Monday, July 20, 2009
The political capital of Hugo Chavez in Latin America and the Caribbean
TRIBUNE: Santiago Roncagliolo
Recent events in Guatemala, Honduras and Peru the credibility of liberal democracy and reinforcing the popularity of Chavez. Millions of poor and indigenous people point out that liberalism does not offer justice
Santiago Roncagliolo 20/07/2009
"EL PAIS"- Miguel Yuste 40 - 28037 Madrid [España] - Tel. 91 337 8200.
The victim of a murder back from death to blame the president for his country. A group of armed military takes another president of his bed and put on a plane in pajamas. Law enforcement is facing a group of poor farmers and kill dozens of them. No, this is not the James Bond film a dreaded dictator ally against terrorism. It is the only Latin American politics. The first case occurred in May, when a video of the accused lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg from the grave to Guatemala President Alvaro Colom and his environment have planned his murder. Weeks later, in the Peruvian town of Bagua, the protests of indigenous people against the adoption of legislation permitting privatization of land resulted in a dozen dead, according to the government, indigenous leaders have over 30 - and the resignation of Interior Minister. And in early July in Honduras, the clashes between riot forces and followers of deposed president Manuel Zelaya killed a young protester. The political and judicial systems of these cases are determined. But in terms of public opinion, mark a turning point in the political discourse of the region. For years, the major alarms democratic governance in Latin America, have jumped in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, whose leaders to follow in handling complaints by regular judicial, legislative, executive and even elections. Yet in the three cases mentioned, these are the institutions involved. It is democracy that has opened fire on civilians.
This paradox explains the popularity of Evo Morales and Hugo Chávez among the poorest in many countries. To its critics, the draft constitutional ruling that these are only a drive way to his re-election indefinitely. But its advocates consider essential tools for the legal protection of sectors of the population defenseless. His texts establishing new models of public ownership, reinforcing the role of government to the private traders and defend the right of indigenous peoples to decide on their land. By contrast, the clashes of Bagua state that in a democratic state farmers have to die and kill to defend that right. But if a case has given legitimacy to the discourse of the leader of Latin America, has been to Honduras. The new president, Roberto Micheletti, has been careful to describe his taking command as a "constitutional succession", based on a judicial ruling against the president-elect Manuel Zelaya. The reason for this ruling was to call a referendum. Indeed, the fit of the constitutional referendum was quite doubtful. But the image of a battalion avoiding bullets is not about elections to be much more digestible. To remove the elected president, the institutions put in question the very definition of democracy: government of the people, the system in which citizens can participate in decisions that affect them, some as basic as who is their president. Micheletti feared that if Hugo Chávez won office in Honduras, you can rest easy. Thanks to him, Chavez has gained legitimacy in the region. The Venezuelan president was the first to impose economic sanctions on Honduras, and has demanded a more resolute attitude of lukewarm United States, which had reversed the usual roles. As if this were not enough, their warnings of murders and conspiracies that could be ruled out until June as a paranoia, have become reality. Nobody could have done a favor so big and so like the bolivarian Micheletti. Chavez's speech was the main beneficiary of the facts of Guatemala, Honduras and Peru because the credibility of all democratic institutions. The balance of power system and universal suffrage is desirable because it allows the social changes made without blood. So when you need to spill blood to defend it is a sign that something very bad. The PRI's overwhelming victory in recent elections seems to confirm the depletion Mexican citizen with the unfulfilled promises of a system that at the beginning of the nineties was presented as the direct path to development and prosperity. At birth of the French Revolution, democracy was born with a triple motto: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." The fraternity was already too much to ask, but the conflict between freedom and equality, between liberalism and socialism, defined the twentieth century and continues today at dividing the region with the greatest social inequality on the planet. The political project of Hugo Chávez is to create an egalitarian system, even at the expense of institutions that guarantee individual freedoms. In contrast, the liberal political project has focused on ensuring individual liberties, crucially, private property, even at the expense of social equality.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Research and analysis of the global economic crisis in a series of "Sarasota Herald Tribune, local newspaper of Sarasota, Florida.
This is the first analysis based on field work by researchers living in the place and witnessed the events of the deep roots in the city center of the economic disaster now suffering in the world, which started the current global economic crisis. The value of this analysis is that it lets us know on the inside as when and where the gear began to disintegrate in the world economy and which errors can be prevented in the domestic economy of any country, they were here in Sarasota, Florida.
Sarasota, Florida is the hepicenter of 30's' The Great Depresion and the current global economy crisis.
This is the first day, today, the local Sarasota newspaper published the first chapter of a serial about the hepicenter global economy crisis. A team of journalist: Michael Braga, Chris Davis and Matthew Doig, Staff Writers take a year researching about this phenomena that start for first time in the 30's, before this crisis, in the same city of Florida, The Great Depressioin of the 30's influencing the market around the world as the same happen today.(If you want to buy the newspaper paper based online, click here:http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/99999999/misc/809169998
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And so why what is twice the Sarasota city the hepicenter paths global economic crisis in the twentieth century and the beginning of the XXI century?
I particularly think it is because of a cultural main reason the city of Sarasota is the hepicenter before Columbus of Indian Florida Native culture and then in Florida is the Florida American Heritage hepicenter with an industry with retail stores and shops "Beals", but, more, there are a strong Irish inmigrant component since the period of father Felix Varela that brings the essence of the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century in England. Sarasota is pretty closed to Tampa port ery connected with cuban and caribbean area history, I considered this factors makes this town a center of influence worldwide for its strong identity in the Americas, the balance of the economy in Mexico and Canada cultural cross-over.(Actually, canadian and british inversionist and bankers are deeply old fashion investors in this area, before the crisis)
I particularly think it is because of a cultural main reason the city of Sarasota is the hepicenter before Columbus of Indian Florida Native culture and then in Florida is the Florida American Heritage hepicenter with an industry with retail stores and shops "Beals", but, more, there are a strong Irish inmigrant component since the period of father Felix Varela that brings the essence of the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century in England. Sarasota is pretty closed to Tampa port ery connected with cuban and caribbean area history, I considered this factors makes this town a center of influence worldwide for its strong identity in the Americas, the balance of the economy in Mexico and Canada cultural cross-over.(Actually, canadian and british inversionist and bankers are deeply old fashion investors in this area, before the crisis)
Jose Marti, living in New York as a Cuban exile in the late nineteenth century, called the housing system in America as a defect of feudalism in American society ...
Dear friends of this blog, is now reported that the local newspaper of Sarasota, Florida, where I live for almost ten years now begins to publish a series of research analysis on the real estate crisis from which the whole world today suffers from a crisis global economy.
It was here in Sarasota, Florida, the center of the current global crisis and was in the same city where to start the economic crisis of the Great Depression in 1930.(During the Great Depression is ruining my great-grandmother in Cuba because their deposits were in U.S. banks ... They never ceased- the family- to took about that generation by generation but I never suposed to live in the hepicenter city of that crisis and the present one)
Given the importancia of journalistic investigation that lasted a year of fieldwork, to economists, university professors and heads of governments and given the seriousness of the journalists on the "Sarasota Herald Tribune" high quality professional experience and below we refer directly to the paper:
Given the importancia of journalistic investigation that lasted a year of fieldwork, to economists, university professors and heads of governments and given the seriousness of the journalists on the "Sarasota Herald Tribune" high quality professional experience and below we refer directly to the paper:
(For Reference to the newspaper, first article-july 19 to 26 they publish the serial about the center of crisis,click here:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090719/ARTICLE/907191031
Posted by:Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida, 34233.(2.49 pm)
Queridos amigos de este blog, ahora les informo que el periodico local de Sarasota, Florida, donde vivo hace casi diez anos comienza a publicar hoy una serie de analisis investigativos sobre la crisis inmobiliaria a partir de la cual el mundo entero hoy padece una crisis la economia mundial.Fue aqui, en Sarasota, Florida, el centro de la actual crisis mundial y fue en esta misma ciudad por donde empezo la crisis economica de La Gran Depresion en 1930.Dada la impoortancia de esta investigacion periodistica que duro un ano de trabajo de campo, para economistas, profesores universitarios y jefes de gobiernos y dada la seriedad de los periodistas del "Sarasota Herald Tribune" de alta calidad profesional y reconocida experiencia a continuacion le damos la referencia directamente del periodico:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090719/ARTICLE/907191031
Posted by:Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida, 34233.(2.49 pm)
Queridos amigos de este blog, ahora les informo que el periodico local de Sarasota, Florida, donde vivo hace casi diez anos comienza a publicar hoy una serie de analisis investigativos sobre la crisis inmobiliaria a partir de la cual el mundo entero hoy padece una crisis la economia mundial.Fue aqui, en Sarasota, Florida, el centro de la actual crisis mundial y fue en esta misma ciudad por donde empezo la crisis economica de La Gran Depresion en 1930.Dada la impoortancia de esta investigacion periodistica que duro un ano de trabajo de campo, para economistas, profesores universitarios y jefes de gobiernos y dada la seriedad de los periodistas del "Sarasota Herald Tribune" de alta calidad profesional y reconocida experiencia a continuacion le damos la referencia directamente del periodico:
Queridos amigos deste blog, agora é relatado que o jornal local de Sarasota, Flórida, onde vivo há quase dez anos já começa a publicar uma série de pesquisas sobre a análise da crise imobiliária a partir da qual o mundo inteiro hoje sofre uma crise economia global. Foi aqui, em Sarasota, Flórida, o centro da atual crise global e estava na mesma cidade por onde começar a crise econômica da Grande Depressão, em 1930. Dada a impoortancia jornalísticos de investigação que durou um ano de trabalho de campo, para economistas, professores universitários e dirigentes de governos e dada a gravidade dos jornalistas sobre a "Sarasota Herald Tribune" de alta qualidade e experiência profissional abaixo nós remeter directamente para o papel:
Chers amis de ce blog, est maintenant indiqué que le journal local de Sarasota, en Floride, où je vis depuis près de dix ans, commence à publier une série d'analyses sur la crise immobilière à partir de laquelle tout le monde d'aujourd'hui souffre d'une crise économie mondiale. Il est ici à Sarasota, en Floride, le centre de la crise mondiale actuelle et a été dans la même ville où commencer la crise économique de la Grande Dépression en 1930. Compte tenu de la impoortancia d'enquête journalistique, qui a duré un an de travail sur le terrain, à des économistes, des professeurs d'université et les chefs de gouvernements et compte tenu de la gravité des journalistes sur la "Sarasota Herald Tribune" de haute qualité d'expérience professionnelle et au-dessous de nous font directement référence à l'article:
親愛的朋友們的博客，現在報告說，當地一家報紙的薩拉索塔，佛羅里達州，在那裡我生活了近十年已開始出版了一系列的研究分析，對房地產危機，整個當今世界面臨的危機全球經濟。 這是在薩拉索塔，佛羅里達州，該中心目前的全球性危機，並在同一城市何處開始的經濟危機大蕭條於1930年。 鑑於impoortancia的新聞調查，歷時一年的實地調查，經濟學家，大學教授和政府首腦以及給予的嚴重性，記者就“薩拉索塔先驅論壇報”高品質的專業經驗和低於我們直接提及的文件：
このブログの親愛なる友人、今ではサラソタ、フロリダ州、ここで私は、ほぼ10年のために生きるのは、地元紙は、現在、全世界の危機に苦しんでいる今日では、不動産危機の研究分析の一連の刊行を開始報告されている世界経済。 ここサラソタ、フロリダ州、現在の世界的な危機の中心に立っていたし、同じ都市では、 1930年の大恐慌の経済危機を開始している。 エコノミスト調査のジャーナリズムには、フィールドワークの年続いたimpoortancia 、考えると、大学教授や政府の代表と"サラソタヘラルドトリビューン"高品質のプロの経験には、ジャーナリストの深刻さとを、以下に直接紙を参照してください：
Дорогие друзья в этом блоге, сегодня сообщила, что местная газета Сарасота, штат Флорида, где я живу на протяжении почти десяти лет, теперь начинает публиковать серию исследований по анализу недвижимости кризис, из которого на весь мир сегодня страдает от кризиса глобальной экономике. Именно здесь в Сарасота, штат Флорида, в центре нынешнего глобального кризиса, и в том же городе, где до начала экономического кризиса, Великой Депрессии в 1930 году. Учитывая impoortancia журналистского расследования, которое продолжалось один год работы на местах, для экономистов, преподавателей университетов и глав правительств, и, учитывая серьезность журналистов на тему "Сарасота геральд трибюн" высокого качества профессионального опыта, и ниже мы относятся непосредственно к работе:
أصدقائي الأعزاء من هذا بلوق ، الآن ان صحيفة محلية من ساراسوتا (فلوريدا) ، واسكن فيه ما يقرب من عشر سنوات من الآن يبدأ نشر سلسلة من الأبحاث وتحليل على العقارات من الأزمة التي العالم كله اليوم يعاني من أزمة في الاقتصاد العالمي. كان هنا في ساراسوتا بولاية فلوريدا ، وسط الأزمة العالمية الحالية ، وكان في هذه المدينة ، حيث لبدء الأزمة الاقتصادية العظمى في عام 1930. ونظرا لimpoortancia من التحقيقات الصحافية التي استمرت من عام من العمل الميداني ، والاقتصاديين وأساتذة الجامعات ورؤساء الحكومات ، ونظرا لخطورة على الصحافيين "ساراسوتا هيرالد تريبيون" عالية الجودة والخبرة المهنية ونحن أدناه الرجوع مباشرة إلى ورقة :
Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Royal Ballet has always been my passion : Laura Morera first dancer of RB.
By: José Luis Estrada Betancourt Email: joselestrada@jrebelde.cip.cu
July 18, 2009 00:58:14 GMT
Confess the first Royal Ballet dancer from Spanish into English an exclusive interview with "JUVENTUD REBELDE", Havana, Cuba.
No longer surprised to see Spanish dancers leading the posters of the largest companies in the world. Now the Cubans have had the enviable opportunity to applaud with admiration as the fabulous Yanowshy Zenaida as Natalia Petrovna in A month in the field; Tamara Rojo in the audience crazy with their endless pirouettes in the pas de deux from Don Quixote and Le Corsaire, which Laura Morera-impressive impressive Chroma of McGregor and his countryman Jose Martin offering a kind of style in a clever way of two Voices of Spring.
