Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 13, 2010
Haiti suffers again
One of the worst earthquakes to hit the Caribbean region struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon. With a magnitude estimated at 7.0, it leveled shantytown dwellings as well as causing the collapse of the National Palace. It seems nobody was spared. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 12, 2010
Spin of generals and deaths of troops
In an interview with USA TODAY, Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Mills said that the US troops have driven the Taliban from most towns and villages in the Afghan province of Helmand. In his words, “They’ve taken on the Taliban, the insurgency, right in the heartland and they’ve defeated them.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 13, 2009
Access to EU bank accounts by the US?
By December 1, Sweden, the current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, was to have passed a measure that would have given the United States wide ranging access to the EU bank accounts, particularly international transactions, as part of terror inquiries. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 11, 2009
France and Germany together in Armistice Day
Across several countries in Europe and other parts of the world people have been commemorating today the end of four years of fighting in what was World War I. It began in 1914 and ended with the defeat of Germany in 1918. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 3, 2009
Corruption and waste among politicians
While France and Spain are going through the mechanisms of putting some of their politicians in prison or accusing them of corruption, the US is not immune to this trend -to call it in a polite way. In these days when many average citizens are loosing their jobs or home or unable to take care of their basic needs it is more than disheartening to know that many of the politicians who were supposed to serve us are nothing else than criminals or are being investigate for their possible involvement in influence peddling. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 30, 2009
Corruption and French politicians
It was made known today that Jacques Chirac, the former French president, has been ordered to stand trial for an alleged corruption scandal that goes back to his years as Paris mayor between 1977 and 1995, just before he became president of the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 12, 2009
A very French scandal
Last June President Sarkozy, some say influenced by his wife Carla Bruni, drafted Frédéric Mitterrand – a nephew of late French President François Mitterrand- into his cabinet to become France Culture Minister. Probably Sarkozy could not imagine that a few months after a scandal would broke out with some politicians asking that his minister steps down. Read the rest of this entry »
