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UN adopts disability convention  Geoff Adams-Spink BBC News  December 13, 2006 (You will leave this site.) 

Annan chides the United States in final speech  BBC News  December 12, 2006 (You will leave this site.) 

The persistently poor: an internal report criticizes World Bank's efforts on poverty  Peter S. Goodman Washington Post  December 5, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) See Hunger Notes special report  Global issues: development assistance  (Last updated December 11, 2006)

Inter-American Development Bank to offer debt relief for Haiti and four other Latin countries  Hunger Notes  December 1, 2006  See Hunger Notes special report  Global issues: development assistance  (Last updated December 11, 2006)

Chavez wins Venezuela re-election  BBC News  December 4, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  Venezuela: A nation divided as it heads toward the presidential election  Nathalie Malinarich BBC News  November 28, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  BBC photo journal: Life in a Caracas barrio November 27, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Bolivia completes energy control  BBC News  December 4, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

New crops needed to avoid famines due to global warming  Richard Black BBC News  December 4, 2006 (You will leave this site.)   Supreme Court hears global warming case brought against the Environmental Protection Agency by 12 states  Robert Barnes  Washington Post November 30, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) SOUTHERN AFRICA: Climate change threatens food security  IRIN November 7, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Inter-American Development Bank to offer debt relief for Haiti and four other Latin countries  Hunger Notes  December 1, 2006

Ecuador leftist Correa leads vote  BBC News  November 28, 2006 (You will leave this site.) Ecuador votes for break with past  Daniel Schweimler  BBC News  November 28, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Details of Mexican government's murder, torture of dissidents chillingly documented in new government report  Juan Forero  Washington Post November 22, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Amateur videos are putting official abuse in new light  Mary Jordan   Washington Post November 14, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Losing its young to an American dream: men depart, dollars return to transform a Brazilian city   Monte Reel  Washington Post November 14, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

2006 Transparency International corruption index shows strong correlation between poor countries and corruption  Transparency International  November 6, 2006

The children of the high dam: a journey along the Nile reveals an Egypt at the end of a long era of broken promises, moving Into a less certain, less secular future  Anthony Shadid  Washington Post November 3, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Nicaragua's former leader Daniel Ortega gains clear lead in the country's presidential election  BBC News  November 7, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  Eleventh-hour election meddling in Nicaragua  Ben Beachy  Witness for Peace   November 1, 2006  See Hunger Notes special report  Global issues: development assistance  (Last updated November 26, 2006)

The number of hungry people in the world is increasing by 4 million per year  U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization  October 30, 2006

Brazilian president Lulu reelected, promises to intensify efforts to aid poor Brazilians  BBC News  October 30, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  Brazil's Lula forced to a runoff in reelection bid. President wins first-round vote but falls short of majority needed for outright victory  Monte Reel Washington Post October 2, 2006  Support From Brazil's Poor Gives Lula Edge in Election  Monte Reel  Washington Post October 1, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  

Ecuador reaps costs of anti-trade fervor. Pullout of Dole food company called 'alarm bell.'  Juan Forero  Washington Post October 24, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  See Hunger Notes special report Global Issues: Trade, Hunger and Poverty  (Last updated  November 3, 2006)

Conflicts feeding global hunger, report shows  BBC News  October 16, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Can aid bring an end to poverty?  Mark Doyle  BBC News  October 4, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Landless Workers Movement: the difficult construction of a new world  Raúl Zibechi  IRC Americas Program  September 26, 2006

World Bank lists 26 'fragile states'   Karen DeYoung   Washington Post September 15, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Still the rich world's viceroy.  If the IMF wants to reform itself, why not try democracy? George Monbriot September 5, 2006 (Op ed. You will leave this site.)  Four developing countries to have International Monetary Fund voting rights increased; major voting inequities remain  Paul Blustein  Washington Post September 1, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) Reform on the cards for the IMF  Malcolm Borthwick  BBC News August 11, 2006 (You will leave this site.) See Hunger Notes special report Global Issues: Trade, Hunger and Poverty  (Last updated October 15, 2006)

The hidden politics of Bolivia’s Constituent Assembly  Dunia Mokrani and Raquel Gutierrez   September 5, 2006   In Bolivia, new setbacks to a leader's lofty vision: Morales faces budget shortfalls, labor strife  Monte Reel  Washington Post August 31, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  See Hunger Notes special report Global issues: harmful economic systems.  (Harmful economic systems are the major reason why people are poor, in Hunger Notes' opinion. Last updated September 13, 2006.) 