First all dancers from the Royal Ballet, unquestionably the most famous dance groups of all time, one wonders how it is possible that Spain produces so many dancers of the highest quality technical and interpretative, still fails to show a ballet company classic reputation. One possible answer to this question is offered exclusively to the Juventud Rebelde Morera.
; It is obvious that in Spain the money goes to other sites, before using it on promoting the ballet. Possibly the limited resources for dance located in the Flemish dance, which has more to do with our roots. Either way, it's a shame. I often wonder if my country again, and I say sincerely that I love to dance in my home as a guest artist, but I think I no longer integrated into any company, unless things change a lot, and I see little probable.
Like many other dancers, Laura Morera began in this world at a young age because "I wanted to be with my friends. But when I got the shoes and I was in front of the mirror, I discovered that this was exactly what I wanted to do in my life. Henceforth I never doubt in that regard. "
For 11 years, entered the Royal Ballet School. What your teacher you need more training?
-I've been in London 20 years, so I feel very British when it comes to dancing. As expressed, the 11 years since I tried to take possession of the style of Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan, and the truth is that I am proud when people says that my dancing is very English.
"While I can not deny that just on my way to dance I owe to my Spanish professors Africa and Maria Jose Guzman, who prepared me seriously until the age at which left for London. They gave me a very strong base, without which I could not face the Royal.
- Being in the Royal school of course means that will integrate the company?
At all. First, at the end of each course and conduct a review, you may miss if you do not meet the requirements of the school. And then when you reach the top level, at 16, you can also block for the same reasons. To have an idea when I came to my hearing, there were 16 in my group, and only agreed to two. So, nothing is certain. In addition to proven talent also need a little luck.
- Did you find many obstacles in your way to becoming a prima ballerina?
-It is not easy. I was three years of corps de ballet, first as an artist, and I think one or two solo, four solo ... first, until two years ago, I became prima ballerina. That is, that my career has gone up gradually, so that when they finally protagonicé Manon, Kenneth MacMillan, for example, had already taken all the papers that great choreography. And that is a great way to learn.
"It is true that sometimes live a very complex but, without doubt, this experience has made me the dancer I am today. So always tell the girls that are beginning, although this is a race that demands much sacrifice, hard, even if the love is worth the effort. "
- Pasarte 'both' time 'stopped' in the same category was too strong for you?
I always had very clear, my goal, what happens is that sometimes I question if it should not look elsewhere, where everything happens faster. However, the Royal Ballet has always been my great passion for history, how to dance ... When I thought more carefully concluded that, if it wished to belong to that company, had no other choice than to use its best endeavors, and hope that the luck was with me, then have the opportunity to deliver all art that is in me.
- What are the roles with which you feel more identified?
-The Royal offers the opportunity to interpret often MacMillan. This year, for example, made his debut in Manon, an event that filled me with joy. That is the kind of roles that attract me: anyone who allows me to invite the public to join in a fabulous journey. This also happens with Onegin, Mayerling or Voices of Spring, Ashton, a piece that requires a very determined not to have a lot of people. Those are the roles that fascinate me.
-Voices of Spring here danced with José Martín, a magnificent dancer, does not have your own category ...
That's right, but that does not worry me at all. To me what matters is that I be a good artist. There are many people that I love to dance, like him or other Spanish named Ricardo Cervera. They show the same level of interpretation that I, alone, in my case, I had the chance to interpret more principal roles. For me the bottom line is talent. José Martín, for example, is a very experienced dancer with whom I feel completely calm on stage, someone who is always there, and this allows me to act freely, without worry that I will leave "to go."
"This was your first contact with the Cuban public. How did it go?
-I had heard that the Cuban government is the most knowledgeable and friendly in the world, and I have seen these days. Made me feel wonderfully well, I got the impression that they were completely involved in my performance and I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed dancing to them. It has been a great pleasure to be here. Now just hope you invite us again.
Already a first-dancer. So what's your next goal?
-After that you're a prima ballerina of the company you want to be, the goal is personal. Now just think about that every time you exit the stage, reaching the highest level. If this fails, then there will be a good day. Now my goal is to overcome at every show to me, and try to get the roles I want for the public to appreciate the best of me.
It is clear that the Royal is not like other companies, where to get a lead dancer in addition to the proven talent, you must have gone through almost all the roles ...
In the Royal roles are granted depending on how you see the artistic director. That means that to assume from what you consider that you do better if the roles created by MacMillan and the main Swan Lake or The Sleeping Beauty, for example. Either way, the English public know that you are a dancer first and he recognizes you as such, regardless of how many ballets that have played in your career.
- Have you ever thought dedicate to education?
Well, my husband, who was the first soloist of the Royal Ballet courses taught by different sites, showing the style of the company. During my summers, I join him for help and I am pleased to do so much to teach what I learned all this time.
When a person dancing look very happy ...
And I am in life and on stage. My smile is born of the soul, inside.
Sixth round of Palestinian dialogue in Cairo concluded
CAIRO/RAMALLAH, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The sixth round of the Palestinian dialogue in Cairo concluded Tuesday evening by setting July 25 for the seventh round, Nile News TV and Palestine news and information agency (WAFA) reported. Zakaria el-Agha, member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, said that the seventh and final round of Palestinian dialogue between Fatah and Hamas movements on July 25.
Meanwhile, senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath said that Egypt gave another chance to the Palestinian dialogue and it decided to host another round of the dialogue.
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in mid June 2007, and it has been ruling the enclave since then, after its militants routed Abbas' security forces and cracked down on his Fatah movement.
Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman informed the two groups' negotiators that whether they agreed or not, they should sign a reconciliation agreement on July 7. Officials of both sides traded accusations that each is trying to thwart the dialogue.
The two movements have been unable to bridge their gaps, which prevent the foundation of a unity government restoring political unity to the Palestinian territories.
Where is the Non-Aligned Movement going,?
Two years ago to be exact, the storms and thunder of the neocons were engulfing the world and then US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told India to forget about the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). She told the US-India Business Council that NAM, which India led, has lost its meaning and India should "move beyond old ways of thinking" and build on the future of Indo-US relations. Rice said NAM might have made sense during the Cold War, but she asked what it meant when people of every race and culture were embracing political and economic liberty.
NAM is an international organisation of 118 states which consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. India was a main founding member of the movement along with Egypt and the former Yugoslavia.
The Indian government reacted to Rice's comments equivocally. "There is no apparent contradiction in expanding cooperation and democracy in the world and the Non-Aligned Movement," said then external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee.
With the preparations underway for the 15th NAM Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 11-16 July, Indian VP Hamed Ansary stressed that the organisation was as vital as ever: "The basic agenda remains the same. We need a more equitable relationship between the developed and developing countries," though he added, "the issues we were talking about in the 1950s and 60s are not the issues we are talking about today."
Ministry of External Affairs Secretary N Ravi said: "NAM member countries have had varied experiences and have the opportunity to use them to build a framework for closer cooperation on the level of South-South. Today's world is very intensely interconnected, travel has become extremely common."
Defence analyst GuptaArvvind calls for NAM to be less confrontational and for it to help usher in a new world order addressing climate change, water and food security and justice.
American who travelled to Cuba sued the Treasury Department.
CROSS OVER OF CULTURES AND SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION, ALMOST FIFTY YEARS AFTER OF EMBARGO ARE MORE STRONGER BETWEEN CUBA AND UNITED STATES.I pay, recently, for a flight ticket in Airstrans 96 dollars roundtrip Sarasota, Florida-Atlanta that are five hundred miles plus five hundred more back, the flight to Cuba are ninety miles plus ninety miles back and cost more than five hundred dollars if you fly directly, plus penalties and fees in both customs.
Currently, if you're a Cuban-American who is going to Cuba to visit family and friends on the island have to pay for ninety miles to fly as a passenger in a weekend in London with hotel, breakfast and dinner included. Even have to pay pounds baggage in Cuba and in Miami too, and other penalties and more, fee for gifts to the family at the airport in Cuba, so the trip to Cuba in tension beyond the film "Indiana Jones" in many cases and requires that you save over a year to cope with the costs of airfare, airport and customs, plus fines and penalties of Customs in Cuba that are always unpredictable. Americans traveling to Cuba, pay the duck much more, at only ninety miles from United States to Cuba, it is easier to visit North Korea than to travel to Cuba, can not fly direct, they are forced to travel through Canada and other countries pay much more for the passage so that two or three hundred dollars more you have the money for a round trip to Japan. Now I see the news that the Treasury Department has been sued in court by an American who traveled to Cuba and was fined $ 1000 for his boldness, let's see here:(Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida, 34233)(Updates with Treasury spokeswoman declining to comment in last paragraph.)
By Chad Bray Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A New York man filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the U.S. government's restrictions on spending by American citizens and permanent residents while traveling to Cuba.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, alleges Zachary Sanders was fined after he failed to respond to a March 2000 request by the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control for information on an alleged June 1998 trip to Cuba and travel while he was there.
The complaint claims that people who respond to OFAC's request open themselves up for potential criminal sanctions.
"The penalty imposed against Mr. Sanders is unlawful because the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from punishing failure to obey any regulation that requires a self-incriminating act," the lawsuit said.
An administrative law judge recommended Sanders be fined $1,000 in 2008, according to the lawsuit. OFAC had proposed a fine as large as $10,000.
OFAC appealed the judge's ruling and a designee for then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson affirmed the penalty and increased it to $9,000 on Jan. 16, the Bush administration's last day in office, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint, filed on behalf of Sanders by the nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights, is seeking a declaration that OFAC's policy is unlawful, enjoining OFAC from issuing such penalties and setting aside the fine to Sanders.
The lawsuit names Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as a defendant.
A Treasury spokeswoman declined to comment Thursday, saying Treasury policy is to not comment on pending litigation.
-By Chad Bray, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-227-2017; chad.bray@dowjones.com
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Honduras everyday under army control."El Pais", Madrid, Spain.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Egypt, Palestine, Israel and the Americans. The Arabist.
This Haaretz repor(Click here)thttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1099317.html from Saturday bears a little analysis:
Egypt has ceased efforts to mediate the formation of a national unity government between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, Israel Radio reported on Saturday.
Officials who met with the senior echelon of Egyptian intelligence said that Cairo is instead proposing that two separate governments ? the Hamas regime in Gaza and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank ? continue to function until general elections are held.
In parallel, Egypt would like to see the Palestinian factions agree on the formation of a committee that will lay the groundwork for the next elections as well as the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported.
Hamas has informed the Egyptians that it is demanding that Fatah release all of the group’s members that are currently in Palestinian Authority prisons before the resumption of reconciliation talks in Cairo, which is scheduled for to take place in two weeks.
There have been a lot of contradictory signals being sent in recent weeks – Egypt is bent on reconciliation by July 7, then negotiations set to restart on July 25; Shalit about to be transferred to Egypt and Mubarak says he is fine, then Egypt says Israel scuttled deal while Hamas says Mubarak has no idea about Shalit’s status; Hamas and Fatah reconcile, then a West Bank crackdown on Hamas intensifies (and vice-versa in Gaza); and so on. How to make sense of it all?
The important thing, in my opinion, is that this report is probably the most accurate you can get: there will be no Palestinian reconciliation until after elections are held, by January 2010, if they are held. But it’s important for the Egyptians to have a mechanism to keep Palestinian reconciliation talks alive, and a mechanism for easing the blockade on Gaza (given that Egypt will not unilaterally do that, for its own interests and because of fear of Israeli and US retribution). Thus the coordination mechanism, which will also be an opportunity, depending on how it is formed, for continuous Fatah-Hamas interaction. There are those within Hamas and Fatah (I have spoken to some of them) who are looking to the post-Mahmoud Abbas period in which reconciliation may be possible. Mahmoud Abbas is politically finished among his constituency (Fatah), for the most part, but has survived because he is most acceptable to Israel, the US, and the weak Europeans. At least when combined with the acceptable “competent” technocrat Salam Fayyad.
Palestinian reconciliation may or may not be possible in principle (I think it is with new leadership in Fatah and some humility and mea culpas from Hamas), but right now both sides appear to have more to gain fighting each other rather than fighting the larger battle for Palestinian freedom. The international context is key: Egypt wants Palestinian reconciliation eventually — it does not want a permanent “Islamic Emirate of Gaza” where Israel could easily create a humanitarian crisis sending Gazans into Sinai — but cannot have it now, because having Palestinian reconciliation now necessarily means presenting the Obama administration with a unity government they are not able to accept (although they should) for domestic political reasons, i.e. the Israel lobbies (I think AIPAC and J Street would sing to the same tune here). Not that they would have to fund it — of course the US and probably the EU would not send money to a government that included Hamas — but it’s that the entire US push for a Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) would fall apart. Egypt wants, and it is delighted to see, such a process once again taking place seriously, with the US involved in the region in a more positive way. Its own relationship with Washington, from the regime’s perspective, has been substantively improved (the topic of another post) and it wants to maintain that momentum.
Hence, no Palestinian reconciliation, but instead a return to a full-blown MEPP with Mahmoud Abbas taking the lead on negotiations, with the possibility that he might be able to convince Hamas to accept a final status solution. What Obama is trying to engineer is, partly building on the work of the Bush administration, a moving of the goalposts for such a solution: in other words, to reduce Palestinian expectations on such a deal. Palestinian elections might then be taken as a referendum on the peace deal, although I very much doubt such a deal is possible by January 2010, and remove Hamas’ claim to be representing the majority of Palestians (at least those in the OPTs). Even so, an election rigged for Fatah, or genuinely won by Fatah (which will be buoyed by aid cash), or in which Hamas can be convinced to take a lower profile (perhaps in exchange for a lesser grip on Gaza) would reassert Mahmoud Abbas’ moral authority and ability to negotiate a deal with Israel.
