FARC PRISIONERS LIBERATION

Today in several places of the world is informed thar FARC the revolucionary army of Colombia has decided liberate 3 prisioner of war.One is Clara Rojas a lawyer and a politician woman the former secretaty of Betancourt also hostage who remain for several years as hostage in the middle of colombian selva,the other is Consuelo Gonzalez a fomer congresist and Emannuel the Clara son born in cautivity product of a sentimental relationships with a guerillero .Chavez have the credits.In fact the prisioner after the liberation must fly to venezuelan soil in venezuelan aircrat with the simbol of international Red Cross by colombian army demand .The problem is the action in batles including Farc and 20.000 soldiers colombian government.The operation involved representant of Argentina,Brasil,Bolivia,France and Venezuela.This last must give the logistic with aircrafts ans helicopters.The conditions of guerrilla leaders are the no army action in the times of lasting operation and that the free people must go to Venezuela.For Chavez is a good oportunity to show his political strong influence over Farc.But for Presidentr Uribe is a kind of diplomatic defeat because Colombia government appear with a pasive rol and acepting Farc conditions

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THE SUIT CASE DOLLARS AFFAIRE

It seems a suspense film about a inteligence operation.He has all ingredients,money, custom police,governments officers,many air trips, and one american court and of course beautifull womens.Miami,Buenos Aires and Caracas are the locations..The theme.A bussinesman arive in a rented aircraft to international airport of Eseiza in Buenos Aires.A custom policeman found a suit case with US 800.000 no reported.Is not posible establish the money origin and the the finality.One witness say that was money as financial contribution to one candidate in Argentina.

Argentina authorities speak about a garbage inteligence operation.Other says that money came from Venezuela ,before argentinian demanded the capture of the principal suspect.Argentina make a statment about an inteligence operation in a moment that a new government asumption an to damage relationships betewen Chavez a Kitchner wife the new president.People involucrated are high employers and bussinesmen in energy business betewen both countries.USA ambasador in Buenos Aires make other statment saying that diplomatic ties betewen both countries are normal.To USA is only a legal issue but the shadows of doubts are in international press are and also on the air.Is not first time the connection money , international relations and geopolitcs.To argentinian the damage is done,Chavez mantain a low profile all world has before hear his opinion about USA policies to Venezuela.In Mercosur meeting all Presidents back Argentina.The affaire is just begining and nobody know where the 800.000 US are now and what is his legal owner.
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AUTONOMY OR OTHER THING?

Last week four departaments of Bolivia make a statment about regional autonomy intentions.Santa Cruz a agroindustrial zone,Tarija with the main bolivian oil ressources,El Beni a livestock important pole and Pando on bolivian Amazones.This are the most developped an rich zones in Bolivia economy with 76% of bolivian revenues.The reason the contraversial new amendement to bolivian Constitution aprooved by theConstituyente asembly without the presence of opposition parties.The prefect a elected political figure and head in 4 Departaments are all opposite to Evo policies.This Sunday is a crucial day by the recall is to citizen to confirm the autonomies demands.Morales say that is a ilegal action outside contitution regulation,opposition remarks that the new constitution is also ilegal in the form.The central government has reinforces security in the main urban centers in prevention of incidents,specially in Santa Cruz de la Sierra also peasants of rural areas gather outside the city to defend Morales measures.Is a very explosive scenery.Evo Morales remember the fall of Sanchez de Losada the former elected president by many deaths people in other political confrontation.A former army general who take part in Che Guevara capture say today that army be neutral in eventual incidents.Morales say that the national integrity in in danger.Last November in incidents betewen manifestants and police in urban riots with 3 death people an order forces must went back.

Bolivia as a large history of territorial lost by wars lost with other countries or by bad diplomatic contraversial limits treaties.But now the demand begin inside Bolivia.Bolivia is a very complex country with a very low rate of developpment.A new territorial separation would be a no realistic action and a ghost of civil war is in the bolivian gates with not only economical damage to all bolivian society besides to political stability very scarce in the past.

