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Informal Workers Face Up to the Crisis in Latin America
CARACAS, Mar 18 (IPS) – Doris Martínez was a cook in a Venezuelan restaurant that closed its doors; she emigrated to Colombia, got sick from working long hours standing in front of a stove, and returned to her country where, together with her husband and children, she runs a busy fast food kiosk on a road in Valles del Tuy, near the Venezuelan capital.
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UNITED NATIONS, Mar
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Samoa locks down after recording its first community COVID-19 case
A 29-year-old woman tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday during routine testing before boarding an international flight.
(Image credit: Dean Purcell/AP)
Dont Risk our Multi-Billion Dollar Pension Fund in Wall Street, Warn UN Staffers
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) – The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), which is expected to provide retirement, death, disability and related benefits for staff, upon cessation of their services– has a staggering portfolio amounting to over $81.5 billion ranking far, far ahead of the UN’s annual budget of $3.1 billion and its average peacekeeping budget of over $6.4 billion.
ROME, Mar 17 (IPS)
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Putin’s warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges
The Russian president’s references to “cleansing” of “scum and traitors” evoked terrifying memories of the mass arrests of the Stalin era, when repression was justified for “cleansing” Soviet society.
(Image credit: Andrey Gorshkov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)