What prompted Sarkozy to suddenly recognize the Libyan rebels in Benhazi? Was he trying to give the impression that he was the European leader who had a grasp on the events? If that is what he intended he probably failed as at this moment nobody seems to know which way things are going to go. While the Gaddafi’s regime will eventually have to go, it is rather hazardous to recognize the rebels as they don’t seem to have a clear leadership. Read the rest of this entry »

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, was not very much liked in the US and now even less as in all this turmoil in the Middle East, he has refused to condemn Gaddafi for his crackdown on protesters. Read the rest of this entry »

The unrest in the Middle East is growing. The lid of the repression was opened in Tunisia and now, when the people are beginning to taste what means to be able to get rid of dictators and tyrants, it won’t close. In the West, countries are worried as it is almost impossible to know how things are going to end. At the moment most of the attention is centered upon Libya due to the incredible violence that is taking place there with the Gaddafi’s government, or what is left of it, killing its own people in a futile attempt to keep the power. Read the rest of this entry »

This Friday marks the eleventh day of the anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt and so far the president is still in power ignoring the demands for his leaving the presidency. Never mind the more or less forceful demands and advice of international leaders but more specially escalating a repression against many of his own people. Thirty years in power had given him ample time to get the police and the army on his side and there is little doubt that he is willing to use them and remain in his post as he has said until the next elections in September. Read the rest of this entry »

The new year has barely began and already a series of international events, political and nature created have disrupted the lives of thousands of persons in several continents:Australia, Africa, North America, Asia and the Caribbean have and are suffering the most. Undoubtedly, and because it began below the radar screen of most of us, Tunisia and its revolution are at the front of the news. Read the rest of this entry »

The man who was often described as Europe’s last dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, appears to have won again the last elections in Belarus. A former collective farm boss, he has ruled his country since he first was elected in 1994, in great part thanks to Russia’s economic and political help. Read the rest of this entry »

When, in spite of all the warnings from North Korea about the dangerous consequences, South Korea decided to go ahead with the planned military live-fire drill on the island of Yeonpyeong, the world held its breath. Read the rest of this entry »