FUJIMORI TRIAL IN PEROU

Nobody knows the reason why Fujimori former peruvian president

made years ago a trip to Santiago de Chile in a private rented jet in circunstances was in a Interpol list demanded by Peru authorities by several legal demands particulary by human rights violation during his govenment.Is a bizarre issue.First in a international tour Fujimori resign the presidency by Fax and stay en Japan.In fact he have two nacionalities.In Chile was arrested and by a peruvian demand during long months must face to a extradition demand.The High chilean Justice Court aprove this year the extradition y was sended to Lima in a peruvian police aircraft.Since this day began not only several trials with Fujimori in a special jail.Yesterday a court read a sentence ofguilty of invasion of former inteligence chief Montecinos wife house in search of videos and other incrimination probes by security forces.The condemn 6 years in jail,Fujimori plead no guilty.

A clue is largely political, the peruvian public opinion es divided,many people thinks Fujimori is guilty of human rigth violations as La Cantuta masacre in where 13 persons died including a child by Colina a paramilitary inteligence group.But many other people are prone to think Fujimori was a good president and end the terrorist menace of Sendero Luminoso a marxist

group with similar aims as maoist.Also one daugther is a politician with a representation site in peruvian chamber of representants.Many people thinks that the Fujimori aims is return to political scenary and the best mean is the trial to show to peruvian Fujimori political staments.Is a very elusive situation and nobody knows the end of Fujimori affaire.But the worst alternative is if it found guilty of Cantuta action in this case must remain 30 years in prison an today Fujimori age is 69.

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EL BANCO DEL SUR

Today in Buenos Aires Cristina Fernandez asume the argentinian Presidency.Nine state chief are in the city.The newspapers of the Argentina are not very interested in the fact,football and other local issues are more relevant.The reality that Madame K is the wife of the actual president mark a shadow of indiference about expectatives of real changes about the campaign promises.
The relevant issue happens yesterday when in Casa Rosada the government house 7 president sign a document making oficial the birth of South Bank,el Banco del Sur.A new south american bank with a initial capital og 7.000 milliones of US dollars.The members an financial sponsors are Brazil Bolivia,Paraguay,Uruguay,Argentina,Ecuator and Venezuela.After referundum defeat of Chavez this is a personal achivement.The Bank was a Chavez idea,also the localization of the main office be located in Caracas with two regional branches in La Paz and Buenos Aires.The aim is make a diferences with multilateral financial organization as FMI and BID acussed not only by Chavez also by Kitchner of make political pression to obtain that south american countries make in the past impopular politics to obtain credit devolution.The great proyect thinked inicially in the South Oleoduct a Chavez ambiciuos proyect to transport oil and gas from Venezuela to other countries of the southern areas,a very dificult and very expensive and tecnical complex.
Is not clear the relationships betewen trade an political agreements as Mercosur and the new Bank,but today Cristina new president make statments about Chavez contribution to union of south american countries an also Lula leadership.The times tell us in the future if thje South Bank was a real integration measure or was a new white elephant a no south american animal
but incorporated to the poltical fauna of social issues of this part of world.

URUGUAY RIVER,THE CELLULOSE WAR

Uruguay is a tiny country in comparation with Argentina both are over the Uruguay river as a natural frontier.The historical relationships were good till 2003 when the former Uruguay government make a agreement with a finland company to build a cellulose industry in Botnia in the Uruguay river area.The reaction began in Gualeguachu a middle city of Argentina near the border and with a bridge conection with Botnia.To day is a big diplomatic problem to Kitchner President an Tabare Vasquez.Both are member of Mercosur a very erratic trade and political agreement including besides Paraguay Brasil Bolivia and other asociated countries.To day uruguayan press say that Tabare Vasquez make presence in Kitchner wife new Argentina President Cristina assumption traveling by road to Buenos Aires and is argentinian authorities give garanties of a safe trip.The affair is a national issue 62% of uruguay people back Tabaré position.Argentina demanded International Court of Hay the diferendun solution.Many times the bridge is interrupted in argentinian side with dificulties to transport to Brasil an Chile goods.Tabare says that forest industry in crucial to economic develpment of Uruguay.The country has 800.000 artificial forest hectareas,Argentina also have 1.5 millions forest hectareas an more cellulose industries that Uruguay and very old manifactures.Is a posibility that Uruguay leave Mercosur.Other consecuence of Botnia issue is that Brasil also have a growing forest with 241 industrial factories and Paraguay is concerned.

