Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Indian Satellite Channel Frequencies

pain

few years ago at the invitation of Rafael Molano, then editor of the Leopard, I decided to do a story about the micro- stories of pain in the Colombian conflict. At first the track was too rough. In the title of micro-stories of pain could be anything. Either side could dull the pain and deepest pain, despair more pained by the injustice of arms. So I decided that the news had to be a song of hope. A little serenade of recognition to those people who despite having been direct victims of the conflict even get up every day to build to Colombia with his hands, despite his pain, out of resentment and fear.
Between coming and going I was in the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, and one of poetry that often results in the Prometheus Foundation disadvantaged neighborhoods of the city, found the micro-story that would make the chronicle, that is, by chance I met a woman robust, thick lips, curly and unruly hair colored skin in those days of wages that had been his way of living even before the conflict slapped him life, his name Eloisa. Displaced
Córdoba somewhere whose name I do not feel like to remember, was how they got almost all Colombians with no destination and no future on the slopes of the main cities, ie, as displaced. His work as day laborers did not help in the communities in which refuge did, then a neighbor suggested selling corn arepas Junín. Today
Eloisa still sells arepas. It has almost become accustomed to the endless nights of nightmares in which armed men just over and over again with her family, her husband and children. But this time has decided he wants to see in front of the man who ordered the death of his family. It is not reproach, he says, his voice warm and eyes makes painfully crystalline "... I just want to know why ..." exclaims.
But at the Alpujarra be advised that you must complete a form relating the details to be certified as the victim. Ie, it must return to their grief, remember step by step, lacerate herself while bringing back the darkest moments of memory to put on paper to meet the demands of justice that no man knew how to be when she tries to see now, Salvatore Mancuso, just with his family, his past and future. Your pain does not matter, his micro-history, humble and far from any political gain only serves to turn anger and knead the flour arepas with them again even make a living. And while the murderer
describes calm and without the slightest remorse their "acts of war" as he describes only unpleasant circumstance, it is up to victims to justify their back pain on their history, ie, to justify their interest in this political the country when it has been forced to become part of the past that it is, but not from the side that makes decisions and squeeze triggers, but which puts the pain, blood, tears and the dead.
In honor of this brave Eloisa silence every day without knowing it, without being aware of it, build the country, leaving the rage in the mass of their arepas and not a gun to multiply the anger, the chronicle I wrote then still waits for the violent wind of either side but stop blowing and Heloise and less Mancuso are the heroes of the country.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Sound Blasteraudigy 5.12.1.512

Colombian Conflict Mediators and Bad Trades Between Palestinians and Israelis


Regardless of the dimension of the conflict, the work of the mediator, facilitator, or person of good offices should be to generate confidence in the parties, first to their functions and then to independence and transparency of the proposals which it intends to find the parties in conflict. Normal and even necessary, shall be called the attention of the parties to feel a commitment or closeness of the mediator with one over the other, since it will demonstrate its interest in not be injured in the mediation takes place.
However, you should not and can not be appointed a mediator, is not to understand the dynamics of conflict in which he seeks to mediate. Or to confuse the work of mediator with the negotiator. Especially when these accusations are true, as has been happening with Condoleezza Rice for some time in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In fact last weekend, the "mediator" American met with Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in order to revive the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis. But contrary to the expectations with which he left the region, and the confidence with which even refers to the possibility of repowering the road map, the dynamics and interests of the parts move in opposite directions. The political power of Hamas is current, and even if Abbas would make decisions without consulting the Palestinian people's mandate for Hamas has been clear.
As he did know the president of the Palestinian Authority to Rice, the agreements reached with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regarding the delivery of one hundred million dollars that the state of Israel because the Palestinian Authority Palestinian taxes, but that does not deliver since Hamas came to power in the region have not been delivered, which has further destabilized the situation with Hamas. In addition to the ever more constant clashes between Palestinians loyal to Hamas and those loyal to the Palestinian Authority, who are at the brink of civil war in Palestine. As if they had enough the blockades, raids and attacks by the Israeli army, Palestinians from both sides have decided to become enemies of their peers. To the extent that Abbas has called for economic aid to the U.S. to strengthen military forces loyal to him, adding more confusion, blood and detachment in a town that should be building alternatives to end the conflict.
The situation in the region is increasingly unstable. And efforts like Rice and the U.S. government, which sought to strengthen militarily one side to the detriment of the democratic decisions of the Palestinian people alone will make more damage to the possibilities "of remote-case reconciliation.

