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NY Times article about current issues in education in Algeria
Updated on 2009-03-20
Created on 2008-06-25
Category: Schools & Education
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Generation Faithful - In Algeria, a Tug of War for Young Minds - Series - NYTimes.com
Article examines the outcome of Algeria’s school-based Arabization project. Includes references to the history of the education system in Algeria relative to its colonial governance by the French.
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In Argentina’s Grain Belt, Farmers Revolt Over Taxes - New York Times
NY Times article from April 2008 about conflict between farmers in Argentina and the government over economic policies.
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Mrs. Kirchner’s politics have stirred memories of Gen. Juan
Domingo Perón, who in the early 1950s used profits from agricultural exports
to industrialize the country and lift the poor. Trying to check inflation that
independent economists put at close to 20 percent, Mrs. Kirchner, too, turned to
farm profits and export controls, looking to increase subsidies for the poor and
food supplies at home.Farmer discontent had been growing since at least 2006, when Néstor
Kirchner, her husband and predecessor as president, limited beef exports to
ensure a cheap supply at home. Once a dominant meat supplier, Argentina has
watched as Brazil has passed it by, building the world’s largest beef export
industry. Last year, even their tiny neighbor Uruguay exported more beef per
capita than Argentina.Rural angst reached a boiling point in early March when the government
increased export tariffs for the second time since October. The policies have
also set de facto ceilings on prices.Mrs. Kirchner has criticized Argentine farmers as focusing too much on cash
crops like soybeans at the expense of products needed for Argentine consumption,
like dairy and meat. Soy exports have grown by 263 percent since 1997, to 11.5
million tons last year. She cast the farmers as greedy oligarchs in 4-by-4
vehicles, and as unpatriotic plotters intent on overthrowing the government.
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Plea for Aid to Avert Starvation - NYTimes.com
Warning that rising food and oil prices pose a crisis for the world’s poor, Robert B. Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, is calling on President Bush and other leaders convening in Japan next week in an economic summit meeting to make new aid commitments to avert starvation and instability in dozens of countries.
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small farmers
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Mr. Zoellick is also calling on more than two dozen countries to ease export
bans on food, which he said have contributed to higher prices. The export bans
make it harder to move food around the world over long distances. - 2 more annotations...
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Italy seals Libya colonial deal
BBC article about the recent agreement between Italy and Libya which explains the Italian govt's decision to bay Libya $5 billion as part of a deal to resolve colonial-era disputes.
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Gaddafi, Berlusconi sign accord worth billions - washingtonpost.com
Washington Post article explaining the recent agreement between Italy and Libya which is an attempt to resolve issues related to Italian colonization of Libya and subsequent issues with the Gaddafi regime (dating back nearly 40 yrs) as well as current security issues.
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