Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 10, 2009
Spain honors veterans of the International Brigade
Just last week the world was honoring in the Normandy beaches the veterans of D-Day from World War II. That some of them were able to travel 65 years after that important day from as far away as the US to France was already impressive. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
May 22, 2009
Rewarding backers to ambassador’s posts
Quite a few years ago I had a friend whose brother was studying to become a career diplomat. I thought it was exciting as in my youth an innocence about politics I saw it as a glamorous job with foreign travel, getting to know exciting people and at the same time contributing to make the world a better place for the understanding of people of different countries. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 23, 2009
Fighting voter apathy
In a little over a month, between the 4 and 7 June 2009, the EU will held elections to the European Parliament in 27 member states. The European Parliament is the only directly elected body of the European Union and plays an active role in drafting legislation from its headquarters in Brussels. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 10, 2009
Two different directions at the G20 meeting
Officials from France and Germany and other European nations are determined to use the G20 meeting of finance ministers near London this weekend to focus on imposing new tighter regulations on both the finance industry and the assemblage of tax havens around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 20, 2008
Madam Ambassador Oprah Winfrey?
Didn’t John McCain said in one of his meetings that Obama was already measuring the drapes for the oval office? Or something like that. Well, maybe that is not too realistic. But what is going on among some journalists and not only in the US is the guess game about who would be in an Obama’s administration. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 9, 2008
The men in blue and the Olympic Torch
We saw them in London, we saw them in Paris. Most probably we will see them in San Francisco. Who are these men? Officially they are flame attendants employed by Bocog (Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee) which has organized the global relay whose role is to make sure the flame never goes out. In reality they are well trained Chinese security guards sent to ensure the Olympic flame is always on even at night and during the flights, when the torch is kept in specially-made closed lanterns. What it could have been a relatively easy job for them has been complicated by the ongoing tense situation between China and the Tibetans which has escalate with the intense protests from pro-Tibet and human-rights demonstrators intent in disrupting the global procession of the Olympic flame. Read the rest of this entry »
