Articles in South America

FAIRTRADE goods made from cotton will be available in the UK for the first time. The newly certified Fairtrade cotton, which comes from small farmers in India and Peru, Mali and Senegal, will allow for the production of a clothing-line among other products placing Fairtrade into a new market. Laljibhai Narranbhai, a farmer from Agrocel Pure & Fair Cotton Growers' Association in India, said: "I will finally be able to support my family thanks to the Fairtrade price we will get for ...

THE British Movement increased its representation in the International Co-operative Alliance, the global co-operative body, during a gathering of 70 countries for the ICA General Assembly in Cartagena, Colombia. Bob Burlton, Co-operative Group chairman and Midcounties Society CEO, was elected President of Consumer Co-operative International, one of the ICA's principal sectoral bodies. He replaces Giuseppe Fabretti, from Italy, who had an uninterrupted presidency of ten years.