The theme is very complex with political,ecological and economic implications.But is a consensus

that the more relevant aspect are nacionalism a very strong feeling in both countries.

VENEZUELA IS NOT ONLY CHAVEZ

The Sunday venezuelan referendum has many clues about Chavez defeat ands over the new political scenary for the next years.First many people thinks that was a bad choice make the option to change some articles of constitution in a country with the population with domestic problems to obtain some basic foods.In the last election Chavez won with 7 million of ballotage,Monday only obtain 4 million of votes.The diferences are not voters to oposition were no voters or abtention.Second factor Isaias Baduel a general very close to Chavez and former Defense Ministry.Baduel resign on July and after not agree with Chavez option to change the Constitution,both are army members and this is a very important issue in a government based in army stability a disence some armies groups are always a posibility in venezuelan politics.The Chavez incursion in politics was based in a former past as a young army oficial interested in publics affairs.The third element are universities student,is posible a elite group but for example Yon Goicoechea a 25 laws student surge after No wining as a natural leadership concerned about Venezuela social situation.His discourse moderate is a wise sign about a very pragmatic vision that Chavez is still a popular leader with 5o% of preferences and that if democracy work in five years more a opossite coalition with other program could repeat the Monday results.

INGRID BETANCOURT MUST BE FREE BY FARC

Today a colombian newspaper reproduce the text of a Ingrid Betacouncourt letter who was never sent neither delivered to his mother but is evidence that former candidat to President of Colombia is still alive.

Ingrid is a prisoner of Farc guerrilla for many years, she is a innocent people if is a crime have political ideas most people must be in jail.Farc action is not diferent of a mobil nazi concentration camp in the deep of colombian forest.The action is a very injust an cruel action because Ingrid is a woman a mother,and has no comitted any fault.Is a unwise and silly action who descredited Farc ideas mantain a harmles people as Ingrid in a irregular prison without trial and no charges,Beside the letter show a great damage not only phisical of Ingrid health.This action qualifies as a phisical an mental torture punish in every place as human right violation or International Court of Justice as war crimes if Farc says the is a army .The Betancout liberation is not a condition to talks betewen government and guerilla is a humanitarian necesary action without conditions.OEA must involve in this issue as a emblematic one and Chavez instead of break relationships with Colombia must use his influence over Farc guerrillas to liberate Ingrid,the same actions could be done by Lula and Correa Government both countries has means to show Farc that is not a minor issue if Farc aspire some day to envolve in legal political activities gain some credibility if liberate Ingrid Betancourt as soon as posible if is true his propaganda about popular aims of liberty to colombia people.The opposite and maintain Ingrid against his rights to live with his family and with a minimum of human decence is a barbaric and a criminal action of Farc and a international descredit to Marulanda eventual leadership.

http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/2007-12-01/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3840046.html

POPE CLAIM AGAINST ETHIC RELATIVISM OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Today in a audience wit NGO in Rome Pope Benedict XVI accuse international institutions of moral relativism ignores human dignity and the true about human conditions.In his view a erroneous concept about pacific coexistence based in a egocentric view about international order without space to poor nations necesities,economic short terms interest based in welfare of some rich countries.Also a selective defense of human rights with only considerations of needs of efluents society and forgett basic needs of weak societies who dont have power to make public his dramas as hunger,poverty and diseases.Pope think is a strong claim about a double discourse in international forums hidden the real problems of third world and puting other themes as more important as terrorism and making from center of human activities material needs including to a lavish level instead to worry about Sudan drama or iraquie daily genocide.