Readers of this blog know that I do not believe Israel is capable or willing to produce a deal remotely acceptable to Palestinians at this time (and even so, I still resist being a one-stater! Sometimes I wonder why.) But that’s not the case of other people, those who are either optimistic or simply cynical about imposing a deal on Palestinians. And for Egypt at least, there is value in stretching out the peace-processing: even if no deal is reached, the Egyptians have put themselves at the core of this round of MEPP negotiations as Hamas’ only accepted (by the international community) interlocutor and, increasingly, as a tacit ally of Israel on geostrategic issues (even if Egypt and Israel will remain each other’s natural enemy for a long time). At stake here are not only Iran’s rise, but more generally the discrediting of the “moderate” Arab regimes in the eye of their populations and the ease by which movements like Hamas and Hizbullah (and the cynical government of Iran) can manipulate it.
To take a more long view, it is also about the American presence in the Middle East; these regimes are incapable to imagine a world without it, an idea that has become increasingly powerful not only for Osama bin Laden (who wanted the US out of the Gulf) or Iran (ditto for different reasons), but also for the engaged Arab citizen for whom the US presence is equated with war, invasions, and support for authoritarian regimes.
This — and not an end to the Israeli-Arab conflict being in sight — is what the revival of the MEPP and the shenanigans and feints of mediators like Egypt are about.
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"Not that they would have to fund it — of course the US and probably the EU would not send money to a government that included Hamas"
Then how else could it survive? The main PA sources of funding are aid and tax and customs money collected by Israel (from Palestinian workers inside Israel, and customs money for goods going to the PA). Assuming both would be denied, then there is very little to pay salaries with. And paying public sector salaries is the main - perhaps the only - source of legitimacy for the PA.
I think the 2010 elections are a major conundrum, I can't see a convincing solution. Reply 3 replies · active 2 days ago
Egypt has ceased efforts to mediate the formation of a national unity government between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, Israel Radio reported on Saturday.
Officials who met with the senior echelon of Egyptian intelligence said that Cairo is instead proposing that two separate governments ? the Hamas regime in Gaza and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank ? continue to function until general elections are held.
In parallel, Egypt would like to see the Palestinian factions agree on the formation of a committee that will lay the groundwork for the next elections as well as the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported.
Hamas has informed the Egyptians that it is demanding that Fatah release all of the group’s members that are currently in Palestinian Authority prisons before the resumption of reconciliation talks in Cairo, which is scheduled for to take place in two weeks.
There have been a lot of contradictory signals being sent in recent weeks – Egypt is bent on reconciliation by July 7, then negotiations set to restart on July 25; Shalit about to be transferred to Egypt and Mubarak says he is fine, then Egypt says Israel scuttled deal while Hamas says Mubarak has no idea about Shalit’s status; Hamas and Fatah reconcile, then a West Bank crackdown on Hamas intensifies (and vice-versa in Gaza); and so on. How to make sense of it all?
The important thing, in my opinion, is that this report is probably the most accurate you can get: there will be no Palestinian reconciliation until after elections are held, by January 2010, if they are held. But it’s important for the Egyptians to have a mechanism to keep Palestinian reconciliation talks alive, and a mechanism for easing the blockade on Gaza (given that Egypt will not unilaterally do that, for its own interests and because of fear of Israeli and US retribution). Thus the coordination mechanism, which will also be an opportunity, depending on how it is formed, for continuous Fatah-Hamas interaction. There are those within Hamas and Fatah (I have spoken to some of them) who are looking to the post-Mahmoud Abbas period in which reconciliation may be possible. Mahmoud Abbas is politically finished among his constituency (Fatah), for the most part, but has survived because he is most acceptable to Israel, the US, and the weak Europeans. At least when combined with the acceptable “competent” technocrat Salam Fayyad.
Palestinian reconciliation may or may not be possible in principle (I think it is with new leadership in Fatah and some humility and mea culpas from Hamas), but right now both sides appear to have more to gain fighting each other rather than fighting the larger battle for Palestinian freedom. The international context is key: Egypt wants Palestinian reconciliation eventually — it does not want a permanent “Islamic Emirate of Gaza” where Israel could easily create a humanitarian crisis sending Gazans into Sinai — but cannot have it now, because having Palestinian reconciliation now necessarily means presenting the Obama administration with a unity government they are not able to accept (although they should) for domestic political reasons, i.e. the Israel lobbies (I think AIPAC and J Street would sing to the same tune here). Not that they would have to fund it — of course the US and probably the EU would not send money to a government that included Hamas — but it’s that the entire US push for a Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) would fall apart. Egypt wants, and it is delighted to see, such a process once again taking place seriously, with the US involved in the region in a more positive way. Its own relationship with Washington, from the regime’s perspective, has been substantively improved (the topic of another post) and it wants to maintain that momentum.
Hence, no Palestinian reconciliation, but instead a return to a full-blown MEPP with Mahmoud Abbas taking the lead on negotiations, with the possibility that he might be able to convince Hamas to accept a final status solution. What Obama is trying to engineer is, partly building on the work of the Bush administration, a moving of the goalposts for such a solution: in other words, to reduce Palestinian expectations on such a deal. Palestinian elections might then be taken as a referendum on the peace deal, although I very much doubt such a deal is possible by January 2010, and remove Hamas’ claim to be representing the majority of Palestians (at least those in the OPTs). Even so, an election rigged for Fatah, or genuinely won by Fatah (which will be buoyed by aid cash), or in which Hamas can be convinced to take a lower profile (perhaps in exchange for a lesser grip on Gaza) would reassert Mahmoud Abbas’ moral authority and ability to negotiate a deal with Israel.
Readers of this blog know that I do not believe Israel is capable or willing to produce a deal remotely acceptable to Palestinians at this time (and even so, I still resist being a one-stater! Sometimes I wonder why.) But that’s not the case of other people, those who are either optimistic or simply cynical about imposing a deal on Palestinians. And for Egypt at least, there is value in stretching out the peace-processing: even if no deal is reached, the Egyptians have put themselves at the core of this round of MEPP negotiations as Hamas’ only accepted (by the international community) interlocutor and, increasingly, as a tacit ally of Israel on geostrategic issues (even if Egypt and Israel will remain each other’s natural enemy for a long time). At stake here are not only Iran’s rise, but more generally the discrediting of the “moderate” Arab regimes in the eye of their populations and the ease by which movements like Hamas and Hizbullah (and the cynical government of Iran) can manipulate it.
To take a more long view, it is also about the American presence in the Middle East; these regimes are incapable to imagine a world without it, an idea that has become increasingly powerful not only for Osama bin Laden (who wanted the US out of the Gulf) or Iran (ditto for different reasons), but also for the engaged Arab citizen for whom the US presence is equated with war, invasions, and support for authoritarian regimes.
This — and not an end to the Israeli-Arab conflict being in sight — is what the revival of the MEPP and the shenanigans and feints of mediators like Egypt are about.
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Loading comments... 0 Vote up Vote down mink · 2 days ago
"Not that they would have to fund it — of course the US and probably the EU would not send money to a government that included Hamas"
Then how else could it survive? The main PA sources of funding are aid and tax and customs money collected by Israel (from Palestinian workers inside Israel, and customs money for goods going to the PA). Assuming both would be denied, then there is very little to pay salaries with. And paying public sector salaries is the main - perhaps the only - source of legitimacy for the PA.
I think the 2010 elections are a major conundrum, I can't see a convincing solution. Reply 3 replies · active 2 days ago
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I should have been clearer - it can easily survive through Saudi, Qatari and other Gulf Arab funding.
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Not much to say. Just your usual mink.
Theoretically it could work. In practice, though, haven't we been there already, with the June 2007 unity government? The Gulf didn't step in to save them then, and I don't think they would do now. Either the new government is given a US green light, and then they will have no funding problems, or if they are not palatable to the US, the Gulf is not going to prop them up. Back to square one. The problem is that the 2010 elections may appear as illegtimate. The only man who can keep the show running is Marwan Barghouti runing from prison, I think he will get elected and probably be released afterwards.
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You think Barghouti can get elected while in prison?You may be right about Gulf funding, it can only work with US approval (for instance if the president wanted to have a unity govt but knew Congress would not approve funding. Then it would work.) But that was the point of my post - that as long as the US president opposes a NUG, no regional state will really push for it.
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I should have been clearer - it can easily survive through Saudi, Qatari and other Gulf Arab funding. Reply 0 Vote up Vote down mink · 2 days ago
Theoretically it could work. In practice, though, haven't we been there already, with the June 2007 unity government? The Gulf didn't step in to save them then, and I don't think they would do now. Either the new government is given a US green light, and then they will have no funding problems, or if they are not palatable to the US, the Gulf is not going to prop them up. Back to square one.
The problem is that the 2010 elections may appear as illegtimate. The only man who can keep the show running is Marwan Barghouti runing from prison, I think he will get elected and probably be released afterwards. Reply Follow arabist 53p
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You think Barghouti can get elected while in prison?
You may be right about Gulf funding, it can only work with US approval (for instance if the president wanted to have a unity govt but knew Congress would not approve funding. Then it would work.) But that was the point of my post - that as long as the US president opposes a NUG, no regional state will really push for it.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Royal Ballet from England dance in Havana to honor Alicia Alonso.
Royal Ballet dancers are due tomorrow to start a five-day programme which the Cuban government has billed as a landmark cultural event. Tickets are sold out and at least three of the performances will be shown on big screens outside the Gran Teatro in central Havana. Officials from the New York Philharmonic visited the city in recent days to investigate performance venues and logistics following an invitation from the culture ministry, a rare opening to a high-profile US institution.
"With these invitations the Cuban leadership is indicating a desire to expand the field of contact with musical and cultural leaders from the US and EU, which may lead to greater diplomatic contact down the road," said Dan Erikson, author of the Cuba Wars and an analyst at the Inter-American Dialogue.
The Obama administration has responded in kind by granting the orchestra an exemption from the draconian US embargo, a four-decade old policy designed to isolate the island. Vice-president Joe Biden said the proposed trip was a "wonderful project", Zubin Mehta, the orchestra's president, told the New York Times.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/13/royal-ballet-new-york-philharmonic-cuba
London's Royal Ballet Director Monica Mason (L) attends a news conference with Kevin O'Hare, administrative director of Royal Ballet, in Havana July 11, 2009. View Photo »
Saturday, July 11, 2009
President Zelaya gains strength despite his failure to end coup
टाइम्स ऑनलाइन, भारत, राष्ट्रपति Zelaya होन्डुरस लाभ के अंतरराष्ट्रीय समर्थन करते हैं.
From Times Online,India. July 6, 2009
Michael Binyon: Analysis
The abortive attempt by Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran President bundled out of the country in his pyjamas in a military coup last week, to fly back to Tegucigalpa has raised tensions in the impoverished central American state.
Thousands of his supporters gathered at the airfield on Sunday but were confronted by armed troops who opened fire, killing two people. And as President Zelaya, his arrival blocked by military vehicles parked on the runway, diverted to El Salvador, international pressure on the coup leaders increased.
The United Nations Secretary-General again called the coup unacceptable. Venezuela announced a cut-off of all oil shipments. European Union members prepared to withdraw ambassadors. And the Organisation of American States (OAS), which suspended Honduran membership, cut off aid and favourable trade arrangements. So too did the World Bank.
Despite this overwhelming outside pressure the coup members remained defiant. They insisted that they had acted only to protect the constitution after President Zelaya had planned an illegal referendum on his plans to stand again for election in November. They said that they would not be bullied into action nor back down in face of pro-Zelaya demonstrations.
Zelaya and the XV Non-Aligned Summit, in Egypt.
زيلايا وهو الخامس عشر لمؤتمر قمة عدم الانحياز في
EgyptSanto.- الاحد الرئيس ليونيل فرنانديز أمس
مجددا على التزامها الديمقراطية للشعب أمريكا
وطالبت بالعودة إلى الحكم الدستوري في جمهورية
هندوراس ، حيث كان الرئيس مانويل زيلايا وأزيل
أبعدت من البلاد من خلال الانقلاب العسكري الذي وقع في
اثني عشر يوما.
Advanced Search XV
Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
Sharm El Sheikh, 11-16 July 2009
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic, Caribbean, "ListinDiario" .- President Leonel Fernández yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to democracy of the people of America and demanded the return to constitutional rule in the Republic of Honduras, where President Manuel Zelaya was dismissed and banished the country by a military coup twelve days.
Fernandez received Zelaya yesterday at the National Palace with honors from his high office of President of Honduras. The Dominican president was accompanied by officials of his cabinet, top military and police, and more than a thousand state employees who filled the front steps of Government House to welcome visitors and cheered.
The Dominican President reiterated its repudiation of the coup in Honduras and stressed that it can not be allowed to consolidate this situation in Honduras, because it could occur in any other country in Latin America, and warned that "we would be exposed to a convulsive and of ungovernability. "
The president traveled from Honduras to Costa Rica. He came to the country to ask its Dominican counterpart representing him in the XV Non-Aligned Summit, which opens next Wednesday in Egypt and which Zelaya said he had been invited. "PresidentFernández to deliver a document to read it in my name in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, said.
Fernandez presented a letter and a firm and clear position that they have about the coup d'état the peoples of Central America and members of the Rio Group.
Fernandez announced that next week, also hopes to gain support for the Zelaya of the African Union and the Arab League, as well as has the American community.
At the press conference that was broadcast live by television Dominican Fernandez presented Zelaya as "the legitimate President of Honduras" and highlighted the support provided by the international community to the Honduran president following the coup d'état.
Fernandez added that Dominican Republic is party, as a signatory to the OAS Democratic Charter, the concept of collective defense of democracy.
"In defending democracy in Honduras, defends democracy in Dominican Republic and throughout Latin America," he said.
At the wheel was the foreign minister of Honduras, Patricia Rhodes, and the ambassadors of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for Latin America and the Caribbean (ALBA), the Dominican Republic Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, the Secretaries of the Presidency, César Pina Toribio, Administrative Luis Manuel Bonetti, director of the Press, Rafael Núñez, and the administrative secretary, Bolivar Tapia Cunillera, among other officials.
EgyptSanto.- الاحد الرئيس ليونيل فرنانديز أمس
مجددا على التزامها الديمقراطية للشعب أمريكا
وطالبت بالعودة إلى الحكم الدستوري في جمهورية
هندوراس ، حيث كان الرئيس مانويل زيلايا وأزيل
أبعدت من البلاد من خلال الانقلاب العسكري الذي وقع في
اثني عشر يوما.
