International
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Major global financiers have helped bankroll the “world’s worst deforestation crisis” in Paraguay, says Global Witness
KAMPALA – Some of the world’s biggest financiers have been bankrolling meatpacking giants linked to deforestation in Paraguay’s richly forested Gran Chaco region – with some increasing their shareholding tenfold in the…
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U.S. agency to promote worker voice, labour rights in Brazil, Paraguay
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labour has announced the award of a US$ 5 million cooperative agreement to the International Laborr Organisation [ILO] to strengthen the capacity of worker and civil…
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Global economy’s “speed limit” set to fall to three-decade low
WASHINGTON – The global economy’s “speed limit”—the maximum long-term rate at which it can grow without sparking inflation—is set to slump to a three-decade low by 2030. An ambitious policy push is…
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NCUT creates bank account to help cooperatives affected by earthquakes in Turkey
LONDON – The National Cooperative Union of Turkey [NCUT] has opened a bank account to provide assistance to member cooperatives affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey. This follows the request of…
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FAO event looks at role of cooperatives in driving responsible sourcing and sustainability-driven trade requirements
ROME – On March 15, the Food and Agricultural Organisation [ FAO ] hosted an online event to explore the key issues related to responsible sourcing and sustainability-driven trade requirements. The session…
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NRECA’s 2023 Legislative Conference to take place next month
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Hundreds of electric cooperative leaders will gather at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association [NRECA]’s 2023 Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. on April 16-19 to urge Congress to tackle permitting reform, help fix supply…
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Canada: Housing coops are getting more affordable, says report
OTTAWA– A recent report comparing housing charges in housing coops housing with rents in similar private market rental buildings was released. It looked at Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Toronto, and Ottawa between 2006…
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ICA Board meets in Bulgaria
SOFIA-The President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev inaugurated the opening session of the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] board meeting that took place from March 7-9, 2023 in Sofia. The leaders…
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Regulators take over as big Silicon Valley Bank collapses
NEW YORK-US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank [SVB] and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank 2008 financial crisis. The moves came as…
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Brazil’s Unimed chooses HPE GreenLake to drive innovation
BRASIL-Unimed Grande Florianópolis, a branch of Brazil’s largest medical cooperative group recently announced it had chosen the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to accelerate innovation and deliver new digital touchpoints and services to…
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