Moral relativism coined by Pope is a old concept of Catholic Church till to day in direction of private life,but is new claim to actual international order.If one think has a broad implication in international order.Bad trade conditions betewen Europe and most developped countries,segregation or exlusion to work in theses countries to migrants as mexican in USA or africans in France.monopole and high revenues in services on international american entreprises

on South america specially in basic services(telecomunication,water in great cities even the banking sistem).More dangerous a psicological brain washing demonizing about reformist politics who dont accept conditions of FMI or other puting the label of prone to social disorder or pro terrorist.Is nor first time Pope speak with his style of a mild person,but the important thing is that his statments are very strong and critic about unfair international practices and also a very strong defense of the essence of human dignity who refuse accept citizens of first and second class,the existence of absolute human rights as life,respect of individual culture and freedom to make social and political choices without interference of powerfull countries and his

economic or military menaces.

RUSSIAN ELECTION PUTIN NEW ZAR?

Sunday russian must elect a new Duma the equivalent of a representants chamber and the most named no oficial candidate is Wladimir Putin the actual Rusia leader of government that must leave his position nex year.In fact the election is focus as a referendum over United Russia his party and Putin political action in the last years.Putin es a popular people but not enough to reach a 50% in survey.Is not clear the result.Opositionto Putin denounces inequal access in advertisemens facilities specially in TV.Other acuses intervention and presure over voters about,many oferts on some services are offers including scarces foods,some facilities at work or universities ans either doctors atending the ballotage day or free hair cuts.Russia is a very complex political scenary.A new generation of young people is more positive to new economy an the market liberalizacion.But older generation who lives all his lifes in a state rule as provider of works,health care,education are less prone to accept the new situation and Putin reforms.A clue of the election if is enough arguments a more dinamic economy based in high revenues of oil and the crowded streets of Moscu with Mercedes and other occidental made cars and the irruption of a new rich class who have international place in the european jet set.Comunist ideology is far to be popular but to many russian is a remember of a nostalgic past of a international superpower forgetting human rigth advancements and the dark days of KGB power over russian society.But also this new capitalism in russian style is contraversial about corruption episodes, and ilicit enrichment of few people profiting of state colapse economy.Putin power is in scrutinySunday but also a plebicit about the future roads of Rusia society in the next decade,but one thing is certain the older Russia can not win to the new Russia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2219492,00.html

MORALES AND HIS NEW CONTITUTION

Last week 155 members of MAS the leftist Morales political coalition the Constituyente Asembly make a meeting in a military recint in Santa Cruz de la Sierra without the oposition members presence and make legal the contraversial New Bolivia Constitution.Consecuences riots in Santa Cruz streets and 3 dead people.Today bolivian press say that seven of nine Departament of the country are without activities as a protest to Morales Constitution.The articles of new legal carta magna more contraversial is one who instaure politic control of autorities elected by the blolivian indian population about 60% of 10 million inhabitants.Other is a new political division of the country and other who gives to rural comunities the ownership of land and water.The political enemies os Morales are located in urban cities with more developped departaments as Santa Cruz,Tarija and Cochabamba.Other great discussion is the partage of oil and gas revenues,today established to geografical areas in where oil and gas es produced.Other groups in the oppisition to MAS politics are some profesional as lawyer that say has ilegal backgrounds and is not a western style political text.But it seems that Morales popularity in poor people specially in indigen etnias and a very amorphe oposition with contradictory interest make very dificult today think in a military intervention traditional in bolivian political life.Today is posible that the most of army forces are on back of Constitution elected president

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URIBE THE FARC AND CHAVEZ MEDIATION