Advanced Search XV
Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
Sharm El Sheikh, 11-16 July 2009
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic, Caribbean, "ListinDiario" .- President Leonel Fernández yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to democracy of the people of America and demanded the return to constitutional rule in the Republic of Honduras, where President Manuel Zelaya was dismissed and banished the country by a military coup twelve days.
Fernandez received Zelaya yesterday at the National Palace with honors from his high office of President of Honduras. The Dominican president was accompanied by officials of his cabinet, top military and police, and more than a thousand state employees who filled the front steps of Government House to welcome visitors and cheered.
The Dominican President reiterated its repudiation of the coup in Honduras and stressed that it can not be allowed to consolidate this situation in Honduras, because it could occur in any other country in Latin America, and warned that "we would be exposed to a convulsive and of ungovernability. "
The president traveled from Honduras to Costa Rica. He came to the country to ask its Dominican counterpart representing him in the XV Non-Aligned Summit, which opens next Wednesday in Egypt and which Zelaya said he had been invited. "PresidentFernández to deliver a document to read it in my name in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, said.
Fernandez presented a letter and a firm and clear position that they have about the coup d'état the peoples of Central America and members of the Rio Group.
Fernandez announced that next week, also hopes to gain support for the Zelaya of the African Union and the Arab League, as well as has the American community.
At the press conference that was broadcast live by television Dominican Fernandez presented Zelaya as "the legitimate President of Honduras" and highlighted the support provided by the international community to the Honduran president following the coup d'état.
Fernandez added that Dominican Republic is party, as a signatory to the OAS Democratic Charter, the concept of collective defense of democracy.
"In defending democracy in Honduras, defends democracy in Dominican Republic and throughout Latin America," he said.
At the wheel was the foreign minister of Honduras, Patricia Rhodes, and the ambassadors of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for Latin America and the Caribbean (ALBA), the Dominican Republic Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, the Secretaries of the Presidency, César Pina Toribio, Administrative Luis Manuel Bonetti, director of the Press, Rafael Núñez, and the administrative secretary, Bolivar Tapia Cunillera, among other officials.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Chile warns Honduran ambassador against supporting interim gov't
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-07 10:02:01 SANTIAGO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren has warned Honduran ambassador in Santiago Francisco Martinez to "face consequences" after the latter hinted his support to the interim Honduran government led by Roberto Micheletti.
"If the Honduran ambassador considers himself a representative from the interim government, we are going to review his situation. We do not accept representatives from the interim Honduran government, that is our policy, and we are going to act according to that policy," Van Klaveren said Monday.
"We are not going to accept representatives from the interim government and if someone is identified as a representative of the interim government, he will have to face the consequences," Van Klaveren said.
Martinez told local daily El Mercurio de Santiago published on Monday that Chile has decided to sever its diplomatic ties with Honduras till ousted President Manuel Zelaya returns to office.
"The Chilean ambassador was called to give a report, we are not going to have any ties with the interim government, we severed our diplomatic ties," Van Klaveren said.
"We think this is a matter of time. These processes are complex, are difficult. The situation over there is difficult, but here the international community is reacting in a solid way," Van Klaveren added.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Gorillas usurping power by force in Honduras should be prosecuted before international tribunals or lost credit ... The United Nations
Zelaya convoca protestos em Honduras e pede aos EUA que intervenham Folha de São Paulo Brasil http://www.folha.com.br/07/07/2009 - 09h56
Entenda os conflitos
golpe em honduras
Presidente deposto de Honduras convoca protestos e pede aos EUA que intervenham
Departamento de Estado dos EUA nega encontro com governo interino, mas confirma reunião com Manuel Zelaya.
Com apoio de Obama, Zelaya reúne-se com Clinton
Honduras usa web para protesto contra golpe
Chanceler acusa manifestantes por duas mortes
Golpe não vai durar nem três meses, diz Amorim
"El Pais.es" Madrid, Spain, linkhttp://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Zelaya/golpistas/esperan/via/diplomatica/solucion/Honduras/elpepuint/20090706elpepuint_16/Tes
Meanwhile, the government de facto appointed by Micheletti remains committed to denying the obvious. His favorite jaculatoria - "this is not a coup d'etat" - joined the other even more bizarre: "The military did not fired on the demonstrators." Do not mind that journalists from around the world witness the live load, or that tens of bushes were collected and displayed by the demonstrators in front of the cameras. His theory of suicide protesters sound funny if it was not until today that it will land on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa Isis Obed Murillo, a 19-year-old looking boy.
CARICOM MEETING-NON ALIGNEE MOVEMENT NEWS.
IMPORTANT CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE ACHIEVES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
An NNN-Caribbean Net News FeatureGEORGETOWN, Guyana, (NNN-Caribbean Net News) -- The 30th Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which was expected to be contentious, with migration and intra-regional trade rows threatening to disrupt the discussions, ended last evening with significant progress being made in several areas.
Global Economic and Financial Crisis
Recognizing that several countries in the Caribbean have been adversely affected by the global economic and financial crisis, the Heads of Government have taken the bold step of establishing the first ever regional Task Force of a political nature to find solutions for the region.
The Task Force, which comprises Prime Ministers Patrick Manning of Trinidad & Tobago, Bruce Golding of Jamaica, Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, David Thompson of Barbados and President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana, who will be the Chairman of the Task Force, is expected to be set in motion soon, considering the urgency of the issues it seeks to address. Additional technical members of the Task Force include the CARICOM Secretary-General; President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB); Director-General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); and the Director of the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF).
The tourism industry in the Caribbean, which is a significant revenue earner for countries such as The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and others, has been decimated with fewer persons around the world travelling, and the financial service sector has been faced with difficulties stemming from the financial meltdown in the developed world and from the failures of the CL Financial and Stanford Groups. Additionally, the real sectors have been affected by the contagious effect of the global downturn.In response, many countries do not have the budgetary space to conduct counter-cyclical spending to ease the effects of the crisis.
At the closing press conference on Saturday evening, the Chairman of CARICOM, President Jagdeo, stated, “It was recognized that we have to do a series of things but some of them would have to be very urgently done.”
The tasks before the Community are to mobilize the resources necessary to assist these countries and develop medium-to-long-term development strategies to set them on the right path.
Earlier Saturday, the President had highlighted two options to obtain the resources needed. The President had stressed that the mobilization of CARICOM internal resources could be pivotal. “We have significant reserves that are all held outside of the region. I think we have to make sure that we have a policy to invest those reserves. I think we can use our own resources to try to push forward development in our region,” he stated. However, the Head of State pointed out that such reserves belong to individual member states in the Community, and the investment of those reserves is therefore a sovereign decision. He noted that any investment of these reserves must meet two criteria – safety and liquidity.
The other option available to the Caribbean proposed by the President was making the region much more attractive to investments from non-traditional sources, such as the Arab sovereign funds and from countries such as India, China and Brazil.
The CARICOM Chairman also explained that a forum will be held shortly that will examine comprehensively the difficulties faced by these countries. “We’ll provide an opportunity in the very near future for countries to fully explain their difficulties and hopefully, tell us more about their own efforts so that this regional Task Force can work with these countries using their own plans to mobilize more resources,” he said.
Tourism
The Regional Marketing Plan, which will assist in bringing more visitors to the Caribbean region, has been identified as a priority for implementation. The Plan was established at the previous Heads of Government Conference but its implementation was delayed because of the lack of funding. “That marketing plan has been developed for a while now. The plan is developed and approved but with countries having fiscal difficulties (with) so many requests for finances, which will have to come from the Treasury, there is that difficulty of funding all of these new initiatives that are coming on board,” President Jagdeo had stated earlier on Saturday. Heads of Government reiterated their deep concern with regard to the proposed Air Passenger Duty (APD) as it applies to travel from the UK to the Caribbean as it would not only greatly increase the cost of travel from the UK to the Region but would also put the Caribbean at a disadvantage in relation to other more distant destinations. The Heads of Government agreed to continue pursuing vigorously the matter with UK policymakers to ensure that a more equitable band of the APD is applied to Caribbean travel. President Jagdeo and CARICOM Secretary General Dr. Edwin Carrington during the first business session of the Heads of Government Conference on July 3. Agriculture and food security Heads of Government reaffirmed their commitment to providing financial and other support measures for agriculture. They underscored the importance of agriculture for food and nutrition security and for the development of Caribbean economies. In the declaration issued on agriculture and food security, the Community recognized agriculture as an important contributor to rural development, GDP, employment, export earnings and to the overall sustainable development of the Member States of the Caribbean Community. However, it was pointed out that this sector is inhibited by key binding constraints, including a reduction in development support and investment. Further, it was recognized that financing for agriculture development is proving to be the major limitation which is affecting the speed and effectiveness of dealing with the other constraints. As a result, the Heads of Governments renewed their commitment to pursue a strategic approach to transforming the agriculture sector into an internationally-competitive sector with increased capacity to contribute to the sustained economic development of the Region, the economic livelihood of entrepreneurs, the rural sector and to food and nutrition security. ServicesA Regional Symposium on Services will be held in Antigua and Barbuda from 15-17 July and it was agreed that delegations to the Symposium from Member States should include ministerial and senior public sector officials. A Draft Strategic Plan for Services and the Plan of Action for the next five years which is to be considered by Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will also be presented at the next Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference scheduled for Dominica in 2010. Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D)Heads of Government agreed to mandate the Ministers with responsibility for information and communication technologies to lead the process in developing the long-term strategy and plan of action for the ICT sector into 2020 which should be presented to the Conference at the next Inter-sessional Meeting. CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)Heads of Government received the information on the audit of the CSME implementation and agreed to hold a convocation on the CSME involving all stakeholders, which would give full consideration to that report. It was also agreed that Member States would immediately implement the entry procedures for right of establishment and temporary movement of service providers, particularly in light of the potential for increased extra-regional competition resulting from the implementation of the EPA and other agreements. Free movement of people Heads of Government re-affirmed the goal of free movement of persons as expressed in Article 45 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and that free movement is an essential element of the CSME, but given the current global economic and financial crisis, its full implementation at this point in time will be challenging for some Member States. They agreed that the schedule of free movement of persons within the Single Market would be reviewed at the CSME Convocation to be convened in October with a view to advising on the timetable for full free movement. They also agreed that household domestic workers who have obtained a Caribbean Vocational Qualification or equivalent qualification will be allowed to move with effect from January 1, 2010.Heads of Government further agreed on the importance of training and sensitizing Immigration Officers on the implementation of the Region’s approach to free movement and hassle-free travel. Crime and securityHeads of Government agreed to re-activate the security facilities put in place for Cricket World Cup 2007 and the Fifth Summit of the Americas for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2009 and ICC World 20/20 Tournament to be held in the Caribbean in 2010.They also agreed to proposals for implementing the CARICOM Travel Pass (CARIPASS); the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) and the programmes for the control of small arms and light weapons associated with violent crimes and gang violence. The pledge of US$30 million made by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama during the Summit of the Americas to support the joint development of a strategy of co-operation, mutually beneficial partnership and information-sharing with the Caribbean was discussed, and the way forward to engage the United States was determined. They further agreed to the re-activation of the Resource Mobilization Sub-Committee (RMC) to manage the US Assistance in the area of security and other offers of assistance. Climate change Heads of Government noted the progress of negotiations of a new global Climate Change Agreement leading to the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in December, and agreed on the Region’s priorities, which include the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions; mitigation and adaptation; the transfer of technology; renewable energy; forest conservation and avoided deforestation (and carbon capture and sequestration). They endorsed the Caribbean Challenge in its efforts to protect the Region’s marine resources and in its work towards fulfilling the UNFCCC ecosystem-based management and adaptation recommendations, and implementing the Millennium Development Goals related to reducing biodiversity loss. According to President Jagdeo, over 40 items on the agenda were discussed over the three days.The Conference began with a pre-summit caucus to deal with items that take a long time to discuss but are not contentious or very important. It was followed by the opening ceremony later the same day. The Heads of Government spent the next two days in all-day sessions, working towards a consensus on several areas.--NNN-Caribbean Net News
An NNN-Caribbean Net News FeatureGEORGETOWN, Guyana, (NNN-Caribbean Net News) -- The 30th Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which was expected to be contentious, with migration and intra-regional trade rows threatening to disrupt the discussions, ended last evening with significant progress being made in several areas.
Global Economic and Financial Crisis
Recognizing that several countries in the Caribbean have been adversely affected by the global economic and financial crisis, the Heads of Government have taken the bold step of establishing the first ever regional Task Force of a political nature to find solutions for the region.
The Task Force, which comprises Prime Ministers Patrick Manning of Trinidad & Tobago, Bruce Golding of Jamaica, Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, David Thompson of Barbados and President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana, who will be the Chairman of the Task Force, is expected to be set in motion soon, considering the urgency of the issues it seeks to address. Additional technical members of the Task Force include the CARICOM Secretary-General; President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB); Director-General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); and the Director of the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF).
The tourism industry in the Caribbean, which is a significant revenue earner for countries such as The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and others, has been decimated with fewer persons around the world travelling, and the financial service sector has been faced with difficulties stemming from the financial meltdown in the developed world and from the failures of the CL Financial and Stanford Groups. Additionally, the real sectors have been affected by the contagious effect of the global downturn.In response, many countries do not have the budgetary space to conduct counter-cyclical spending to ease the effects of the crisis.
At the closing press conference on Saturday evening, the Chairman of CARICOM, President Jagdeo, stated, “It was recognized that we have to do a series of things but some of them would have to be very urgently done.”
The tasks before the Community are to mobilize the resources necessary to assist these countries and develop medium-to-long-term development strategies to set them on the right path.
Earlier Saturday, the President had highlighted two options to obtain the resources needed. The President had stressed that the mobilization of CARICOM internal resources could be pivotal. “We have significant reserves that are all held outside of the region. I think we have to make sure that we have a policy to invest those reserves. I think we can use our own resources to try to push forward development in our region,” he stated. However, the Head of State pointed out that such reserves belong to individual member states in the Community, and the investment of those reserves is therefore a sovereign decision. He noted that any investment of these reserves must meet two criteria – safety and liquidity.
The other option available to the Caribbean proposed by the President was making the region much more attractive to investments from non-traditional sources, such as the Arab sovereign funds and from countries such as India, China and Brazil.
