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23 August 2007
 
Food aid distribution in Africa.
Food aid distribution in Africa.
© Center for Global Development
Current U.S. law requires most overseas food aid to be purchased from U.S. suppliers, a system which ostensibly helps to prop up U.S. agribusinesses at the expense of farmers in poorer countries. A proposal in the U.S. Farm Bill would allow more food aid to be bought where it's needed, helping to support farmers in developing countries and ensuring the food is appropriate to local diets. How important would this change be? A major aid group has just passed up $45 million of federal funds to make the point that the U.S. food aid system needs to be changed. Check it out in today's news.

In analysis, a Mexican newspaper looks at NAFTA's economic impact on its country after 13 years, while today's feature spotlights a worker-run hotel in Argentina; after the bosses skipped town, the workers righted the ship, forged a democratic system of operation, and created 150 jobs. Now they're being evicted. Plus, have you ever wanted to lobby Congress about issues of peace and human rights, but didn't quite know how to go about it? Check out today's action alert.
 
 
 
News
 

Improved nutrition cannot replace drugs in the treatment of people infected with HIV or tuberculosis, the Academy of Science of South Africa says in a report that effectively rebukes health ministry support for the use of beetroot, lemons and garlic to treat HIV.
OneWorld UK: SciDev.Net
Image: AIDS ribbon
 
USAID food aid distribution in Africa.
A U.S.-based humanitarian group has turned down $45 million a year of federal money to provide food aid abroad, maintaining that U.S. purchasing requirements may hurt some of the very people the food aims to help.
OneWorld US: Center for Global Development
Image: USAID food aid distribution in Africa. © Center for Global Development

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A mother in Togo is vaccinated against yellow fever, which has made a comeback in recent decades/ (Photo: WHO/Olivier Asselin)
New diseases are emerging at an unprecedented rate, often with the ability to cross borders rapidly and spread, according to a new World Health Organization report.
OneWorld UK: World Health Organization
Image: A mother in Togo is vaccinated against yellow fever, which has made a comeback in recent decades (Photo: WHO/Olivier Asselin)
 
Despite intense relief efforts from around the world, thousands of people in Peru who survived last week's deadly earthquake are still living without food, shelter, and life-saving medicines.
OneWorld US
Image: © pchauca (flickr)
  
 
A report comparing the Botswana government's arguments justifying the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen from their traditional homelands with arguments used to defend the transatlantic slave trade is published today, UN Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
OneWorld UK: Survival International

  
 
Analysis/Opinion
 

The speculative rush to develop gas and oil reserves under the Arctic ice could spell environmental catastrophe far beyond the pole, says John Vidal.
OneWorld UK: Malaysia Sun
 
Amnesty International sets out its policy on sexual and reproductive rights following a clash with the Vatican over abortion for rape victims, which the Vatican opposes.
OneWorld UK: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
 

"Free Trade = Hunger"
In 1994 the signatories to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) welcomed the convention as a means to help Mexican living standards reach those in the United States and Canada. But the last 13 years have been rather unfavorable for Mexicans.
OneWorld US: Global Exchange
Image: "Free Trade = Hunger" © Americas Program

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Features
 

After an Argentine hotel went under in the 2001 financial crisis workers occupied the premises, successfully reopened the hotel, and created over 150 jobs. Now the democratically run hotel faces eviction and must struggle to defend their jobs and livelihoods once again.
OneWorld US: North American Congress on Latin America

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Action Alert
 

Women at the DC activist house.
Taking a new and exciting approach to activism, DC-based women for peace are inviting others to stay in their organization’s house and partake in their daily advocacy activities on Capitol Hill.
OneWorld US: CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Image: Women at the DC activist house. © CODEPINK: Women for Peace

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