Problems remain despite government efforts to restore public transport to former efficiency. By Carlos Rodríguez Although public transport in the Cuban capital Havana has improved after a five-year investment programme, travellers say both the buses and the roads they drive on are in poor shape, and services remain patchy and overcrowded. Prior to 1990, the […]
Pollution in Eastern Afghanistan
Factory owners say new industrial parks outside Jalalabad aren’t fit for use. By Hijratullah Ekhtyar From the outside, the building in the residential district of Jalalabad’s Do Saraka area looks like any of the family homes nearby, with children playing in the street outside. What distinguishes it from its neighbours is the constant […]
Argentina: Flooding Leaves Thousands Homeless
Written by Laura Schneider · Translated by Amy Gulvin The heavy rains that hit the province of Buenos Aires have left at least 35 people dead [es] [1] and thousands homeless. The blog EA2CPG [2] tells us [es] [3] about the climate phenomenon which hit Argentina on April 2, 2013, coinciding with the Veteran’s Day […]
IS BAD GOVERNANCE REALLY THE ROOT-CAUSE OF THE RAPE CRIME?
Prior to submission of Report on Criminal Law Amendment by retaired Indian Supreme Court Chief Justice J.S.Verma ,on the women related crimes, to the Indian government, notwithstanding the public impulse and unbridled mass uproar demanding lynching of the rape accused in the sensational Delhi Rape case, by stating that ‘a swift-trial for Rape accused should […]
Left Unity in Pakistan – Article by Sri Lanka Comrades
Dear all, Please find enclosed an article on Left Unity in Pakistan written by a comrade in Sri Lanka from Nava Sama Samaja Party. Left Unity in Pakistan The recent unification of an important section of the Left in Pakistan highlights three global trends: (1) the recomposition of the national Left is either ongoing […]
MASS PROTESTS CAN NOT SUBDUE THE ‘DUE PROCESS OF LAW’
Notwithstanding the public impulse and unbridled mass uproar demanding lynching of the rape accused in the sensational Delhi Rape case, by stating that ‘a swift-trial for Rape accused should not be at the cost of a fair trial and can not overwhelm the due process of law’, the Chief Justice of Republic of India Lord […]
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