Activists from Canada, Malaysia, Botswana and Mexico win ‘alternative Nobels?
Canadian activists Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke were named Thursday among winners of this year’s Right Livelihood Awards, widely known as the “alternative Nobels.”
An activist from Malaysia, a group representing Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana and a Mexican artist were also honoured by the selection committee, which recognizes work in arts, trade and human rights.
The awards, worth the equivalent of about $300,000 Cdn, were founded in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, a stamp dealer who sold his collection to fund a program to recognize work that he believed is ignored by the Nobel Prizes.
Barlow and Clarke were cited for “their exemplary and longstanding worldwide work for trade justice and the recognition of the fundamental human right to water.”
Barlow was a high-profile leader in Canada’s women’s movement and heads the Council of Canadians, a public advocacy group. Clarke has campaigned for an alternate trade model that takes power away from big corporations.
Their recent work has focused on finding trade models that prevent the privatization of water resources.
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U.S., Mexico, Nicaragua win
Ryan Shealy went 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and three RBIs, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit two solo homers in leading the United States over Panama 9-3 in a regional Olympic qualifying tournament on Friday.
The United States remained the only unbeaten team in the six-team tournament which ends on Saturday. Four teams advance to the next qualifying event in August at Havana, Cuba.
In other games, Mexico beat Canada 7-2 behind pitcher Rigo Beltran, who gave up one run in six innings, and Nicaragua defeated Guatamala 6-1. AP
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Chinese President to visit U.S, Canada and Mexico in September
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday that Chinese President Hu Jintao plans to visit the United States, Canada and Mexico from Sept. 5 to 17.
The White House said this week President George W. Bush would host Hu on Sept. 7.
China and the U.S. have gone through months of rising trade friction as well as growing cooperation on trying to stop North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions.
Hu will also attend the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, which runs from Sept. 13-16.
The Foreign Ministry statement did
Mexico tops Canada, 7-2, in Olympic event
Former major league pitcher Rigo Beltran scattered six hits in six innings Friday and Mexico stayed alive for the final Olympic baseball qualifying spot with a 7-2 victory over Canada.
Beltran, a left-hander who pitched for St. Louis, the New York Mets, Colorado and Montreal from 1997-2004, gave up just one run. Pablo Ortega worked the final three innings to earn the save for Mexico (2-2).
Luis Garcia had four hits, and Leo Arauz went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs for Mexico, which had 17 hits off five Canadian pitchers.
Joey Votto hit a
Canada, Mexico agree to uphold NAFTA
Canada and Mexico agreed on Friday to strengthen the procedures of the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) to ensure its rulings are respected.
"Mexico fully supports Canada's position to make sure that the decisions of the NAFTA panels in the settlement of disputes are upheld," Mexican President Vicente Fox said at a luncheon hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in Vancouver.
Canada is demanding Washington scrap duties on Canadian softwood after a NAFTA panel ruled the United States had failed to justify the need for the tariffs imposed three years ago, but has been
Mexico gets new political parties
Mexico has added two political parties to its multi-party system ahead of next year's presidential elections.
The new parties -- the New Alliance and the Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative -- must earn at least 2 percent of the vote each in the 2006 race in order to keep their registration as political parties, El Universal newspaper reported.
While party leaders expressed optimism for their new endeavors, neither has any real chance at having a major affect on next year's elections with Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, considered a
Canada Fifth As Venezuela, Colombia And Mexico Earn World Cup Berths
In the end, the ground was too much for Canada to make up at the Nations Cup.
Stuart Anderson and Craig Taylor did what they could, but a final round 4-under 67 was not enough to assure Canada one of three spots in next month’s World Golf Championships World Cup.
With a 72-hole total of 15-under 269, Canada finished in fifth spot, three shots back of Chile and Mexico, who finished in a tie for third.
Canada started the final round four-shots out of third spot.
Venezuela and Colombia both fired a final-round
Bodies of Canadian tourists slain in Mexico expected in Toronto on Monday
Forensic investigators in Canada were expected to get their chance Monday to examine the bodies of two Canadians who were brutally slain in Mexico, where authorities have come under fire for their handling of the case.
Officials in Canada were awaiting the bodies of Domenico Ianiero, 59, and his wife, Annunziata, 55, who were found a week ago in their blood-soaked hotel room at a luxury seaside resort in Cancun, their throats slashed. "We are aware, from what we know so far, that the bodies are coming in (Monday),"
Mexico hopes to expand business ties with Canada
Mexican officials expressed hopes Wednesday that their country could expand business ties and the current guest-worker program with Canada as President Vicente Fox headed to Alberta and British Columbia.
Fox will be accompanied on the two-day visit by a delegation of about 30 Mexican businessmen and will focus on meetings with Canadian leaders in the mining, transport and energy sectors, many of whom have investments in Mexico.
Fox was to meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin in Vancouver on Friday. Talks were expected to include health and environmental issues.
"Our relations are very
Professor predicts Calderon will win in Mexico
I arrived in Toluca Friday morning to cloudy skies and 45-degree weather. This city is the polar opposite of Acapulco, where I left last night with 77 degrees at midnight.
Last week, when I would ask an Acapulqueño who would win Sundays election, the quick response was AMLO (Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador), but they might try to steal the votes.
Today, I am asking the same question to Toluqueños. One taxi drivers answer has been typical. He paused, trying to consider the possible scenarios (or maybe trying to size up my bias) and then
Anglo-style rockers making pop-punk waves in Mexico
Allison. Zoe. Motel. Panda. Novel. The newest trend in Mexican music is dominated by young bands with one-word names and a style reminiscent of Anglo pop-punk and alternative rock.
Unlike Mexican rock pioneers Mana and Cafe Tacuba, which incorporate Latin elements in their music, the new groups are young enough to have grown up on and still be in the target audience of MTV.
Borrowing from Anglo groups is not new in Mexico, but this time the sound is heavily influenced by pop-punk bands like Blink-182 and Green Day. One band, EMIs Zoe, also draws on
