All is not as perfect in Afghanistan as the military would like to be or would like us to believe. The problem is that together with the American conventional forces and coalition troops plus the Afghan troops, there are American Special Operation forces that are also taking part in the Afghan war. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1991 the ECC (the European Economic Community which became the EU in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastrich) and the US agreed to a system of regular summits to deal with a wide range of economic, environmental and travel related issues that could impact the Americans. Each time these summits were held in different cities in Europe or the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

The confusing and disturbing state of affairs in Afghanistan has become worse if possible. In the previous days Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival of President Hamid Karzai, laid down conditions before his agreement for his participation in the second round of the elections. Read the rest of this entry »

With less than 50 days for the climate summit set in Copenhagen at the beginning of December, there is not much optimism for the results. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said too many people have not yet grasp the scale and urgency of the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy marks the end of an American dynasty: the Kennedy’s. Much has been written about them and probably will continue to be written as their descendants are numerous. But the main ‘characters’ the ones who forged what was known as Camelot are gone. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday when we reported about the bomb explosion in Burgos, Spain, there was some uncertainty about the perpetrators. Though it was believed to be the work of ETA, the lack of warning in advance the explosion left some doubts. Today, the Spanish government does not have any doubt about the authors of the detonation. Read the rest of this entry »

In a normal summer Sunday while French people were mostly ready to concentrate in the finishing Tour de France, their president made the news. Apparently, late in the morning under a strong sun an with an already 27ºC (80ºF) Nicolas Sarkozy decided to go jogging in the park at the Chateau of Versailles. Read the rest of this entry »