Well, I was wrong. Yesterday, after publishing the article about Hillary and Ségolène in which I wrote that I was not expecting news on the next two days I had a second feeling that with these two matters of choosing the leader of the Socialist Party in France or the Secretary of State in the United States things could not stand still during the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

On two countries on both sides of the Atlantic -the United States and France- women are making news in politics. Ségolène Royal in France and Hillary Clinton in the US. As I wrote yesterday the French, well those belonging to the Socialist Party, were voting to choose the leader of their party. I kind of expected to be able to tell you today who won but it was not to be. Read the rest of this entry »

As the days advance towards the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44 US president, he and his team seem to be concentrating in picking up the members of his cabinet. Already the firsts rumbles among the citizens are beginning to be heard. There is a certain amount of discontent, disbelief and or distrust about his pickings. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, Thursday November 20th, the French Socialist Party, the main one in opposition to the Sarkozy’s government, is voting to choose its leader to replace the outgoing chief François Hollande. At their annual congress in Reims at the weekend, top party members failed to reach consensus and the mood among the socialists deteriorated. Read the rest of this entry »

As I wrote in an article on the 19th October, “ Sixty nine years after the end of the Spanish Civil War and 33 after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, a kind of hope is felt among many of the families of his victims.” To that end, the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon had open an inquiry into atrocities that happened during the Franco era. But from the beginning he was challenged by Spanish prosecutors in order to halt his probe. Read the rest of this entry »

President Sarkozy of France is not a quiet politician, on the contrary he is deeply involved in his country’s politics as well as in the world’s. France holding the Presidency of the EU at the moment, it was Sarkozy who hosted this past Friday the 22nd summit in Nice, France, between Russia and the 27 European nations. Read the rest of this entry »

It is strange how little things remind you of something you don’t have any longer. Things that were never very important and all of a sudden one day you feel tired or under the weather and you long for them… Read the rest of this entry »