Intermon Oxfam is setting a challenge to live below the poverty line for five days from the 29th April to the 3rd May: participants must prepare five days’ worth of meals on a budget of just £5. . Such a restricted budget does not even cover the cost of a […]
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David Cameron is dragging the UK towards the abyss
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s liberal use of the budget-cutting scissors is just another step in Europe’s progressive dismantling of the welfare state. It is a process that has been speeding up in recent years, and the UK is by no means an exception. Antonio Rondón García After […]
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 […]
Whilst thousands are starving, others throw food away
Europeans waste 90 million tons of food every year. An insignificant amount when compared to the 2 billion tons thrown away by humans that could be used to feed the 870 million people that are starving in the world. Olga Briasco Next to some bins around a market […]
Mexican boycott of French products
Following the release of Florence Cassez, a social network in Mexico calls for the boycott of products from French companies which sell food, cosmetics and clothes, among other products. With three votes in favour and two against, and causing much controversy, the judgement was made in room one of […]