Failed trade talks usher in uncertainty. WTO system could weaken after breakdown puts globalization on unclear path  Paul Blustein  Washington Post July 26, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  WTO trade talks fail after stalemate over farm issues  Paul Blustein  Washington Post July 23, 2006  See Hunger Notes special report Global Issues: Trade, Hunger and Poverty  (Last updated September 9, 2006)

Sandinista aims for comeback in Nicaragua.  Ex-president Ortega leads 4-way race.  N.C.  Aizenman  Washington Post July 23, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)  See Hunger Notes special report  Global issues: harmful economic systems.  (Harmful economic systems are the major reason why people are poor, in Hunger Notes' opinion. Last updated July 26, 2006.) 

G8 'failing to meet aid pledges'  David Loyn  BBC News July 2006 (You will leave this site.)

World Bank will cancel $37 billion of developing country debt over the next 40 years as a result of developed countries financial pledges, 19 countries to have eligible debt forgiven entirely  BBC News   June 30, 2006

Peru still wary of Garcia's past  Robert Plummer BBC News  June 15, 2006 (You will leave this site.) 

Global refugees at 26 year low  BBC News  June 9, 2006 (You will leave this site.) 

U.N. group sets compromise on AIDS policy. document sets no targets, cites risks to women. David Brown Washington Post June 5, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Ecuador cancels U.S. oil company contract and gears up for fallout  Inter Press Service May 25, 2006 

The world's poor and disadvantaged have paid a a high price for the war on terror.  "Governments collectively and individually paralyzed international institutions and squandered public resources in pursuit of narrow security interests, sacrificed principles in the name of the 'war on terror' and turned a blind eye to massive human rights violations.”  Amnesty International  May 23, 2006

Brazilian city wakes to prison gang's power: plan to transfer jailed gang leaders ignites week of open warfare with police in Sao Paulo.  Monte Reel  Washington Post  May 21, 2006  (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) See Hunger Notes special report  Global issues: harmful economic systems.  (Harmful economic systems are the major reason why people are poor, in Hunger Notes' opinion. Last updated  June 21, 2006.) 

Bolivia plans to redistribute idle farmland  Monte Reel Washington Post  May 18, 2006  (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) Bolivia increases control of its natural gas industry Monte Reel and Steven Mufson  Washington Post May 2, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)World Hunger Facts (Updated)   Hunger Notes January 21, 2006

Making American money at home in Mexico: ample jobs in tourism lure workers to Cancun, far from U.S. border and debate on immigration  Manuel Roig-Franzia  Washington Post April 3, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.

The December 2005 World Trade Organization Meeting in Hong Kong: promises to the poor remain unfulfilled  Kristin Sampson  March 2006  See Hunger Notes Special Report: Global Issues: Trade, Hunger and Poverty (Last updated June 1, 2006)

Clearing the path for the 'Scion of Egypt': Hosni Mubarak's son climbs party ranks as country's leaders undercut his rivals  Daniel Williams
Washington Post  March 10, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

World Bank president Wolfowitz's corruption agenda Sebastian Mallaby  February 20, 2006 Washington Post February 18, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

The world will have 100 million extra hungry people by 2015, scientists say  BBC News  February 17, 2006 (You will leave this site)

For Venezuela, U.S., a (very) little civility  Pamela Constable Washington Post February 10, 2006 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Large voter turnout in Haiti election  Claire Marshall  BBC News  February 8, 2006 (You will leave this site)

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