The CARICOM Chairman also explained that a forum will be held shortly that will examine comprehensively the difficulties faced by these countries. “We’ll provide an opportunity in the very near future for countries to fully explain their difficulties and hopefully, tell us more about their own efforts so that this regional Task Force can work with these countries using their own plans to mobilize more resources,” he said.
Tourism
The Regional Marketing Plan, which will assist in bringing more visitors to the Caribbean region, has been identified as a priority for implementation. The Plan was established at the previous Heads of Government Conference but its implementation was delayed because of the lack of funding. “That marketing plan has been developed for a while now. The plan is developed and approved but with countries having fiscal difficulties (with) so many requests for finances, which will have to come from the Treasury, there is that difficulty of funding all of these new initiatives that are coming on board,” President Jagdeo had stated earlier on Saturday. Heads of Government reiterated their deep concern with regard to the proposed Air Passenger Duty (APD) as it applies to travel from the UK to the Caribbean as it would not only greatly increase the cost of travel from the UK to the Region but would also put the Caribbean at a disadvantage in relation to other more distant destinations. The Heads of Government agreed to continue pursuing vigorously the matter with UK policymakers to ensure that a more equitable band of the APD is applied to Caribbean travel. President Jagdeo and CARICOM Secretary General Dr. Edwin Carrington during the first business session of the Heads of Government Conference on July 3. Agriculture and food security Heads of Government reaffirmed their commitment to providing financial and other support measures for agriculture. They underscored the importance of agriculture for food and nutrition security and for the development of Caribbean economies. In the declaration issued on agriculture and food security, the Community recognized agriculture as an important contributor to rural development, GDP, employment, export earnings and to the overall sustainable development of the Member States of the Caribbean Community. However, it was pointed out that this sector is inhibited by key binding constraints, including a reduction in development support and investment. Further, it was recognized that financing for agriculture development is proving to be the major limitation which is affecting the speed and effectiveness of dealing with the other constraints. As a result, the Heads of Governments renewed their commitment to pursue a strategic approach to transforming the agriculture sector into an internationally-competitive sector with increased capacity to contribute to the sustained economic development of the Region, the economic livelihood of entrepreneurs, the rural sector and to food and nutrition security. ServicesA Regional Symposium on Services will be held in Antigua and Barbuda from 15-17 July and it was agreed that delegations to the Symposium from Member States should include ministerial and senior public sector officials. A Draft Strategic Plan for Services and the Plan of Action for the next five years which is to be considered by Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will also be presented at the next Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference scheduled for Dominica in 2010. Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D)Heads of Government agreed to mandate the Ministers with responsibility for information and communication technologies to lead the process in developing the long-term strategy and plan of action for the ICT sector into 2020 which should be presented to the Conference at the next Inter-sessional Meeting. CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)Heads of Government received the information on the audit of the CSME implementation and agreed to hold a convocation on the CSME involving all stakeholders, which would give full consideration to that report. It was also agreed that Member States would immediately implement the entry procedures for right of establishment and temporary movement of service providers, particularly in light of the potential for increased extra-regional competition resulting from the implementation of the EPA and other agreements. Free movement of people Heads of Government re-affirmed the goal of free movement of persons as expressed in Article 45 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and that free movement is an essential element of the CSME, but given the current global economic and financial crisis, its full implementation at this point in time will be challenging for some Member States. They agreed that the schedule of free movement of persons within the Single Market would be reviewed at the CSME Convocation to be convened in October with a view to advising on the timetable for full free movement. They also agreed that household domestic workers who have obtained a Caribbean Vocational Qualification or equivalent qualification will be allowed to move with effect from January 1, 2010.Heads of Government further agreed on the importance of training and sensitizing Immigration Officers on the implementation of the Region’s approach to free movement and hassle-free travel. Crime and securityHeads of Government agreed to re-activate the security facilities put in place for Cricket World Cup 2007 and the Fifth Summit of the Americas for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2009 and ICC World 20/20 Tournament to be held in the Caribbean in 2010.They also agreed to proposals for implementing the CARICOM Travel Pass (CARIPASS); the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) and the programmes for the control of small arms and light weapons associated with violent crimes and gang violence. The pledge of US$30 million made by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama during the Summit of the Americas to support the joint development of a strategy of co-operation, mutually beneficial partnership and information-sharing with the Caribbean was discussed, and the way forward to engage the United States was determined. They further agreed to the re-activation of the Resource Mobilization Sub-Committee (RMC) to manage the US Assistance in the area of security and other offers of assistance. Climate change Heads of Government noted the progress of negotiations of a new global Climate Change Agreement leading to the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in December, and agreed on the Region’s priorities, which include the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions; mitigation and adaptation; the transfer of technology; renewable energy; forest conservation and avoided deforestation (and carbon capture and sequestration). They endorsed the Caribbean Challenge in its efforts to protect the Region’s marine resources and in its work towards fulfilling the UNFCCC ecosystem-based management and adaptation recommendations, and implementing the Millennium Development Goals related to reducing biodiversity loss. According to President Jagdeo, over 40 items on the agenda were discussed over the three days.The Conference began with a pre-summit caucus to deal with items that take a long time to discuss but are not contentious or very important. It was followed by the opening ceremony later the same day. The Heads of Government spent the next two days in all-day sessions, working towards a consensus on several areas.--NNN-Caribbean Net News
Monday, July 6, 2009
President Obama: Zelaya back to office, the only solution for Honduras.
President of the United States, Obama, recently reiterated its position that the only solution is to replace Honduras President Zelaya in office, according to news dispatches.
With brutal transgesores of public international law and the Vienna Convention should only exist International Court of Justice.
If these putschists who are massacring the population of Honduras in complete impunity, so far, gives legitimacy to the public international law, both the Organization of American States, as the United Nations would cease to exist as an agency for peace and Security in the Americas, because we have criminals who are violating international law with the same behavior of gangs of drug traffickers in Mexico, this is not a problem Zelaya or Chavez's influence in the continent, is a problem in early the moral and ethical foundations of democracy in America-Caribbean area to the international community.
With criminals, with actors of crimes against humanity, there is nothing to discuss, there is nothing to negotiate with these subjects of criminal case only requires the action of international judges.
Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
Si ces putschistes qui massacrent la population du Honduras dans l'impunité la plus totale, jusqu'à présent, donne une légitimité au droit international public, à la fois l'Organisation des États américains, comme l'Organisation des Nations Unies ne cessent d'exister comme une agence pour la paix et la la sécurité dans les Amériques, car nous avons des criminels qui violent le droit international avec le même problème de gangs de trafiquants de drogue au Mexique, ce n'est pas un problème Zelaya ou l'influence de Chavez sur le continent, est un problème au début de l'année la morale et des fondements éthiques de la démocratie en Amérique-Caraïbes pour la communauté internationale. Avec des criminels, avec les acteurs de crimes contre l'humanité, il n'ya rien à discuter, il n'ya rien à négocier avec ces sujets d'affaire criminelle ne nécessite que l'action des juges internationaux. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
Se estas putschists que estão massacrando a população de Honduras, em total impunidade, até agora, dá legitimidade ao direito internacional público, tanto a Organização dos Estados Americanos, como as Nações Unidas deixaria de existir como uma agência para a paz e Segurança nas Américas, porque temos criminosos que estão violando o direito internacional com o mesmo comportamento de gangues de traficantes de drogas no México, este não é um problema ou Zelaya Chávez influência no continente, é um problema no início os fundamentos éticos e morais da democracia na América-Caribe espaço para a comunidade internacional. Com criminosos, com atores de crimes contra a humanidade, não há nada a discutir, não há nada para negociar com esses temas de processo penal exige apenas a ação de juízes internacionais. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
Si a estos golpistas que estan masacrando a la poblacion de Honduras con entera impunidad, hasta el momento, se les da legitimidad ante el derecho internacional publico, tanto la Organization de Estados Americanos, como, las Naciones Unidas dejarian de existir como organismos de paz y seguridad en Las Americas, precisamente porque estamos ante criminales que estan violando leyes internacionales con el mismo comportamiento de las bandas de narcotraficantes en Mejico, este no es un problema de Zelaya o de la influencia de Chavez en el continente, es un problema de principios de las bases morales y eticas de la democracia en el area America-Caribe ante la comunidad internacional.Con criminales, con actores de crimenes contra la humanidad, no hay nada que conversar,no hay nada que pactar,con estos sujetos de causa criminal solo se requiere la accion de jueces internacionales.Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida, 34233.
Als deze putschists die bloedbad de bevolking van Honduras in volledige straffeloosheid, tot nu toe, geeft legitimiteit aan het publiek internationaal recht, zowel de Organisatie van Amerikaanse Staten, de Verenigde Naties zou ophouden te bestaan als een bureau voor vrede en Veiligheid in de Amerika's, want we hebben criminelen die het schenden van het internationaal recht met hetzelfde probleem van de bendes van drugshandelaren in Mexico, is dit geen probleem Zelaya of Chavez's invloed op het continent, is een probleem in het begin de morele en ethische grondslagen van de democratie in Amerika en het Caribisch gebied naar de internationale gemeenschap. Met criminelen, met acteurs van misdaden tegen de menselijkheid, is er niets te bespreken, is er niets te onderhandelen met deze onderwerpen van strafbare geval vereist alleen het optreden van internationale rechters. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
CNN in Spanish just to communicate: Zelaya landed now in Managua, Nicaragua, is expected press conference.
Four witnesses said yesterday that Honduran troops fatally shot a protester, Isi Obed Murillo, 19, who was at the airport awaiting Zelaya's return Monday. Murillo's sister Rebeca said her brother was among a group that tore down a flimsy chain-link fence leading to the airstrip. As they did so, soldiers began firing their automatic rifles.
"He was too young, my brother. Why did they take his life? I cannot believe it," she said. The second protester who died was identified as Mario René Ramon Elvir, 39.
Stephen Ferry, an American photojournalist, said the troops had not been provoked. "There had been no rock-throwing at that point, and no one had attempted to enter the tarmac either," said Ferry, who was photographing the crowd when the gunshots rang out. He said one soldier methodically fired into the crowd, taking careful aim and shooting off one burst of automatic fire after another.
Now confirmed that President Zelaya goes to El Salvador (8:33 pm, Florida, USA)
Zelaya, Managua Nicarague landed, rigth now.CNN. Later a urgent meeting with OAS in Washington.
The OAS can not coexist, neither acredited legally, with this putschists subject of international justice or it would be liquidated as Organization of American States for latinoamerican and caribbean countries.
Honduras can easily become a base for drug trafficking in the area under the mandate of this vulgar dictatorship that slaughtered the population with impunity as we are seeing on CNN, live, in Spanish, there is no rule of law in Honduras,neither . . .constitution, only the will of a group as you can see in TV...
Honduras can easily become a base for drug trafficking in the area under the mandate of this vulgar dictatorship that slaughtered the population with impunity as we are seeing on CNN, live, in Spanish, there is no rule of law in Honduras,neither . . .constitution, only the will of a group as you can see in TV...
Confirmed by CNN that was massacred the people at the airport, there are several dead and dozens wounded.
Divert the plane under threat of President Zelaya constitucional block the track with trucks and troops.
It invokes the inter-defense pact in Washington or, otherwise, the OAS, and the latinoamerican countries would have to mingle with a coup blessed "under the table" by Washington and the European Community?
Hondurenos, el Presidente constitucional de la Republica de Honduras se dirige en estos momentos en un avion a Tegucigalpa
Deployed dozens of fighter squadrons of the army of Honduras in a position to fight in the airport runway Tegucilpa.
Shoot the army and police in Honduras, under orders of the coup against the thousands of protesters awaiting the arrival of the constitutional President Manuel Zelaya.
CNN (Spanish) speaking at the moment, at least two people dead, unconfirmed.
The inter-American defense pact can be invoked to restore democracy in Honduras and to bring to the board of the coup before international courts, as a glimpse of Obama interview between the President and the representative of Honduras to the United Nations.
Shoot the army and police in Honduras, under orders of the coup against the thousands of protesters awaiting the arrival of the constitutional President Manuel Zelaya.
CNN (Spanish) speaking at the moment, at least two people dead, unconfirmed.
The inter-American defense pact can be invoked to restore democracy in Honduras and to bring to the board of the coup before international courts, as a glimpse of Obama interview between the President and the representative of Honduras to the United Nations.
En estos momentos, el avion que conduce al Presidente Consitucional Zelaya, se dirige a Tegucigalpa.La suerte esta echada... para Honduras y America Latina.
To go dressed like a man ...in Cuba.A Switzerland woman in a above suspicion
Sex effect Details van de eerste vrouw die beoefend geneeskunde in Cuba geklede man dr. Julio Cesar González Pages pormenones rekening van dit verhaal, starring de Zwitserse Bondsstaat Enriqueta Favez Voor vragen zonder sanctie: tekst en foto Aracelys Bedevia E-mail: aracelys@jrebelde.cip.cu
Sex effet Détails de la première femme qui a pratiqué la médecine à Cuba, l'homme habillé Dr Julio César González Pagés pormenones compte de cette histoire, avec la Confédération suisse Enriqueta Favez
Spanish: click here:
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cuba/2009-07-04/detalles-de-la-primera-mujer-que-ejercio-la-medicina-en-cuba-vestida-de-varon-/
Sex effect
Details of the first woman who practiced medicine in Cuba dressed man Dr. Julio César González Pagés pormenones account of this story, starring the Swiss Confederation Enriqueta Favez
Ask For without penalty: text and photo Aracelys Bedevia
Email: aracelys@jrebelde.cip.cu
04 July 2009 00:08:00 GMT
The creature called man, monster, downloaded it on all kinds of improperios of his trial and did a faithful representation of a tribunal of the Holy Inquisition. Enriqueta Favez, the first woman who practiced medicine in Cuba dressed as a man, he never hid the causes for which he was tried. However, his real story was virtually buried for nearly two centuries.
It took sixteen years to Dr. Julio César González Pagés, Cuban historian and anthropologist, to investigate what happened around this figure, which challenged the hegemonic power and that almost nothing survives. Even his body, as the cemetery where he was buried in New Orleans was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In search of evidence, this acusioso investigator traveled to several countries and reconstructed using the technique of historical archeology, the details of a case of who knew in the National Archives of Cuba, while looking for information for her doctoral thesis. He was even in front of the door of the birthplace of Favez in the Swiss city of Lausanne. "There is no one who remembers Tarja. Neither there nor in any of the many places where they spent some time, "said the author of the book to go dressed as a man, recently submitted in digital version on the Centro Felix Varela.
