After the unimaginable massacre of last week in Norway, Europe’s far-right wing parties have condemned it and are trying hard to separate themselves from the actions of the confessed gunman Anders Breivik. And yet, some of the central tenets the killer had, such as anti-emigration and nationalism, have been part of the beliefs of those same far-right parties. Read the rest of this entry »

While many are riveted in the financial problems in both sides the Atlantic,and without disputing that the results can be serious for the most disadvantaged in both the United States and the European Union, it is not the time to forget what must be the worst problem our planet is under at the moment and the grave consequences it has created: the worst draught in East Africa for 60 years and the famine which has caused. Read the rest of this entry »

July 18, 1936 was a very hot Saturday… That is how many of those who were In Spain that year remember what in fact became the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, which would last until April 1, 1939. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, as every year on July 14, France celebrates Bastille Day also known as Fête Nationale -national holiday. This year the parade in Paris has set the spotlight on the units from overseas which came down the Champs-Elysées in front of some 7,000 soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »

Being so involved on both sides of the Atlantic with the economic woes, some of the many and violent political problems, some of which have been there for years and others surprising the world some months ago, seem almost to be ignored. And yet, they are still there, unresolved. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday we wrote about the US federal debt and the possibility of a potentially disastrous default were the problem go on unresolved. Today it is the turn of the EU and its financially troubled nations which are on the brink of economic collapse. Read the rest of this entry »

For the third time in as many days, Republican and Democrat lawmakers are holding a meeting to try to make a deal before August 2 that will reduce the US deficit and raise the debt ceiling with the aim to avoid defaulting and being able to pay their debts. Read the rest of this entry »