Three very different people left this earth this past weekend. Three lives mourned by many for what they represented. Read the rest of this entry »

Fall seems to be the time for elections. Yesterday some of them took place in three continents: Africa, America and Europe. Probably the one most followed was the election in Tunisia where the first vote of the Arab Spring took place. Read the rest of this entry »

In ten days, Tunisia will held the first free elections since the ousting of their dictator, the corrupt Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Read the rest of this entry »

It has not ended yet though it is a foregone conclusion: in Libya the rebels have won. Obviously with a great help from NATO which has bombarded the country to the point of destroying much of it. 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 »

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 »

The Western world entered the conflict of Libya under the UN blessing to supposedly defend civilians from Gaddafi’s massacre. Quite a few weeks have gone by and nothing has been resolved. Except that many people have died and now NATO is bombarding Tripoli with the aim to get the Libyan leader. Many would say that was not what the UN resolution said but that is the way it is. Read the rest of this entry »