In this global financial crisis we are going through, one of the most affected countries was Iceland, to the point of being brought to its knees. The Icelanders, and specially its women, after blaming the men for the crisis, looked for a female solution to clean up the mess choosing caretaker Primer Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir from the Social Democrats to lead the country until the elections. Read the rest of this entry »

In a little over a month, between the 4 and 7 June 2009, the EU will held elections to the European Parliament in 27 member states. The European Parliament is the only directly elected body of the European Union and plays an active role in drafting legislation from its headquarters in Brussels. Read the rest of this entry »

Following what I wrote in ‘Spanish courts accuse former US officials of torture’,
I have read some late news about the investigation being stopped that have made me wonder if this was caused by pressure from the US. Read the rest of this entry »

It is hard and discouraging to realize that with all the problems the USA has the American media is writing articles about the dog the Obamas just got or for that matter to which church they are going to go tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »

It took a while until the American media began reporting that Criminal proceedings had begun in Spain against six senior officials in the Bush administration – Alberto Gonzales, a former White House counsel and attorney general; David Addington, former vice-president Dick Cheney’s chief of staff; Douglas Feith, who was under-secretary of defense; William Haynes, formerly the Pentagon’s general counsel; and John Yoo and Jay Bybee, who were both senior justice department legal advisers- for the use of torture against detainees in Guantánamo Bay. Read the rest of this entry »

The global financial crisis has managed to get most of our attention. Now and then some of us wonder about the world outside our countries but not for long. Keeping our jobs, feeding our families and holding to our houses has taken priority above anything else. And yet, we should be aware that the global political conflicts are destroying and disrupting millions of lives. Just think Afghanistan if you have doubts. Read the rest of this entry »

While all the eyes are centered in the NATO Summit in Germany and France, an “old lady” in this latter country is making herself a beauty treatment at its 120 years… This lady is known world wide as the Eiffel Tower Read the rest of this entry »