Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 22, 2009
Pessimism before Copenhagen?
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 »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 3, 2009
Bad news for Obama
The weekend started in the United States with the shock of the loss of the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago and the report of the September job losses which were higher than expected, barely missing the double digit figure. This was really not good for President Obama who had gone to the trouble of traveling to Copenhagen to made a speech with which to clinch the games for his adoptive city. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 22, 2009
At the UN, talking about the future of the globe
Just a short while ago, with some 100 heads of state gathered at the United Nations, a conference on combating climate change was opened by Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general. In his remarks he called for unity to address the problem and appealed to world leaders to set aside their national interests and think about the future of the earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 21, 2009
World leaders meet in New York and Pittsburgh
This week the United States are going to host two important summits, one in New York and the other in Pittsburgh. which will take place between December 7 and December 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 15, 2009
Sarkozy’s happiness and well-being at the G20
Next week the G20 summit will start at Pittsburgh. One of the assistants will be President Sarkozy from France. As Keyboard Politics published on September 2nd, the French president had a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel from Germany at which time he said “We want to see things changed in Pittsburgh.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 11, 2009
9/11 - May they rest in peace
Today as bells tolled throughout New York City and mourners observed the moment in silence, people honored the nearly 3,000 nationals of over 90 countries who died in the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. People of all walks of life, from the president of the United states on remembered the dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 24, 2009
Racism accusations again
The ugly head of race has made the news of the day in the United States. By now most of you must know the story of the renowned black Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr., arrested for “disorderly conduct” outside the front door of his home in Massachusetts by a white police officer. Read the rest of this entry »
