suffer from psychiatric distress, run a farm on lands confiscated from the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia. They grow corn, tomatoes and chickpeas and tend to an [...]
U.S. Nudged Toward Closer Cooperation with ICC
May 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, May 12 (IPS) – The upcoming review conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has restarted the debate here in Washington about how the U.S. should engage with the ICC despite ongoing concerns about the prosecutorial authority and jurisdiction afforded to the court. According to [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Highest Crime Rates in World Require Effective Measures
May 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, May 12 (IPS) – In spite of having the highest crime rates in the world, Latin America has still not found effective security policies that are adequately combined with respect for human rights. So says the Report on Citizen Security and Human Rights, presented [...]
ICELAND: Int’l Arrest Warrant Against Top Bank Official
May 12, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK, May 12 (IPS) – Vigorously pursuing those allegedly responsible for Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis, investigators have got issued an international arrest warrant against Sigurdur Einarsson, chairman of the board of governors of the failed Kaupthing Bank. An Interpol notice on Tuesday said Einarsson was wanted [...]
New U.S. Drug Strategy Still Heavy on Enforcement
May 11, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Matthew O. Berger WASHINGTON, May 11 (IPS) – Along with an expanded focus on domestic prevention and treatment, the U.S. will make a renewed effort to disrupt the flow of narcotics into its borders and weapons and money out of them, according to the White House’s long-anticipated National [...]
MEXICO: Children in the Line of Fire in Ciudad Juárez
May 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Daniela Pastrana CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico, May 10 (IPS) – In Ciudad Juárez, the most violent city in Latin America, Mexico’s war on drugs has left at least 110 children dead in the past three years, and over 10,000 have lost parents. Civil society organisations are urging the authorities elected [...]
JORDAN: Women Make Progress But Honour Killings Persist
April 22, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Mona Alami AMMAN, Apr 22 (IPS) – Earlier this month, a 33-year-old man was charged with hammering his wife to death and dumping her body on the highway leading to the Queen Alia International Airport. The husband confessed to murdering her ”to defend his honour,” as she was meeting [...]
