Por Javier DarÃo Restrepo BOGOTÃ, 29 may (IPS) – Visiblemente indignado, el ex presidente colombiano César Gaviria (1990-1994) denunció esta semana lo que llamó un artÃculo “monstruoso” del proyecto de reforma polÃtica que se discute en el Congreso legislativo.
JUAN GOYTISOLO – Tribuna, El PaÃs Moscú proclama el fin de la guerra en la república caucásica. Allà ha practicado durante años una represión brutal ante la que EE UU y Europa han hecho la vista gorda. Pero la savia… Continue Reading
By Joaquin Roy (*) NEW YORK, May (IPS) Not long ago the people on this planet lived without the anguish of insecurity. This is because they assumed that insecurity was the natural state of things, for everyone, rich and poor,… Continue Reading
By Jonathan Schell This article appeared in the June 15, 2009 edition of The Nation. It has fallen to President Obama to deal with the policies and practices of torture inaugurated by the Bush administration. He started boldly, ordering an… Continue Reading
ILO News GENEVA – The International Labour Office (ILO) today issued new labour market projections for 2009, showing a further increase in unemployment, working poor and those in vulnerable employment. In presenting the new data, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, said… Continue Reading
By Sanjay Suri LONDON, May 28 (IPS) – The underside of the global economic recession is a worldwide repression of rights, Amnesty International secretary-general Irene Khan warned Thursday at the launch of the human rights group’s 2009 report. “The economic… Continue Reading
By Hazel Henderson (*) ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, May (IPS) An outside-the-box approach is needed for the worsening problems of Afghanistan and Pakistan. US official policy in its war in Afghanistan is to combat Al Qaeda and make sure there are… Continue Reading
IRIN JOHANNESBURG, 26 May 2009 (IRIN) – Zimbabwe’s cholera caseload is expected to top the 100,000 mark within the next few days, amid warnings by aid agencies that although the disease is subsiding, it has not been eradicated and could… Continue Reading
By Dahr Jamail MARFA, Texas, May 26 (IPS) – “It’s a matter of what I’m willing to live with,” Specialist Victor Agosto of the U.S. Army, who is refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan, explained to IPS. “I’m not willing… Continue Reading
Leslie Savan -The Nation Blogs As rational, soaring, and adult-ready as Barack Obama’s speech before the shrine of the Constitution in the National Archives was–and, in contrast, as full of retreaded lies as Dick Cheney’s Personal Prosecution Protection Plan before… Continue Reading
Entrevista a HIROTSUGU TERASAKI de Soka Gakkai Internacional NUEVA YORK, may (Thalif Deen – IPS) – Estados Unidos, el único paÃs en lanzar un ataque militar con armas nucleares, y Japón, el único que lo ha sufrido, tendrán que tomar… Continue Reading
By Jose Graziano da Silva (*) SANTIAGO, May (IPS) Though the world economic outlook continues to look grim, it is worth asking what the world will be like when we exit this crisis. We have to identify the forces that… Continue Reading
by John Nichols 05/24/2009. – Barack Obama’s speech last week at the National Archives, delivered with the Bill of Rights as a backdrop, eloquently expressed a president’s faith that it is possible to keep the nation secure while remaining true… Continue Reading
From The Economist print edition Kuwait’s mould-breaking election May 21st 2009 – Cairo- A recent general election may not make the government more effective. THE economy of Kuwait is exceedingly well oiled. With just 3.4m residents, only a third of… Continue Reading
By Pascal Lamy (*) GENEVA, May (IPS) While the world could probably agree on basic objectives for our agricultural systems -adequate, nutritious, and affordable food, decent pay for farmers, and culturally and environmentally-sensitive production – we still disagree on what… Continue Reading
ANSA Parliament ‘useless’, PM tells business body. Lower House Speaker Gianfranco Fini replies to Berlusconi’s attack: Parliament ‘neither useless nor counterproductive’ (ANSA) – Rome, May 21 – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday reiterated plans to change the Italian constitution… Continue Reading
Analysis by Zoltán Dujisin BUDAPEST, May 21 (IPS) – The European Union’s Eastern Partnership, promoting closer cooperation between the EU and former Soviet Republics, has been enthusiastically endorsed in Eastern Europe, ignored in the West, and criticised in Russia. The… Continue Reading
Mario de Queiroz interviews President José Ramos-Horta* DILI, May 20 (IPS) – Seven years after winning its independence following nearly five centuries of foreign domination, East Timor is firmly and proudly building its future, despite the heavy burden of widespread,… Continue Reading
By Noam Chomsky * For one thing, even without inquiry, it was reasonable to suppose that Guantánamo was a torture chamber. Why else send prisoners where they would be beyond the reach of the law–a place, incidentally, that Washington is… Continue Reading
Analysis – By Killid Correspondents KABUL, May 18 (IPS) – After a series of well-known Afghan politicians announced their candidacy, the up-coming presidential election was widely believed to be a turning-point in the country’s history. But most of the big… Continue Reading