The story, worthy of a screenplay, is told from original documents and letters. There is no fiction in it.
- Who was really the woman who, violating all laws are passed off as a man, he studied medicine and married Juana de Leon?
Enriqueta Favez-born in 1791 in a bourgeois family in Lausanne, Switzerland. At the age of 15 years he married a French soldier. Three years later, her husband and daughter died. He stayed in Paris and studied medicine at the University of La Sorbonne, dress and taking the identity of an officer of the regiment to which he belonged her late husband. During the Napoleonic Wars served as surgeon of the French army, until he was captured by English troops under General Wellington in Spain.
"He went to Cuba to start a new life under the name Enrique Favez and settled as a doctor in Baracoa. His clientele included many of the local poor, who also taught to read and write. It is well known as Juana de Leon, a woman from the area in which he married, aware that the biological sex of her husband. "
"Some time later, the suspect began. Favez was arrested and brought to trial, where some medical tests revealed sex. Juana de Leon, as it can be noticed in the letters, but not loved endured social and family pressure and bowed to the farce that was orchestrated against Enriqueta, who was sentenced to imprisonment in the Hospital de Mujeres de San Francisco de Paula, in Havana, and later removed to New Orleans.
"His relatives in North America led to join a convent to protect the prestige of the family. Then assumed the name of Sister Magdalena and continued to provide medical assistance to the poor. Later he became a missionary in Mexico, and died in New Orleans at the age of 65 years, ten years after the death of Joan. "
- How to get access to much information?
Of importance to clarify the nuances and contradictions of the trial being conducted in this investigation was crucial the consultation of the file is located in the National Archives of Cuba, under the criminal case against Doña Enriqueta Favez assumed by man in suit and may have misled the Doña Juana de Leon whom she remarried legitimate. Here are letters, reports and other documents in the file open during the trial. Other elements can be analyzed in the 1860 version published in the journal Management, which is at the José Martí National Library, where you can also read various texts that deal with Favez from literature or history.
"Useful information was obtained in the research trips to the cities of New Orleans (1998), Baracoa and Guantanamo (1999-2005), Santiago de Cuba (2000-2003), Veracruz (2003) and Switzerland (2006-2007) . During these visits I was able to review files, libraries, museums and private collections that I gave evidence which did not appear in the revised documents in Havana. "
-As far as I know, the previous works related Enriqueta have escaped their sexual orientation. To go dressed as a man speaks in a contemporary debate, the rights of people living with other sexual preferences. Why choose to legitimize this story?
True. The stories sought to evade the previous issue of sexual preference for fear that his past heroin was disqualified. But it turns out that she never denied it and lived very proud of that. So there is no reason to hide it. In the book to go dressed as a man, I pay tribute to all women who have faced social challenges to live their love.
Favez-trial was the most scandalous of the time. She suffered all kinds of humiliations. He had many detractors ... Did it with a defender?
-Not really, it was very difficult for someone at that time dared to defy the Church and the institutions that supported the prosecution. Enriqueta lived between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and transgressed all the potential barriers of discrimination: warrior, medical, travel, lesbian. Too many heresies for a woman of any age.
- How much you contributed as a researcher to write this biography?
-The research enabled me to know how much courage is required to act in a manner different than what others expect, and the courage to be hard to pursue some personal goals, professional or emotional, under adverse conditions. The story happened almost two hundred years, however, is still very topical at the global level. As a researcher and human being I have become a better person that like Favez, fight very strongly for what he believes and loves.
By walking ... invites a screenplay. Have you received any proposal to carry a movie?
"I have several offers from different countries, all very tempting. Some actresses have also said they wanted me to be the Favez this story. At this point the value that is more in keeping with the character as conceived.
- Where is the book?
-This edition responds to a group of several publishers in Europe and Latin America, but as I love Cuban author I read in my country. We are planning another presentation in Havana in July, hoping to return to Cuba Favez dressed and dignified as was that woman. To this date there will be a special effort, so all people can carry the book, free, in digital form. It will be something special after all these years of waiting.
Sex effet Détails de la première femme qui a pratiqué la médecine à Cuba, l'homme habillé Dr Julio César González Pagés pormenones compte de cette histoire, avec la Confédération suisse Enriqueta Favez
Spanish: click here:
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cuba/2009-07-04/detalles-de-la-primera-mujer-que-ejercio-la-medicina-en-cuba-vestida-de-varon-/
Sex effect
Details of the first woman who practiced medicine in Cuba dressed man Dr. Julio César González Pagés pormenones account of this story, starring the Swiss Confederation Enriqueta Favez
Ask For without penalty: text and photo Aracelys Bedevia
Email: aracelys@jrebelde.cip.cu
04 July 2009 00:08:00 GMT
The creature called man, monster, downloaded it on all kinds of improperios of his trial and did a faithful representation of a tribunal of the Holy Inquisition. Enriqueta Favez, the first woman who practiced medicine in Cuba dressed as a man, he never hid the causes for which he was tried. However, his real story was virtually buried for nearly two centuries.
It took sixteen years to Dr. Julio César González Pagés, Cuban historian and anthropologist, to investigate what happened around this figure, which challenged the hegemonic power and that almost nothing survives. Even his body, as the cemetery where he was buried in New Orleans was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In search of evidence, this acusioso investigator traveled to several countries and reconstructed using the technique of historical archeology, the details of a case of who knew in the National Archives of Cuba, while looking for information for her doctoral thesis. He was even in front of the door of the birthplace of Favez in the Swiss city of Lausanne. "There is no one who remembers Tarja. Neither there nor in any of the many places where they spent some time, "said the author of the book to go dressed as a man, recently submitted in digital version on the Centro Felix Varela.
The story, worthy of a screenplay, is told from original documents and letters. There is no fiction in it.
- Who was really the woman who, violating all laws are passed off as a man, he studied medicine and married Juana de Leon?
Enriqueta Favez-born in 1791 in a bourgeois family in Lausanne, Switzerland. At the age of 15 years he married a French soldier. Three years later, her husband and daughter died. He stayed in Paris and studied medicine at the University of La Sorbonne, dress and taking the identity of an officer of the regiment to which he belonged her late husband. During the Napoleonic Wars served as surgeon of the French army, until he was captured by English troops under General Wellington in Spain.
"He went to Cuba to start a new life under the name Enrique Favez and settled as a doctor in Baracoa. His clientele included many of the local poor, who also taught to read and write. It is well known as Juana de Leon, a woman from the area in which he married, aware that the biological sex of her husband. "
"Some time later, the suspect began. Favez was arrested and brought to trial, where some medical tests revealed sex. Juana de Leon, as it can be noticed in the letters, but not loved endured social and family pressure and bowed to the farce that was orchestrated against Enriqueta, who was sentenced to imprisonment in the Hospital de Mujeres de San Francisco de Paula, in Havana, and later removed to New Orleans.
"His relatives in North America led to join a convent to protect the prestige of the family. Then assumed the name of Sister Magdalena and continued to provide medical assistance to the poor. Later he became a missionary in Mexico, and died in New Orleans at the age of 65 years, ten years after the death of Joan. "
- How to get access to much information?
Of importance to clarify the nuances and contradictions of the trial being conducted in this investigation was crucial the consultation of the file is located in the National Archives of Cuba, under the criminal case against Doña Enriqueta Favez assumed by man in suit and may have misled the Doña Juana de Leon whom she remarried legitimate. Here are letters, reports and other documents in the file open during the trial. Other elements can be analyzed in the 1860 version published in the journal Management, which is at the José Martí National Library, where you can also read various texts that deal with Favez from literature or history.
"Useful information was obtained in the research trips to the cities of New Orleans (1998), Baracoa and Guantanamo (1999-2005), Santiago de Cuba (2000-2003), Veracruz (2003) and Switzerland (2006-2007) . During these visits I was able to review files, libraries, museums and private collections that I gave evidence which did not appear in the revised documents in Havana. "
-As far as I know, the previous works related Enriqueta have escaped their sexual orientation. To go dressed as a man speaks in a contemporary debate, the rights of people living with other sexual preferences. Why choose to legitimize this story?
True. The stories sought to evade the previous issue of sexual preference for fear that his past heroin was disqualified. But it turns out that she never denied it and lived very proud of that. So there is no reason to hide it. In the book to go dressed as a man, I pay tribute to all women who have faced social challenges to live their love.
Favez-trial was the most scandalous of the time. She suffered all kinds of humiliations. He had many detractors ... Did it with a defender?
-Not really, it was very difficult for someone at that time dared to defy the Church and the institutions that supported the prosecution. Enriqueta lived between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and transgressed all the potential barriers of discrimination: warrior, medical, travel, lesbian. Too many heresies for a woman of any age.
- How much you contributed as a researcher to write this biography?
-The research enabled me to know how much courage is required to act in a manner different than what others expect, and the courage to be hard to pursue some personal goals, professional or emotional, under adverse conditions. The story happened almost two hundred years, however, is still very topical at the global level. As a researcher and human being I have become a better person that like Favez, fight very strongly for what he believes and loves.
By walking ... invites a screenplay. Have you received any proposal to carry a movie?
"I have several offers from different countries, all very tempting. Some actresses have also said they wanted me to be the Favez this story. At this point the value that is more in keeping with the character as conceived.
- Where is the book?
-This edition responds to a group of several publishers in Europe and Latin America, but as I love Cuban author I read in my country. We are planning another presentation in Havana in July, hoping to return to Cuba Favez dressed and dignified as was that woman. To this date there will be a special effort, so all people can carry the book, free, in digital form. It will be something special after all these years of waiting.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Messages from President Zelaya to Honduran people.Non-violence philosophy.
Message from President Zelaya to the Honduran people• Announcing his return to Tegucigalpa this Sunday
TEGUCIGALPA, July 4 (PL).—President Manuel Zelaya sent a message to the Honduran people today assuring them that he is prepared to make any effort and any sacrifice to obtain the freedom that the country needs.
Below is President Zelaya’s proclamation prior to his return tomorrow to this Central American nation to reoccupy his post after the coup d’état on June 28.
Proclamation of José Manuel Zelaya, constitutional president of the Republic of Honduras, to the nation, July 4, 2009.
Compañeros and compañeras;
Honduran compatriots:
This is your President Manuel Zelaya Rosales speaking to you.
I want to tell you that my life’s destiny is bound to the destiny of the Honduran people.
Compañeros and compañeras;
In the morning of June 28, while I was getting ready to go to exercise my vote in a referendum promoted by the Honduran people, I was the victim of outrages, of assault and violation, kidnapping; I was taken prisoner and expelled from my country by the military forces of Honduras; military forces that today have lent themselves to and are in complicity with the voracious elite that is exploiting and asphyxiating our people. They are obeying its orders, they are not defending our nation or our democracy.
This cruel blow is against the Honduran nation and has exposed before the world that in Honduras there is now a species of barbarity and persons who have no awareness of the damage that they are inflicting on our country and its future generations.
Via this means of communication I am urging that we continue with the participation of the people, the principal actors in our democracy and in the solutions that there can be to the major problems of poverty and inequality that our nation is experiencing.
We Hondurans we have confronted many problems and we have always known how to unite in order to move forward, and this is a great opportunity to demonstrate to the world that we Hondurans are capable of standing up to these problems and advancing, despite the obstacles of this criminal sect that is currently trying to appropriate the fate of our nation and of our sons and daughters.
I am talking to you, coup perpetrators, traitors, Judases who kissed my cheek before proceeding to deliver a great blow to our country and to democracy.
You have to rectify things as soon as you possibly can, you are surrounded. The world has made you a vacuum, all the nations of the world have condemned you, without exception, there is a general repudiation of you; your deeds are not going to go by in vain, because the international courts will have to impute you for the genocide that you are committing in our country by suppressing liberties, by repressing our people.
I am organizing my return to Honduras. I ask all farmers, housewives, inhabitants, indigenous peoples, youth, the various labor organizations, businesspeople; the various political friends that I have throughout the national territory: mayors and deputies, to accompany me on my return to Honduras, which is the return of the president elected by the sovereign will of the people. This is the only means of electing presidents in Honduras; we will not lose our right, we will not allow individuals to start to make decisions that correspond to the Honduran people through their legitimacy and their popular will.
I am prepared to make any effort, any sacrifice to obtain the freedom that our country needs.
Either we are free or we will be permanent slaves, if we lack the valor to defend ourselves!
Do not carry weapons, no weapons! Practice what I have always preached: non-violence. Let them be the ones to bear violence, weapons and repression, and I will make the coup perpetrators responsible for every life, for every person, for the physical integrity of everybody, and for the dignity of the Honduran people.
We are going to appear at the international airport of Honduras in Tegucigalpa with various presidents, various members of the international community and, on Sunday, this Sunday, we shall be in Tegucigalpa embracing each other, accompanying each other, in order to assert what we have so much defended in our lives, which is the will of God through the will of the people.
Greetings, compatriots.
May God protect and bless us all!
Thousands of people flock to the airport in Tegucigalpa
Des milliers de personnes affluent vers l'aéroport de Tegucigalpa Dimanche 5 Juillet 2009.
Duizenden mensen kudde naar de luchthaven in Tegucigalpa Zondag 5 juli 2009.
成千上萬的人聚集到機場在特古西加爾巴星期日2009年7月5日。
テグシガルパ空港に数千人の群れ日曜日2009年7月5日。
테구시 갈파에 공항에 수천명의 사람들이 무리 일요일 2009년 7월 5일.
يتدفق الاف الاشخاص الى المطار في تيغوسيغالبا
الأحد 5 يوليو 2009.
الأحد 5 يوليو 2009.
אלפי אנשים הצאן לשדה התעופה ב Tegucigalpa
יום ראשון 5 ביולי 2009.
יום ראשון 5 ביולי 2009.
