The attitude of the Catholic Church before public protests and government repression generates admiration and wonder in those sectors unaware of the key criticisms of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference to the regime's projects and fail to recall memorable episodes of the struggle against the former dictatorship.
The outcome of the presidential elections of 4 May in Panama is not overly surprising. The truth is that the Panamanian electoral behaviour is characterised by a constant alternation between the major parties (the Panamanian Party and the Democratic Revolutionary Party) ever since the military regime ended twenty-five years ago. No party has managed to win two consecutive presidencies, which shows there is a lively electoral competition, which was joined in 2009 by the Democratic Change of President Ricardo Martinelli. So much so, that the three main candidates continued having their aspirations late in Sunday, according to all polls.
It is said that China, boosted by an accelerated economic development, is practically unstoppable. The great emerging power, they say. Maybe. But it could also happen—remember what happened to Germany throughout the first decades of the 20th century—that a great power is weakened by its increasing power. And it could also happen that China’s neighbours and competitors—Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam or India—reach a sort of agreement—either implicit or explicit—to—politically, commercially and territorially speaking—stop the Asian giant. In any case, China is there. And it follows its course. Thus, a question comes up: can we consider the hypothesis of a China that, economically and commercially speaking, will “colonise” the United States? A plausible...
Last 19th of March the National Assembly of Venezuela, dominated by the pro-government United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV,) requested the Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an investigation on the allegedly subversive activities of María Corina Machado, a Member of Parliament representing the state of Miranda. The pro-Chávez Speaker of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, accused Machado of being both “an instigator and a culprit” of the violent deaths occurred in Venezuela since the 12th of February, when the protests against Nicolás Maduro’s regime began.
Los diez años de Gobierno de Hugo Chávez han significado un grave retroceso en la vida social de los venezolanos. Venezuela se ha convertido en uno de los países con mayor índice de criminalidad del mundo. El poder judicial ha resultado seriamente contaminado por el poder ejecutivo. La economía ha sido intervenida y dañada a pesar de la riqueza en petróleo del país. Las libertades ciudadanas y democráticas han resultado alteradas y recortadas en beneficio del poder omnímodo de Chávez y de su movimiento bolivariano. Los grupos de oposición han sido amenazados, boicoteados o expulsados de la escena pública y política. Lo mismo ha ocurrido con los medios de comunicación disidentes. Venezuela cuenta hoy con un régimen arbitrario que debe ser vencido democráticamente.
05.14.2014. The attitude of the Catholic Church before public protests and government repression generates admiration and wonder in those sectors unaware of the key criticisms of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference to the regime's projects and fail to recall memorable episodes of the struggle against the former dictatorship.
05.08.2014. The outcome of the presidential elections of 4 May in Panama is not overly surprising. The truth is that the Panamanian electoral behaviour is characterised by a constant alternation between the major parties (the Panamanian Party and the Democratic Revolutionary Party) ever since the military regime ended twenty-five years ago. No party has managed to win two consecutive presidencies, which shows there is a lively electoral competition, which was joined in 2009 by the Democratic Change of President Ricardo Martinelli. So much so, that the three main candidates continued having their aspirations late in Sunday, according to all polls.
04.03.2014. It is said that China, boosted by an accelerated economic development, is practically unstoppable. The great emerging power, they say. Maybe. But it could also happen—remember what happened to Germany throughout the first decades of the 20th century—that a great power is weakened by its increasing power. And it could also happen that China’s neighbours and competitors—Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam or India—reach a sort of agreement—either implicit or explicit—to—politically, commercially and territorially speaking—stop the Asian giant. In any case, China is there. And it follows its course. Thus, a question comes up: can we consider the hypothesis of a China that, economically and commercially speaking, will “colonise” the United States? A plausible...
03.26.2014. Last 19th of March the National Assembly of Venezuela, dominated by the pro-government United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV,) requested the Public Prosecutor’s Office to initiate an investigation on the allegedly subversive activities of María Corina Machado, a Member of Parliament representing the state of Miranda. The pro-Chávez Speaker of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, accused Machado of being both “an instigator and a culprit” of the violent deaths occurred in Venezuela since the 12th of February, when the protests against Nicolás Maduro’s regime began.
04.01.2009. Los diez años de Gobierno de Hugo Chávez han significado un grave retroceso en la vida social de los venezolanos. Venezuela se ha convertido en uno de los países con mayor índice de criminalidad del mundo. El poder judicial ha resultado seriamente contaminado por el poder ejecutivo. La economía ha sido intervenida y dañada a pesar de la riqueza en petróleo del país. Las libertades ciudadanas y democráticas han resultado alteradas y recortadas en beneficio del poder omnímodo de Chávez y de su movimiento bolivariano. Los grupos de oposición han sido amenazados, boicoteados o expulsados de la escena pública y política. Lo mismo ha ocurrido con los medios de comunicación disidentes. Venezuela cuenta hoy con un régimen arbitrario que debe ser vencido democráticamente.
