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Diego Arria in Honduras Mr. Diego Arria, the editor of our Democracy in Venezuela Blog was among the international observers of the Honduran presidential elections on November 29, 2009. He met with the acting Honduran President, Mr. Roberto Micheletti. Mr. Arria has been an outspoken critic of the ousted president, Mr. Manuel Zelaya and his [...] Wall Street Wall Street is again moving up, from equity and commodity prices to bonuses and attitude. By comparison, Main Street is still losing jobs and homes. It is not only in the numbers though. The notion of entitlement appears retrenched amongst those at the top of the economic food chain. On the other hand [...] The fall of the Berlinn Wall While the rest of Europe was absorbed with the celebrations on the 20 year anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall, Turkey was hosting heads of state of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. In the other states that ring the “new Europe, ” they were trying to still [...] Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva November 10th brought much attention to Brazil as a blackout in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo shrouded Brazilians in darkness. The rest of the world on the other hand is starting to see Brazil in a new light as the BBC World Service reported the announcement of the first [...] Venezuela's PDVSA The three largest hydrocarbons companies in Latin America are Pemex, in Mexico; Petrobras, in Brazil, and Petroleos de Venezuela, PDVSA in Venezuela. PEMEX In Mexico the labor union, led by Marxist Vicente Lombardo Toledano, pressured President Lazaro Cardenas to nationalize the oil industry, an event that took place in 1937 following a labor dispute between [...] Karzai and Abdullah Afghanistan and Guinea Now, From Venezuela, former Soviet States & Bosnia When a military coup overthrew the then internationally recognized government of Guinea, the coup leaders promptly announced that all would be made OK with elections for the fall of 2009, in only 9 months. What was revealed later is that the coup [...] Bosnia and Herzegovina Based Upon Articles in Magazine “Global” and Sarajevo Daily: “Avaz” Potentially damaging political, personal or even criminally incriminating information is collected by an anonymous but powerful body. A squad of operatives appears to function outside of legal authority but frequently within the scope of official political and/or judicial institutions. They act with impunity [...] |
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