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Following a tradition established in 1992, at the United Nations "Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro, when the first TerraViva newspaper was published, this brand has become familiar to participants at every major international gathering and also among thousands of readers of the daily and weekly newsletters, of which the flagship is the United Nations 'Daily Journal', started in 1990 as a fax letter from IPS-New York.

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'Crisis Could Lead to 'Revolutionary Change'
As the economic crisis bites deeper, a revolutionary outcome may be possible, in the view of French academic Alain Bihr. An interview by Gustavo Capdevila in Zurich.
'We Have to be Good at Proposing, Not Just Opposing'
Aye Aye Win director of Dignity International was interviewed by IPS Editor-in-Chief about the role of the WSF today.
Not a Static Platform
The WSF's relevance lies on its capacity to "suggest clear socialist alternatives to defeat the imperialist monster" says Onyango Oloo, organizer of the Forum in Kenya. An interview by IPS' Terna Guyse
Irfan Mufti: 'NGOs are part of the problem'
In Pakistan, NGOs are taking people away from politics, says Irfan Mufti, interviewed by IPS' Zofeen Ibrahim in Karachi.
'The Forum must come up with answers to the crisis'
The WSF must evolve to avoid repeating itself, especially in this when capitalism is crmbling, says French agronomist and activist Henri Rouillé d'Orfeuil, interviewed in Chile by Daniela Estrada.
   
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Historical challenge
The capitalist crisis and five presidents gathering in Belem, attest to the big challenge before this Forum: become an effective global force for change, says TerraViva editor Alejandro Kirk.
Story of An Indian Lost in Brazil
Journalist Rahul Kumar travelled all the way from India to find out that he looks local in the Amazonian region, where heat and mangoes resemble home.
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