Nobody knows why colombian President Uribe agree with leftist Hugo Chavez the venezuelan leader to make peace conversation with Farc guerillas to obtain a humanitarian agreement to liberate a hundred of political prisioner including 3 american citizen,a former candidat to Colombia Presidence as Ingrid Betancourt and many colombias politics an military personal.First because the change demanded by Farc included 500 people active ex guerilla members some one in american prisions by drugs activities or guerrilla activities.Second because the political risk was more to Uribe government,Chavez in a very complicate times must afford this Sunday a crucial election to find a aproval to changes in contitucional status and without security to obtain the mayority.But in international field the winner could be Chavez
in political colombian field the venezuelan President have a plus as a mediator in a very sensible affair a guerrilla lasting 43 years with thousand of causualities most civilian displaced people disturbing all economic and social life also with political consecuences to create a atmosfer to economic colombia development.Today Uribe has said that is ended the comision to Chavez and make signal to try make direct talks with guerrillas leaderships a matter with very bad positive result in the past.Other consecuence is the Chavez anger who recall is ambassador in Bogota today.Al journal of Bogota make today a public survey and 52% people think that the most damage is Colombia if Chavez break relationships.The other matter not very clear to public opinion is why Uribe demanded mediation and after said that whas because Chavez intent talk with directly with high colombian army forces officials or eventually with Farc guerrillas comand.The affair is far to end.Colombia depend many of venezuelan oil and Chavez have no interest to appear in international world as a protector or promotion of guerrilla activities.The ghost of Castro is always present and both need find a solution to guerrilla prisioner affair to his

political presence in the next years.

LIVE ART;FROM WORLD BODY PAINTING FESTIVAL 2007

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WINDS OF CHANGES

In rethorics of international mass media last time is plenty of biased information about latin america political changes.A very simplist point of view is concerned about the presence in many countries of elected governments with popular indian population of not political traditional establishment roots.Bolivia is one good example,Morales has a very huge popular leadership.His program is not a radical one.Many reforms are recomendations of international institutions as Fao as a more
equal access to land by indian poor pesant population.Oil affair program is more
modest as many Opec countries.Chavez issue is other face of the same fenomen.All people forgott about the venezuelan governments in the last 50 years.Instead of profit of oil revenues to build a developped country,money was wasted and issues as education,public health and social conflicts based a bad wealth distribution was the door to Chavez election.Ecuador is other example.Is a very bad international politic say that all politic outside of USA or Europa union politics are a danger to free democracy models.A country with 200 US dollar of people/Revenue by year is nota democratic one only for elect a person to President .This kind of democracy is a bad propaganda to western democracies. The last Meeting in Santiago is posible a turning point in the change of focus in latin america demands to improve social conditions of poor and very poor segments in population.Chavez speech interruption by Spain King Carlos is a sign of unrealistic vision of latin american problems.When are many international economics interest of transnational spanish companies with the ownwership of electrical or telepfonic services in many countries a King is in the best approach a politic representant of spanish people but not a person in charge to protect directories or bad images of private entreprises.Developped countries must learn to hear societies voices and not only manager voices,because the wind of times are changing.And if intelectual and political elites in developed countries ignore the fact,is a high posibility to wake up with a huracan over his heads.

THE EXPLORER LESSON

A canadian ship with 154 tourist of all nacionalities sink this week end at Antartica sea waters after colude with a under water iceberg like a modern remind of Titanic ,the piece of ice made a hole in the ship metalic structure.Is not the first sea accident in South pole area.About 6.000 tourist people the mayority of efluent countries came last year to the area in 12 countries flag ships.Many more remain all year in many european and north american built station making scientifics activities.Last month Britain make a announce about UK intentions to claim about 600.000 kilometers square of antartic land.This statment concern Chile and Argentina who are the nearest countries in Antartica bounderies.Antartica area have a ambigous status many powerfull countries are on back of scientist thinking in a future the ice continent is a promise of oil and mineral demands for mantain industrial growth.The posibility of both in Antartica soil is large.Spite of logistics dificulties a huge price and tecnological new devices make real in the near future a comercial explotation.A old international treaty forbinding this issue and weapons existence in Antartica but is not a garantee of no frictions in the future.In fact the tourists onf Explorere were very lucky people when happens the accident in the nearby of a chilean station.Japan also made all years a "scientific sacrifice of about 1.000 whales but the hidden reason is whale meat consumation by japonese people.The Explorer sink is a probe od change in iceberg population in the last year bery huge iceberg about 100 kilometer large are now free on Antartic Ocean and thousand of regular ans tiny pieces equal to ship Explorer damage.Many scientific says that this is a direct consecuence of global warming an future claims land an more people living in Antartica is a real danger to Antartica weak living ecosistem.Drilling for oil search like Artic in Antartica could be a world suicide,is time to agree declare Antartica a World heritage without oil and mineral explotation and without military weapons.

