In 2009, Colombia lost more than half of its possible income from raw materials to large European transnational companies due to an unsustainable mining policy that also affects indigenous towns and the environment. . Benjamin Serra . The mining industry and the extraction of resources, like hydrocarbons, have been […]
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A mobile for a person, or a person for a mobile?
It is possible that the technological developments in 2013 will mean that every habitant on Planet Earth will have a mobile telephone, in spite of the warnings from ecologists, who are worried about the drastic environmental effects. . Roberto F. Campos . Some forward thinking experts believe that the number […]
Playing with hunger
90% of food produced annually belongs to only 10 major multinationals. Companies which put their own profits before human lives. 1,000 million people suffer from starvation on a planet where food is abundant. . Ramón Alabau . Whilst Nestlé bottles and sells Pakistan’s underground water for high prices, many of […]
Soybeans, harmful to people and the Amazon
Grain production has destroyed 70,000 km2 of Amazon rainforest and has left 160,000 families landless as they could not compete with the prices of large companies. . O. Briasco . In recent years, soy consumption has spread in the West thanks to the influence of Eastern culture, where along with […]
There is no such thing as ‘voluntary return’, only voluntary deportation
According to the UK’s Home Office, 23,184 immigrants returned to their home countries in 2012 on a voluntary basis. Of these people, 16% accessed economic aid provided by the “Voluntary Return Assistance” programme, funding their return home. Is this programme too good to be true? Ramón Alabau “I […]