Sunday July 5, 2009. The crowd overflowed Saturday march the streets of Tegucigalpa, and Luis Galdana as reported in Honduras Radio globe, exceeded two hundred thousand people went in the afternoon to the international airport in Tegucigalpa, welcome to anticipate This Sunday they will give to President Manuel Zelaya. According to international news agencies the leader of Via Campesina, Rafael Alegria, the purpose of the merger at the airport was going to "give a message to the coup that we are many." Joy branded approach to the airport of "symbolic act" and denied that the demonstrators will remain in place until tomorrow, the day that Zelaya has announced that it will return to the country accompanied by several presidents of Latin America. "Tomorrow we will make a similar motion, but more and more people are going to be in the morning we go to the airport and receive," explained Joy. "He (Zelaya) has said it will embrace his people and expect that to happen," he added. The Venezuelan documentary maker Angel Palacios, a member of the National Association of Community Media, Free and Alternative (ANMCLA), reported around 4 pm from near the international airport in Honduras just watch a massive peaceful march was back to the police, who surrounded himself with a cord to ensure safety. The special envoy TeleSUR, Adriana Sivori, reported shortly after, from the same place, thousands of demonstrators have congregated in the vicinity of the airport, chanting and carrying placards rejecting the coup. Sivori reported that protesters be removed before the start time of the curfew, and will return this Sunday to welcome the president. Luis Galdana, Radio Globo Honduras, confirmed this and clarified that the slogan of the popular movement is to return to homes or temporary shelters for those who come inside and meet this Sunday from 10 am at the airport to welcome President Zelaya. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ [laRepublica.es] Web address of this article http://www.larepublica.es/spip.php?article16148
Miles de personas se congregan en el aeropuerto de Tegucigalpa Domingo 5 de julio de 2009.
La multitudinaria marcha que desbordó este sábado las calles de Tegucigalpa, y que según reportó Luis Galdanas, de la emisora Radio globo Honduras, superó las doscientas mil personas, se dirigió en horas de la tarde hacia el aeropuerto internacional de Tegucigalpa, para anticipar la bienvenida que le darán este domingo al presidente Manuel Zelaya.
Según reportó a agencias internacionales de información el dirigente de Vía Campesina, Rafael Alegría, el propósito de la concentración en el aeropuerto marcha era "dar un mensaje a los golpistas de que somos muchos".
Alegría tildó la aproximación al aeropuerto de "acto simbólico" y descartó que los manifestantes se vayan a quedar en el lugar hasta mañana, día en que Zelaya ha anunciado que regresará al país acompañado por "varios presidentes" de Latinoamérica.
"Mañana vamos a hacer una marcha similar, pero con mucha más gente y vamos a estar desde la mañana, vamos a llegar hasta el aeropuerto y recibirlo", explicó Alegría.
"Él (Zelaya) ha dicho que va a abrazar a su pueblo y esperamos que eso suceda", agregó.
El documentalista venezolano Ángel Palacios, miembro de la Asociación Nacional de Medios Comunitarios, Libres y Alternativos (ANMCLA), reportó hacia las 4 p.m. desde las inmediaciones del aeropuerto internacional de Honduras que acababa de presenciar cómo una multitudinaria marcha pacífica hizo retroceder a las fuerzas policiales, a las que rodeó con un cordón para garantizar la seguridad.
La enviada especial de TeleSUR, Adriana Sivori, reportó poco después, desde el mismo lugar, que miles de manifestantes se han congregado en las inmediaciones del aeropuerto, cantando y portando pancartas de rechazo al golpe.
Sivori informó que los manifestantes se retirarán antes de la hora de inicio del toque de queda, y regresarán este domingo a dar la bienvenida a su presidente.
Luis Galdanas, de Radio Globo Honduras, confirmó esta información, y aclaró que la consigna del movimiento popular es regresar a las casas o albergues temporales para quienes vienen del interior, y reunirse este domingo desde las 10 a.m. en el aeropuerto, para dar la bienvenida al presidente Zelaya.
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Interview the newspaper "El Pais" in Spain Zelaya's wife is at a place in the mountains of Honduras.
Military dictatorships and their associated privileged families need a corrupt bureaucracy to maintain their privileges and avoid political and economic participation of the common citizen. It is not a problem of to be at the rigth or the left is a problem of money and power vinculated to certain transnational interest to dominated in the market of area.If we analyze the files of members of the coup d'état and its partners: privileged families and transnational based in Honduras, we will see that the money flowing is into international banking transactions to maintain the coup, this adds to the money from the narcos interested in the control of the country by a corrupt bureaucracy, as is customary in military dictatorships, to launch cocaine into the United States.
The recent military coup team work in Honduras-with a large tradition in coup d'etat by priviledged families in the country- is supported by the extreme right in Europe, United States and Latin America, then, that there are putschists acting with impunity and under internationall protection "under the table".
It appears that failure to an international military action to restore peace and democracy in Honduras, the coup will be perpetuated in power by the use of force, sooner or later this open door to widespread corruption, (as you know step in Chile's Pinochet and his bank account in America).
Honduras is now described as narco state and the coup will fail the drugs policy in the region Honduras-Costa Rica-Mexico and Guatemala where gangs are most active and able to export cocaine to the United States ... The coup d'etat but who is convenient to traffic in drugs and weapons's families. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
There is a fact that everyone is clear in Tegucigalpa. Time is against Zelaya. Its supporters, under the tight control of the army and police, have many problems to manifest. Curfew and the state of explicit site binds latent pressure from employers, who, as the unions are claiming, leaving those workers are more unruly. And watching everything from his hiding place is Xiomara Castro. The wife of President Zelaya is ready to continue in the country. Scared and sad about being away from their children, also hiding in Honduras, the first lady told the newspaper the circumstances surrounding the coup.
Question. Her husband, on Saturday night, he went to sleep thinking that the danger had been averted coup. A few hours later, has been kidnapped and taken out of the country in pajamas. Who betrayed him?
Answer. I'm going to have a thing and you will easily put that name to treason. On Wednesday of last week, my husband removed the General Romeo Vasquez, head of the armed forces, for refusing to distribute the polls for the referendum. In Honduras, which has always been, the Army is in charge of this work. Well, despite the dismissal since the crisis began, the general was always in touch with me. Called me and told me that there was no problem, everything was fine. In fact, Saturday I got a call from him at two in the afternoon and told me: "Look, Mrs. Xiomara, you have now become my commander and I would say that everything is normal here, you have to understand that we have objected to sharing the polls because it is illegal, but we are firm with the president. And you say, please, on our part to her husband that once this happens, you come to the General Staff to we can take a coffee and fix everything. " Again, it was two o'clock on Saturday. I remember that General Romeo also said: "The people are controlled. Tell your husband that you have the full assurance that there is no longer endangered." Imagine: it was two o'clock on Saturday. And at five o'clock it was getting next to the president of our home. A force ...
P. So you consider it was a trap?
R. Fair. That is the correct word. We feel betrayed. Any government gave support to the Armed Forces as my husband has done. When we go into the Government's 6000 officers. Had no equipment, and the president became 14,000 in just three years. And the soldiers did the same. They will be supported by putting them a decent salary. And look: they were to bite the hand.
P. Who obeys orders Gen. Romeo Vasquez?
R. You have seen me as the de facto president of hands for the general people will cheer. They have been together in the concentrations of supporting the coup. I guess that the orders come from Micheletti.
Xiomara Castro is not the only hidden. The hidden state of siege and the euphoria of the new leaders make every day are less who answer the phones, the dissenters are willing to face. Micheletti force fed minutes. That is why the OAS is in such a hurry to find a solution.
United Nation- Caribbean. Will be launched a: "GLOBAL VULNERABILITY SERVICE ALERT"
2 July 2009 –Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the collaboration between the United Nations and the countries of the Caribbean in tackling the various crises impacting the region and the world at large, including the global financial turmoil and climate change.
“In the current daunting international environment, our partnership is more important than ever,” Mr. Ban said in a message sent to the heads of government meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), taking place in Georgetown, Guyana, today and tomorrow.
Mr. Ban noted that CARICOM nations, which are highly vulnerable to external shocks and among the most indebted in the world, are especially affected by the economic and financial crisis.
“The declines in foreign investment, tourism and remittance, which account for a large share of income, are of great concern,” he told the gathering. In addition, the close links between the domestic banking sector and international banks mean that many countries are experiencing tightening liquidity, thereby reducing domestic credit and causing the cancellation of several projects.
“The global community must come together to address the impact of the crisis, in particular on the poor – those least responsible for the crisis and least able to respond,” said Mr. Ban. “We must keep global commitments on aid. We must reform and update our international institutions.”
Citing the need to for better real-time data on the consequences of such crises, the Secretary-General informed the meeting that he would soon launch a Global Vulnerability Alert System.
Mr. Ban also highlighted the serious threat posed by climate change to the economic and physical viability of Caribbean countries, and called on them to continue showing leadership in efforts to “seal the deal” in Copenhagen in December, when countries are expected to wrap up negotiations on an agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
Further, he called on Caribbean leaders to support a more integrated implementation of the Mauritius Strategy adopted at the 2005 UN conference on small islands, which addresses the unique development problems of this vulnerable group of countries in such areas as environmental management, transport, trade and sustainable development.
“In the current daunting international environment, our partnership is more important than ever,” Mr. Ban said in a message sent to the heads of government meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), taking place in Georgetown, Guyana, today and tomorrow.
Mr. Ban noted that CARICOM nations, which are highly vulnerable to external shocks and among the most indebted in the world, are especially affected by the economic and financial crisis.
“The declines in foreign investment, tourism and remittance, which account for a large share of income, are of great concern,” he told the gathering. In addition, the close links between the domestic banking sector and international banks mean that many countries are experiencing tightening liquidity, thereby reducing domestic credit and causing the cancellation of several projects.
“The global community must come together to address the impact of the crisis, in particular on the poor – those least responsible for the crisis and least able to respond,” said Mr. Ban. “We must keep global commitments on aid. We must reform and update our international institutions.”
Citing the need to for better real-time data on the consequences of such crises, the Secretary-General informed the meeting that he would soon launch a Global Vulnerability Alert System.
Mr. Ban also highlighted the serious threat posed by climate change to the economic and physical viability of Caribbean countries, and called on them to continue showing leadership in efforts to “seal the deal” in Copenhagen in December, when countries are expected to wrap up negotiations on an agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
Further, he called on Caribbean leaders to support a more integrated implementation of the Mauritius Strategy adopted at the 2005 UN conference on small islands, which addresses the unique development problems of this vulnerable group of countries in such areas as environmental management, transport, trade and sustainable development.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Internationally unions condemn the military coup in Honduras.
Workers Uniting Condemns Military Coup in Honduras
Urges suspension of all military aid
PITTSBURGH and LONDON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Workers Uniting, the international union comprised of the North American-based United Steelworkers (USW) and UK-based Unite the Union (Unite) and representing 3.5 million workers, stands in solidarity with our fellow unions in Honduras -- including the Unitary Central of Honduran Workers (CUTH), the Confederation of Honduran Workers (CTH) and the General Workers Central (CGT) -- as well as with the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA), in condemning the military coup that resulted in the illegal ousting of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. Workers Uniting has issued the statement below condemning this coup d'etat.
"This coup represents a huge step backward for this Hemisphere and simply cannot be tolerated," said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. "We call upon the U.S. government to take all peaceful steps, including the withdrawal of all assistance to the military which carried out this coup, to ensure the safe return of President Zelaya to Honduras and to his rightful place as President."
Ken Neumann, the USW Canadian National Director said, "We are shocked by the violent and unlawful seizure of power by the military in Honduras and unite with those around the world calling for the peaceful return of constitutional democracy and civilian rule to that country. This can only be accomplished by the return of President Zelaya without conditions."
"We condemn the violent retribution, including tear gassing and arrests, carried out by the Honduran military against the thousands of people from civil society organizations, including trade unions, who assembled to demand that democratic order be restored and the president returned," stated Unite joint General Secretary Derek Simpson.
Workers Uniting calls upon the United Nations, Organization of American States and the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland to take all measures within their diplomatic powers to ensure that all Honduran civilians, and particularly trade unionists and social activists denouncing the coup, are safe and secure and will not be victimized by violence and repression.
"This is a critical moment in the history of Latin America," said Tony Woodley, joint General Secretary of Unite. "We cannot return to a time when military coups were common-place events in the region."
"The only way to ensure that we will not return to this time is for people of good will around the world to stand with the working people of Honduras in calling for a return of President Zelaya to power, and for the Honduran military to respect the human rights of those protesting against the illegal coup," Woodley added.
(The official statement is below.)
Workers Uniting Statement Condemning Coup in Honduras
Workers Uniting, representing 3.5 million workers in North America, the UK and Ireland, unequivocally condemns the military coup and kidnapping of the democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. President Zelaya was working to free his country from decades of hunger and poverty until he was abruptly thwarted in these efforts by the Honduran military.
This military coup is an illegal attempt to use armed force to overturn the course of democracy and social progress chosen by the Honduran people at the polls, and we call upon the nations of the world, and especially the U.S., UK and Canada, to officially declare the seizure of power by the military in Honduras a "military coup" and to act accordingly. In the case of the U.S., this means withholding all military assistance unless and until President Zelaya is returned to power.
Meanwhile, the military and coup conspirators are trying to suppress popular demonstrations by unions and other social groups by violence and arrests; are illegally shutting down critical news outlets; establishing a blanket military presence and setting illegal curfews. We condemn these acts as well, and call upon the Honduran military to respect the human rights of all, including those demonstrating for a peaceful return to civilian and constitutional rule.
We join the OAS and UN in condemning the military seizure of power in Honduras as a giant step backward for the Western Hemisphere, and an act which simply cannot be tolerated. We therefore call upon our respective governments to take all peaceful, diplomatic measures to ensure the return of President Zelaya to his rightful place as President of Honduras. We further support the efforts of the OAS, UN and other Latin American leaders to accompany President Zelaya back to Honduras on Thursday, July 2, 2009, and call upon others to join them in this effort.
Leo W. Gerard, USW International President
Ken Neumann, USW Canadian National Director
Derek Simpson, Unite the Union Joint General Secretary
Tony Woodley, Unite the Union Joint General Secretary
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"Gorilas" and bananas in Honduras.
125 union leaders and politicians who disappeared in Honduras by the coup, it requires urgently the intervention of the international community.
Mayor of San Pedro Sula, Hondura Rodolfo Padilla Sunserihas been disappeared by the coup, it is not known whether this live yet.
