Posted on 10 February 2011 by admin
Mario Osava
Credit: Ansel Herz/IPS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 10 (IPS) – Uliberali wa kisasa na utandawazi wa kifedha ni maadui maarufu ambao waliunganisha na kukusanya wanaharakati ambao walianzisha, miaka kumi iliyopita mjini Porto Alegre kusini mwa Brazili, Kongamano la Kijamii la Dunia (WSF) kama nafasi ya kukutana, kutathmini na kujadili, chini ya kaulimbiu “Ulimwengu Mwingine Unawezekana”. Continue Reading
Posted on 04 February 2011 by editor
Credit: Ansel Herz/IPS TerraViva
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 4, 2011 (IPS TerraViva) – Neoliberalism and the attendant financial globalisation were a common enemy that unified and mobilised activists of the most diverse tendencies who founded, ten years ago in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil, the World Social Forum (WSF) as a space to meet, reflect and debate, under the slogan “Another World Is Possible”.
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Posted on 27 March 2010 by editor
Polluted river by a shanty town in Argentina. Credit: Courtesy UN-HABITAT
By Fabiana Frayssinet and Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 26, 2010 (IPS) – Basic services that are collapsing or non-existent, overcrowding, pollution: these are big-city problems that are compounded in developing countries by poverty and inequality. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 March 2010 by editor
Arroyo contaminado fluye junto a una "villa miseria" de Argentina
Por Fabiana Frayssinet y Mario Osava
RÍO DE JANEIRO, 25 mar (IPS TerraViva) – Colapso o déficit de servicios básicos, hacinamiento, contaminación. Son problemas de las grandes ciudades que, en los países en desarrollo, lejos de resolverse se acentúan por otro mal: la pobreza y la desigualdad. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 March 2010 by editor
Favela homes. Credit: Nate Cull
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 24, 2010 (IPS) – The “favelas” or shanty towns of Brazil are a uniform red ochre, the colour of unplastered brick walls. But two visual artists from the Netherlands want to paint them every colour under the sun, a facelift intended to showcase the colourful soul of these poverty-stricken neighbourhoods. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 March 2010 by editor
Favela Dona Marta, Rio de Janeiro, seen from Corcovado. Credit: Brian Snelson
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 22, 2010 (IPS) – A United Nations report published ahead of the Fifth World Urban Forum in Brazil says the proportion of the population of this country living in “favelas” or shantytowns was reduced 16 percent between 2000 and 2010. Continue Reading