www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/23/antarctica.ship/index.html

BLOGS ADVERTISE A OPTION?

A forescat released shows that alternative communication advertising is growing with Internet rate expanding 48% yearly against 9.5% in press media.Internet advertising is expected to become the largest ad segment in 2011, surpassing newspapers.Reason,time and money borrowed.Advertising by the web are more efficient to advertiser and consumers in time the people access from his home,office and also from the street to Internet..One of the most potencial growing area are blogs.With someone with a half or a million visit daily are a valuable area and also a study tarjet to the advertising industry.But is no a easy task include them in the moment to negociate.Bloggers are a new kind of social actor,many have not interest in money ,are more concerned about blog contents.Besides many visitors dislike when see much propaganda in a blog.The idealistc aura of a blogger fall sometimes with air trips promotions,gadget and others.Ther etical alterntive may a be a correct balance contents and a minumun promotion of advertising.Other alternative for the advertiser companies is have his own blogs to promote products and service.The problem is only very needed people use them and dont work with a new product.In my case I dont include in my blogs any kind of advertisemment.In my latino american mentality business are not in my blogging aims.Besides I dont understand very much the dinamic of technologies to advertise in blogs. Other controversiaL issue are iclude political propaganda one of the most demanded area of growing in the future.But is this another post issue.

Based in a article of Le Monde

MUSIC FROM HITLER ERA

Al least 100 play records of clasical music belonging to Hitler remains 63 years in the hands of a former russian inteligence officer who dies at Moscow.Surprise the Fuhrer collection includes

russian authors as Borodin,Rachmaninof and Tchaikosky played by jewish concertist as Brosnilaw Huberman who was banned of german concert halls by racial segregation.Huberman must leave Germany for political reasons and was publicly declared an enemy of the Third Reich.Other is the piano player Arthur Schnabel also a austrian jewish.

Lew Besymenski the name of the russian officer was in charge after the fall of nazism to interrogate the general of german army and found the collection into Bunker Chancellery ruins in 1945 at Berlin.Other surprise was the inclusion of russian authors named by Hitler as sub human without contribution to cultural heritage.The rest of play records are from Beethoven,Bruknner and of course Wagner.

Link:The Guardian
http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2143233,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

THE WORLD CONCERN ABOUT FMD IN BRITAIN

Today is growing the concern about FMD outbreak(Foot and Mouth Disease) on Britain.

The main concern are about the safety level in animal disease research centers working with live material as virus.FMD is nos dagerous to population butr que question is if were a center working with avian flu material?.The ohter concern are abotu economnic damage to farmers.Certainly may be some mitigation measures but the culling of animals are a nigthmare

