Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

November - December 2008

NewsNotes 33.6

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Elections 2008: The challenge of leadership

Latin America

Peru: Maryknoll removed from Juli diocese

Brazil: Maryknollers' statement on ethanol

Brazil, Argentina drop the dollar

 

Africa

Zimbabwe: Power sharing deal on rocky ground

Africa: Food security and neo-colonial scramble

Uganda: Rebels create havoc

 

Middle East / Asia-Pacific

Iraq: Healing needed for effective rule of law

Japan: Changes to constitution still possible

China: Privatized state firms shortchange workers

 

Economy: Worldwide effects of crisis

Economy: Crisis offers time for transformation

Donors, recipients discuss aid effectiveness

Debt: Focus on illegitimate debt grows

D'Escoto's remarks on World Food Day

Ecology: Cosmos and the Creed

 

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