Cuba: Education as a strategy for dealing with the global economic crisis.
April 11, 2008 lecture by Gwendolyn Floyd and Joshua Kauffman for the Stanford University Human Computer Interaction Seminar (CS547).
This lecture shares REGIONAL's recent in-field Cuban research that spans the socio-technological, the political, and the top-secret. It reveals how their research led to the design of a simple and affordable digital device that would potentially accelerate Cuban social change. It also discusses how an understanding of Cuba's development in a technologically walled garden offers us the chance to consider this closed-system metaphor for how the world is increasingly accepting itself to be.
CS 547 | Human-Computer Interaction Seminar:
http://hci.stanford.edu/seminar/
Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/
The global economic crisis will last at least ten years in rich countries is that while heavy industry takes to search for new structures has led to the Cuban authorities to take urgent action as a strategy for durable goods such as the education.
Emergency measures taken by the Cubans in recent days.
1.-Overall reform of the education system with regard to computer science, mathematics, technology and science.
2.-New concept of secondary technical and vocational education schemes.
3 .- Increase pay for teachers and staff related to education with a new tax of 5% for the national economy.
4 .- More jobs for teachers, more sabbaticals and analysis programs.
5 .- Cubans pay double or more of wages to any retired teacher who wants to return to their place in Cuban schools.
These are the information that we have collected in various international media. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, RFlorida, 34233.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The big media is censoring the repression in Honduras.
We observe that there is censorship on the information in the major media appears on the repression in Honduras and the popular reaction against the coup, this is obvious by the videos of the local media and fans on You Tube, actually there is no objective information about the brutality of the coup in Honduras so are repressing the population.
We must be alert to the apparent "balance information" channels such as CNN and the BBC that they were exhaustive when the strikes in Poland and the Gdansk shipyards.
We must be alert to the apparent "balance information" channels such as CNN and the BBC that they were exhaustive when the strikes in Poland and the Gdansk shipyards.
Ambassador Camillo Gonsalves, Saint Vicent and the Grenadines from the caribbean community of nations.
Ambassador Camillo Gonsalves, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, speaking at an Emergency Session of the UN General Assembly on the coup d'état in Honduras. June 29, 2009
Honduras coup d'etat.
Congress has suspended certain constitutional guarantees from 10pm-5am daily. The suspension of guarantees is scheduled to last 72 hours, but it should be noted that the curfew imposed by the coup government, originally supposed to last only 48 hours, has been extended until Friday.
According to Honduras' El Tiempo, the following constitutional guarantees have been suspended:
•Article 69, which guarantees the personal freedom.
•Article 71, which states that no one can be detained or held incommunicado for more than 24 hours without an arrest warrant.
•Article 78, which guarantees freedom of association and freedom of assembly.
•Article 81, which states, "Everyone has the right to free movement, to leave, enter and remain in national territory."
El Tiempo reports that with the aforementioned guarantees suspended, "no one can hold meetings, neither public nor private, be it in the streets, in churches, in their own homes, or in union or guild halls."
Honduran journalists denounce the suppression of the coup in Honduras, detention, intimidation, threats of death and torture.
Hondurian putschists used gas bombs banned by the United Nations in a hospital of the University.
Silvia Ayala, Member of Congress of Honduras made the complaint to the international community about the repression and the use of pepper gas banned by international conventions against protestors and a hospital.
| July 3, 2009 |
| Army shoots at Hondurans |
| TEGUCIGALPA - THE army shot at protesters supporting ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a northern Honduras city on Thursday, wounding at least two people, a leftist deputy and Zelaya ally said. 'We have video images which show the army's aggression against demonstrators,' Silvia Ayala told AFP by telephone from San Pedro Sula, the economic capital of the Central American country. One youth with gunshot wounds was transferred to hospital, and a Salvadoran photographer was also injured with blows to the head and arms, Mr Ayala said. Five people were also detained, Mr Ayala added. A local police commissioner confirmed that clashes had taken place and said a number of protesters had been detained. He said the army had intervened after demonstrators started attacking shops. More than 20,000 people took part in a separate demonstration elsewhere in the city in favour of interim president Roberto Micheletti, who took over just hours after the army sent Mr Zelaya away on Sunday. -- AFP |
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Coup in Honduras: the return of the gorillas or the tactics of attrition?
Não deve ser socialistas ou comunistas que entender que uma sociedade como a de Honduras, onde 75% da população depende de um grande aliado com a oligarquia militar, com elevados níveis de corrupção, uma porta aberta para o tráfego de drogas e armas não é produtivo em termos de economia de mercado mundial, impedindo a participação política de todos os seus cidadãos e, assim, os investidores estrangeiros deixam de operar em um país cheio de analfabetos, sem estatuto jurídico, sem acesso aos meios de comunicação, altos níveis de mortalidade infantil, e com salários que não cobrem sequer a possibilidade de uma cesta básica. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
Do not to be socialist or communist to understand that a society like that of Honduras, where 75% of the population depends on a large oligarchy allied with the military, with high levels of corruption, a door opened to traffic in drugs and arms is not productive in terms of global market economy by preventing the political participation of all its citizens and thus foreign investors fail to operate in a country full of illiterate, without legal status, without access to means of communication, high levels of infant mortality, and with wages that do not even cover the possibility of a basic food basket. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
Ne pas être socialiste ou communiste, à comprendre qu'une société comme celle du Honduras, où 75% de la population dépend d'une oligarchie alliée à l'armée, avec des niveaux élevés de corruption, une porte ouverte à la circulation d'armes et de drogues n'est pas productif en termes d'économie de marché mondiale de la prévention de la participation politique de tous ses citoyens et, par conséquent, les investisseurs étrangers ne parviennent pas à opérer dans un pays plein d'analphabètes, sans statut juridique, sans avoir accès à des moyens de communication, des niveaux élevés de mortalité infantile, et avec des salaires qui ne couvrent même pas la possibilité d'un panier alimentaire de base. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 3423
No hay que ser socialista, ni comunista para entender que una sociedad como la de Honduras donde el 75% de la poblacion depende de una oligarquia de latifundios aliada a los militares, con altos niveles de corrupcion, una puerta abierta al trafico de drogas y armas, no es productiva en terminos del mercado de la economia global ya que impide la participacion politica de todos sus ciudadanos y de esta manera los inversionistas extranjeros se abstienen de operar en un pais lleno de analfabetos, sin personalidad juridica, sin acceso a los medios de comunicacion, altos niveles de mortalidad infantil, y, con salarios que ni siquiera cubren la posibilidad de una canasta basica de alimentos. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida, 34233.
Niet te worden socialistisch of communistisch te begrijpen dat een samenleving zoals die van Honduras, waar 75% van de bevolking hangt af van een groot oligarchie met de geallieerde militairen, met een hoge mate van corruptie, een deur geopend voor handel in drugs en wapens is niet productief in termen van de mondiale markteconomie door te voorkomen dat de politieke participatie van alle burgers en dus ook de buitenlandse investeerders niet werkt in een land vol analfabeten, zonder juridische status, zonder toegang tot middelen communicatie, hoge kindersterfte, en zelfs met de lonen die betrekking hebben op de mogelijkheid van een fundamentele voedsel mand. Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
"...the AFL-CIO put out such a strong statement in solidarity with the Honduran workers who are facing repression for demanding the return to power of president Zelaya. The Honduran unions are organizing a general strike, for which we must find ways to provide significant solidarity."
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/13618
The coup strategy, which encompasses the paradox of opposing the reforms in the Latin American context, that is, forms of "counter-insurgency" in the absence of a revolutionary movement, can be summarized as follows: the necessity of stopping any process of social change, even the most tepid. The big problem for the oligarchy is that the time when a military dictatorship could be accepted without complications has passed. We are not in the'70 and the U.S. is more interested in keeping up the appearance of democracy and comes out with other methods to impose its will rather than through the shortcut of coups d'etat. Therefore the strategy of a coup has the main disadvantage to thes oligarchy of not being sustainable in the long term in the context of Honduras [2].
The "status quo" in Honduras.
The crisis of governance in Honduras.
The way in which out-draw of power the constitutional President of Honduras and his forced exile, by the usurpers, is the greatest proof that in the "background" the "real" coup plotters had neither reason nor support of a majority, or right, so acted against nature legal constitutional law and the spirit of the laws.
1 .- We have to start from the premise that influential Honduran society of this country qualify the nation as a narco-state where the families of the drug dominate military and corrupt officials in the "status quo".
By Honduras passed more than one hundred tons per year of drugs to United States.
2 .- The President Zelaya hits the mafia when it is setting the minimum wage in what a person needs to earn per month for only a basic food basket.
3 - The break between the mafia that now usurps power in Honduras by a coup d'etat is going to the top when the President sets a referendum for the common citizen has legal rigth to has free and open access to the internal data of the Hondurian State inside the constitution but forbiden by the "status quo" of legal interpretation, this popular consult is in order to have more political participation and involvement of the population in the state power, the poor, the iliteracy, the secon and third class citizen generation by generation in this society, the Indians, and those discriminated, as happen against women in El Salvador-a picture that we know well in Latin America and Zelaya wants to revert to his country -.
4 .- More than fifty percent of the population of Honduras live in extreme poverty, widespread illiteracy, high infant mortality without participation or access to the media in the hands of wealthy elites, even have neither radio nor telephones .In many cases, much less internet. They never have voice, many time acces even to a regular mail.
And this is a serious reviews in the media of Latin America, and the internet, in most cases only reflect the view of the small group of people who are literate and have economic, social and legal personnel to access them but never reflected the reality of the country.
? Asked you how many indigenous and poor have access to the Internet or fax in your country, who can read the newspaper...?
...the extent to which the media of your country only reflect the views of a small group of privileged with education and social acceptance?
You have free access to internal data from the state, you can participate as an ordinary citizen in the affairs of government, the officials give you access to population statistics?
...the extent to which the media of your country only reflect the views of a small group of privileged with education and social acceptance?
You have free access to internal data from the state, you can participate as an ordinary citizen in the affairs of government, the officials give you access to population statistics?
Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
72 hours ultimatum to the usurpers of power in Honduras or face the consequences.
(...) We must remind the putschists pinochettis Article Three of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras, which reads: "No one owes obedience to a usurper government or to those who assume public office or employment by force of arms or using means or procedures that violate or are unaware of what the Constitution and the laws. Verified by acts such authorities are zero. The people have the right to resort to insurrection in defense of constitutional order. "
(...) Hay que recordarles a los golpistas pinochettis el Artículo Tres de la Constitución de la República de Honduras que dice: «Nadie debe obediencia a un gobierno usurpador ni a quienes asuman funciones o empleos públicos por la fuerza de las armas o usando medios o procedimientos que quebranten o desconozcan lo que esta Constitución y las leyes establecen. Los actos verificados por tales autoridades son nulos. El pueblo tiene derecho a recurrir a la insurrección en defensa del orden constitucional».
(...) Nous devons nous rappeler les putschistes pinochettis l'article III de la Constitution de la République du Honduras, qui se lit: «Nul ne doit obéissance à un gouvernement usurpateur ou à ceux qui assument des fonctions publiques ou de l'emploi par la force des armes ou de l'utilisation de moyens ou les procédures qui violent ou ne sont pas conscients de ce que la Constitution et les lois. Vérifié par des actes de ces autorités sont de zéro. Les gens ont le droit de recourir à l'insurrection dans la défense de l'ordre constitutionnel ".
The legal farce that the usurpers of power in Honduras are developing in a brutal coup d'etat obvious should not go unpunished under the eyes of governments and armies of America, otherwise we will face more emigration to neighboring countries, United States, Europe and a further destabilization of an area of intense drug trafficking covering Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico with the aim of selling cocaine in the United States. After the 72 hours he has given the level of OAS should be put in order and carry Honduras before the International Court in The Hague to the authors and accomplices of this vulgar abuse of freedom and democracy in Latin America. We can not contemplate any kind of dialogue with respect to these criminals against the Judiciary and the Constitution of Honduras, there's nothing to talk with ordinary criminals, as they say in the courts, prosecution "there is no forgiveness." Gualterio Nunez Estrada, Sarasota, Florida 34233.
OAS to deliver ultimatum to Honduras: Insulza
Wed Jul 1, 2009 4:11am EDTWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the Organization of American States have decided to give the interim government in Honduras 72 hours to reinstate democracy or face possible suspension, OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza said on Wednesday.
"Basically the decision is to condemn, very clearly, the military coup" that ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, Insulza told reporters after hours of talks at the OAS headquarters.
He said the resolution being finished would demand Zelaya's immediate reinstatement as Honduran president and charge himself, Insulza, with taking the "diplomatic and political steps necessary" to try and restore democracy in Honduras.
"If within 72 hours the reinstatement doesn't happen, the assembly ... will meet again to suspend Honduras," Insulza said. He said the 72 hours would expire sometime on Saturday.'Disappointed' Cape group escapes embattled HondurasBy George Brennan
gbrennan@capecodonline.com
July 01, 2009
A Falmouth woman looking to flee Honduras yesterday afternoon described the tense atmosphere at the airport, as hundreds of travelers were looking for flights out of the country under the watchful eye of soldiers patrolling the terminal.
Elyse DeGroot, her husband, Dr. Robert McGowen, and their two teen children, Matt and Eliza, were part of a Cape Cares contingent offering medical relief to the poverty-stricken country until a presidential coup Sunday suddenly thrust Honduras into political turmoil.
"It's quite a scene. The airport is crazy," DeGroot said by cell phone shortly before her flight was scheduled to depart. "It was different from what we saw when we arrived. There were people with machine guns."
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090701/NEWS/907010332/-1/NEWSMAP
Spain wants EU envoys recalled from Honduras: Moratinos
30 June 2009, 17:42 CET
— filed under: External Relations, Spain
(MADRID) - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday that Madrid wanted the European Union to recall its ambassadors following a military coup in Honduras.
Moratinos told a news conference he was trying to contact the EU's Czech presidency to suggest "that concerted European mechanisms are put in place to seek the recall of European ambassadors posted in Tegucigalpa".
In radio comments earlier, he described as a ""farce" the nomination of Roberto Micheletti as interim leader in place of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and urged an "extremely firm" approach to see him reinstated.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246367823.76
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