to many as a remember of others outbreaks.Another issue es la strong capacities of a old virus as FMD to mutate.In Medicine a high virus mutation rate maker very a not easy task find a vaccine.Some countirs take measures to limit the animal transit to his market.In USA,USDA a USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released the following statement regarding the outbreak of food and mouth disease (FMD) in Britain that was confirmed over the weekend:
“USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is closely monitoring an emerging animal disease situation in the United Kingdom. Foot-and mouth-disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease of cattle, swine, and other cloven-hooved ruminants, has been detected on a farm in Surrey, England. FMD is not transmissible from animals to humans, but it does have serious implications for animal agriculture in any country where the disease is detected.
“Immediately, USDA is placing restrictions or prohibitions, depending on the type of product and level of processing, on all UK products derived from any FMD susceptible species. This includes any products already en route to the United States. All live ruminants and ruminant products are currently prohibited due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). However, swine meat and by-products are now prohibited/restricted.
“APHIS has alerted the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that effective August 3, the United States is placing a ban on all UK products derived from any FMD susceptible species. We will be working closely with our counterparts at CBP to ensure that these products are not imported into the United States and that travelers from the United Kingdom do not bring prohibited products back to the United States.
“USDA has a strong system in place for detecting and responding to outbreaks of foreign animal diseases, including FMD in the United States. This system begins with a cadre of USDA accredited private veterinary practitioners who partner with livestock producers and APHIS to report any suspected foreign animal disease cases to state and federal officials.
"When a possible case of a foreign animal disease is reported, APHIS works with the state involved to immediately dispatch one of more than 400 specially trained foreign animal disease diagnosticians to the scene.
“We will continue to closely monitor the situation in the United Kingdom.”
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THE MISSING WEAPONS IN IRAK

Today Huffington Post based in a Whashington Post report and BBC inform than at least 192.000 AK-47 rifles and other minor weapons are not founded in Irak after that in 2004-2005 period were delivered by americans to build a iraqui security forces based in the police.The concern is if they are been used against Usa military personal and civilian by insurgent en the last 3 years.The same fenomen is probably exist in Afghan weapons delivery.The accounting of weapons is not clear about his numbers.besidess weaken the argument that Iran and Siria are the mostly providers of weapons to iraquie insurgency.

More Information:
Faces of the Fallen
FULL REPORT
Gen. David H. Petraeus, .
Iran Syria Baghdad

State Department,

Defense Department

Amnesty International

Bosnia Serbia, NATO

CROWS AND BIRDS INTELLIGENCE

Research made en California Davies in birds behaviour is a good a demostration that crows families are one of the most intelligent group animals.A condition reserved till today to great apes. These birds are capable to understand about the perceptions and intentions of others. This finding was made in the observation of birds movement,in efect crows families put considerable time and effort into hiding food, which they recover later. That in itself is not the problem. It is the scrub-jay's habit of returning to a cache, digging it up and then hiding it again somewhere new that seems so inefficientNow professor of comparative cognition at the University of Cambridge, Clayton is well aware that crows and their ilk, known collectively as corvids, are among the most intelligent of all animals. As well as caching food, scrub-jays habitually steal hidden items from one another. She suspected that the re-hiding might be a way of foiling potential thieves.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19426091.700-the-scheming-minds-of-crows.html
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IS HOMEOPATHY SCIENTIFIC

In Great Britain in medical media are a debate about if homeophaty practice as scientific background and about the real status in the british medical system.One point are that the active ingredient used in homeophatic practices are the high dilution of active compound.Other more strong are no kwon mechanisms explaining why the homeophatics treatments works in phisiological terms.Many researchers said that mostly of them dont produce any phisical effects and all the improvment of diseases are placebo effect.Other issue is the dificul to obtain why exactly is taugth in homeophatical course to obtain degrees in alternative medicine.Many research mede in the last years about response to alternative tratments are very weak and positive evidence marginal.In many countries alternative medicine has no clear legal status.Besides in Latinamerica many traditional old medicine practiced by orginary peoples as empiric and wiht more faith or religoius componens than scientific backgrounds.Certainly many drugs have natural components focused in flora from tropical areas.The right road is pharmacological research tajken care about the legitim property of native population to share the economic benefits of the isolated drugs.

Source Nature Com.

