BOOKS FOR TANKS
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The Americas: Colombia and the USA
A few years ago the two countries were the leaders in mental anxiety in the Americas. Both had good reasons: the longest lasting violence in any contemporary country; in Colombia from 1949 with some interruption, then on again from 1964 with FARC, the famous guerilla. And for the USA the [...]
Microloans: Not just for businesses, they can help the poor meet basic needs
Microloans can be used for more than business investments: they can help families gain better access to safe water and sanitation.Since their start, traditional microloans have been linked to microenterprises, tiny businesses that get large benefits from borrowing small bits of capital. But while the world’s poor are mostly informally [...]
Brazil to Write Off $900m of African Debt
Brasilia pardons debts for 12 African countries after creating agency to support development in continent.
Global Wealth Inequality – What You Never Knew You Never Knew
The extreme truth about how wealth is divided globally.
Appeal for Dialogue and Reconciliation in Syria without Foreign Interference
When we enquired from the Prime Minister about allegations that the Syrian government had used Sarin Gas, he told us that as soon as allegations came from Aleppo that this gas had been used, his government invited immediately the UN to come and investigate, but they heard nothing from them. [...]