Saturday, January 6, 2007

How Tall Is Sauirse Ronan

Les Enfants De Don Quichotte, a Poetical example to handle social issues

Walking on the winter before elections through the bourgeois bohemian “ Canal St Martin ” in Paris, you will be able to see around two hundred red tents that have been placed on both sides of the channel since last December. On every small red tent lives a homeless that has endured the harsh conditions of the French winter, with an inscription on top of the tent that says: “ Sans Domicile Fix ”, which stands for “ without fixed address ”.
The tents are part of a demonstration placed together for an organization called “ Les Enfants de Don Quichotte ,” with the purpose of calling the attention to the issue of homeless of not only the French people, the media, and the actual French president Chirac, but also to those who are campaigning to replace him on the power.
Since then, hundreds of people have spent the night with the homeless, sharing their callous conditions as a sign of solidarity to their cause, to the point that the issue was included on the New Year’s speech of the President Chirac, in which he promised to increase the funding to improve the condition of the homeless. But even if the actual French president fails to fulfill his word, almost all the candidates campaigning to replace Chirac have signed the group’s petition.
Although the issue of homeless in France is relatively mild as the New York Times has called it –“…the numbers of the entire country are quite similar of those that hold only a city like Los Angeles…”- the invective and romanticism of the organization, as well as the non-violence of their actions have placed them in the center of the French discussion to the point that a reliable solution appears to be coming.
But with the positive answers that “ Les Enfants De Don Quichotte ” has received in such a small period of time, one feels compelled to ask; what is wrong with the issue in Vancouver? Why whereas the French movement satisfy their demands without any violent means, the Vancouver movement that has more or less the same demands, does not receive the massive support that the issue has received in France.
The answer to this question might have at least three components.
The first part of the answer could be the time that “ Les Enfants de Don Quichotte ” choose to place the tents on the border of the channel. Because they did it at the beginning of December, a time when, whether you like or not, people’s sensibility is really touched by this kind of circumstances for the proximity of Christmas.
The second part might be the place where they have installed the tents, because they have not done so, where the French homeless usually spend their nights, but on an exclusive sector where like it or not you have to see them.
Finally is the non-violence of their actions. Starting with the poetic suggestiveness of their name, “ Les Enfants de Don Quichotte ”, state from the beginning that there is an utopical air on their proposal, although that, they continue with it.
There is a lot to learn still for the Committee in Vancouver, and for all those organizations around the world that trying to bring attention to social issues only receive repression and police, instead of political attention.

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

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The political stupidity of ETA




Ninguno de los diversos intentos de negociación llevados a cabo a través de los años between the English government and the separatist group ETA, have been motivated by altruism. From first to last of these attempts has been implicit recognition of the English government's inability to finish with ETA, at least for the mechanisms established by law, the time taken to implicit recognition of the impossibility of achieving separation of the region vomit, by the separatist group, either by violence or not. This shows
mind that this puts ETA as a political partner of the English government is quite simply their ability to affect the daily life of the English, with attacks like those that have become popular.
However, the fact that violence is what makes ETA partner of the English government to discuss not only the possibility of a negotiated solution, but also the independence of the region may vomit, does not mean that any dispute, difficulty or lack of room for negotiation will be resolved with attacks like the Barajas International Airport.
In specific cases such as ETA, the violence only gets to sit at the table to the political opposition to discuss the different possibilities that can be negotiated alternative. But the peace process with rules as clear as it was broken by the English government said after the attack, this kind of military action can only understood as a political stupidity of the leadership of ETA, the same powers negotiators cut Josu Ternera in August last year, the date from which inflexibilizó separatist group's position on the table, because according to the designated negotiator dome had managed to capitalize on the cease-fire as expected.
If the agreements that were reached were being met not by the government, or what he was getting into this was less than expected, it should be put first to the attention of the negotiators to be transmitted to the government , then the media should not get a satisfactory response from the Moncloa Palace. But
this kind of action without a prior breach of the public political process only strengthens the Popular Party, and all opponents of a negotiated solution, while making it even more difficult than it already came to be the continuation or resumption of peace talks they can reach a peaceful end.
forgot not only to the leadership of ETA's statement on March 22 in announcing the cease-fire but also frustrated the previous peace attempts that went nowhere for lack of political will among the various English governments to undertake social responsibility and political costs of bringing the negotiations to the extent necessary to achieve peace and the tranquility of the English, preferring to believe in the fallacy that fear military strengthen its position in the table, to continue on the dry road to peace.
With each of the shrapnel from the bomb at the airport Barajas has not only flown the peace process between the English government and the separatist group, together with the hope of an end to the separatist struggle concluded, these chips have also made clear that ETA still does not seem to be ripe to undertake a peace process. Or at least not prove to be.


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