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THE GREAT RIVERS ARE IN COMA

Those idylic landcape es changing ,the 10 most great rivers in the world are in death peril.WWF a conservation group said that Yantze en Chine has over polution as result of industrialization in his basin.Nilo en Ejipt with the over population risk of have less fish and other specimens to a hungry people surrounded by desert.In the list are also the Plata River in Argentina,Rio Grande in USA,Danube in Europe,Indus at India,Murray Darling in Australia.The report forgot Amazonas and Rhin the first affected by desforation and the second by pollution.Other problems are the dams and over extration of water.According WWF global wearming only acelerate the problem.

IRAQ WAR FOURTH YEAR

Iraqy war enter in his fourth year.Why has won USA in this time?Nothing.But the world has lost many.Iraq civilian deads,? how many 100.000 ,60.000?.The war was against Saddam regime.Tha battles against his arm ended a few weeks after american intervention.But the responsability after is outside of international order.The common sense said thar iraquies authorities election was a show and are puppets from USA.Masive destruction device not founded,aberration in military prisons against prisioner,a desvasted economy,not cheap oil at last.What is the sense of remain about 145.000 soldiers in other country with out control of the self violence generated by the vacuum political power bo overthrow os Saddam regime?Today Iraq is a country with a divided society,with a uncovered civil war with no hope to finish.American people is a historical a very pragmatical one and with respect of values as freedom and human rights inside his country,the better for them is a withdrawl of the soldiers.For public world oponion is a ethical issue.The other option is that, for american are irrelevant the voices of others peoples

THE OLD TIMES OF COMERCIAL AVIATION

Somes images to promote the first comercial trips in 1930-1940 to visit exotics places considered only for explorers.Oran,Havana,Africa,Perou are someone.Was a time with adventure sense and very romantic.The posters are truly artistics ouvres
and the anonims designers catch very well the spirit and the Atmosphere of the moment.

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THE NEW SEVEN WORLD WONDERS

If you visit New Wonder web site you can make a choice of the seves most beautifull monuments of mankind in the last 2000 years.In the list with more posibilities 21 architectural well knowed in tourism tours and other as national pride sites.The dead line to ballot is six July 2007.The election is in Lisbon Portugal the next day.My choice;Petra,The Great Wall,Moscow,Saint Basil Church,Macu Pichu in Perou Andes,Eastern Island Statues in my country,Chile,Timbuktu construction and Taj Mahal in India.
On top till today;Taj Mahal,the Gitza Pyramids,Chichen Itza in Centro America,Colosseum in Rome,the Great Wall and Petra.The balloting by Internet is a avantage to developed countries as USA with Liberty Statue or France with Eiffel Towerur.Organizer are worried about the vote in developing countries whre Internet is in infancy,China is a exception,but Perou,Ejipt,or Chile are few population and Internet users.Also is contrversial if is a effort to protect thew world heritage or only a comercial one

HISTORICAL DEBTS

Two books about american unoficial policies in the last 100 years,including latinamerica.Greg Grendin Empire Workshop Latin America,The Unites States and the rise of the New Imperialism and Stephen Kinzer
Overthrow America Century of Regime change from Hawaii to Iraq explain the facts but give no clues to future.
USA has ever believes that latinoamerican countries are only a business place and the people are the governments.Besides that latinoamericans have the same culture values as the average "gringo" citizen.Both paradigms are wrong.For latinoamerican economic issue is not the more important,social issues are more relevant.
We in our countries don understand why a ilustrated society with internal respect of values as individual freedom,human life,free acces to information,a free press,can accept without great problem intervention, some times brutal of USA in overthrow democratic elected governments as Chile en 1973.Is not enough say 30 years after We sorry the deaths or the destruction of social network of chilean society.
Is not only a economic and political issue is a ethic debt from one society to other.
The USA Institution of the time who promotes intervention where the oficial,not individual of a gang acting in the dark of the night.American society works with many social filters and latinoamerican doubts are why intelectual elites,religous intitutions,free press are unable to stop bad actions of a small group of oficial,trasnsnational directories and bad advisers acting to "preserve ther erronous named christian capitalism.