On Wednesday July 24th, at Wimbledon station, Action For Rail has planned a protest against the privatization of the railways in the UK. In October 2002, the management of railway infrastructure in Britain became privately controlled in order to improve safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway. Since […]
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Motherhood and development
Across the globe, almost three million children a year die in their first week of life and 99% of these deaths happen in developing countries. A million babies don’t even make it through their first day. Low cost solutions could prevent the vast majority of these deaths. Olga Fernández […]
London Literature Festival enlightens springtime
The festival is dedicated to cultural diversity and the ability to live in the same space and time with people of other cultures, countries, religions and will take place from the 20th of May until the 5th of June. Adriana Maortua The festival will organise talks, events […]
Latin America: a rebellious spirit
A report has been published by the UNDP highlightingt Bolivia, Peru and Argentina as the countries with the greatest number of social conflicts (over 200 each, which have their origins in the social inequalities that prevail in these countries. . As a legitimate means of achieving rights that have been […]
UK: 2.56 million without hope
The British economic strength and its resistance to the Euro crisis is starting to be called into question after a study was published showing an increase of 70,000 people out of work. . The rate of people without a job in the United Kingdom stood at 7.9% in the quarter […]