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Iceland, a Country That Wants to Punish the Bankers Responsible for the Crisis
Pressenza – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Apr 2011
Since 2008 the vast majority of the Western population dream about saying “no” to the banks, but no one has dared to do so. No one except the Icelanders, who have carried out a peaceful revolution that has managed not only to overthrow a government and draft a new constitution, but also seeks to jail those responsible for the country’s economic debacle.
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Julio Godoy – Pressenza Int’l Press Agency,
28 Mar 2011
To avoid misunderstandings: Gaddafi is a brutal, cynical, corrupt dictator, who obviously considers Libya as his personal property. His sons were forged in the same furnace. And yet, to try to justify, as many do, especially the French government of Sarkozy, the international military mission against the Libyan regime as a matter of morality and values, is simply hypocritical.
→ read full articleIn Egypt and Tunisia Nonviolence Has Been the Motor of Transformation
Rafael De la Rubia – Pressenza Int’l Press Agency,
21 Feb 2011
The most important thing to happen in these weeks, hasn’t been the departure of Presidents Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak, the most important thing has been the union of the people in non-violent protest, the most important thing has been to resist the violence of agents provocateurs, to resist the violence of their own institutions, to resist the violence of the police. The Egyptian and Tunisian armies were not defeated with weapons or confrontation, but rather with hugs and open hands.
→ read full articleFoundations for the Economy of a New Civilisation
Guillermo Sullings – Pressenza Int’l Press Agency,
27 Dec 2010
The challenge of thinking about how a new civilisation would be, can be very attractive because one could get carried away with ones imagination and in theory design a new utopia, like the one imagined by Thomas More, author of the book [Utopia] which gave a name to social ideals. This literary exercise is valid in itself, though it could not go any further than the events shaped on the page with all the naïveté and incongruence of the writer and his era.
→ read full articleUnited Nations Emits Report of “Harmony with Nature” Bolivia’s Initiative
Pía Figueroa – Pressenza International Press Agency,
6 Sep 2010
“The present technological era has meant an impoverishment of the relationship of human beings with nature”. This is one of the conclusions of the report “Harmony with Nature” that United Nations General Secretary will present to the General Assembly as a Bolivian initiative, that counts with the sponsorship of other 61 countries.
→ read full articleThe Whale-Saving Petition
Pía Figueroa – Pressenza International Press Agency,
5 Jul 2010
The proposal to legalize whale killing went down in flames in recent Morocco meeting. In a few short weeks, the biggest whale-saving petition in history, signed by an extraordinary number of 1.2 million of worldwide people, will be delivered directly to the key delegates at the International Whaling Commission meeting.
→ read full article2010 Global Peace Index – Results and Findings
Steve Killelea – Pressenza International,
14 Jun 2010
The results of the Global Peace Index for 2010 suggest that the world has become slightly less peaceful. The Index, which gauges ongoing domestic and international conflict, safety and security in society and militarization in 149 countries, registered overall increases in several indicators, including the likelihood of violent demonstrations and perceptions of criminality.
→ read full article“WE MADE A DEVIL’S BARGAIN”: FMR. PRESIDENT CLINTON APOLOGIZES FOR TRADE POLICIES THAT DESTROYED HAITIAN RICE FARMING
Democracy Now! – Pressenza International,
5 Apr 2010
President Bill Clinton, now the UN Special Envoy to Haiti, publicly apologized last month for forcing Haiti to drop tariffs on imported, subsidized US rice during his time in office. The policy wiped out Haitian rice farming and seriously damaged Haiti’s ability to be self-sufficient. Journalist Kim Ives of Haiti Liberté questioned Clinton about his […]
→ read full articleCHILE: LIFE IN THE SQUARE AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
Pía Figueroa - Pressenza,
9 Mar 2010
Interesting relationships are developing among the residents of different Chilean cities and neighbourhoods only days after the earthquake that left many families unable to return to their homes. Squares have been turned into camping sites where people can cook together, take a bath and lead a community life that did not exist before.A new solidarity, […]
→ read full articleDOOMSDAY CLOCK MOVES 1 MINUTE AWAY FROM MIDNIGHT
Tony Robinson - Pressenza,
16 Jan 2010
Chicago, 14 Jan 2010 — Today the Doomsday clock was moved back by 1 minute to 11:54 p.m. in a press conference of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. In a move to align the environmental and anti-nuclear movements, speakers pointed out the need to tackle climate change as well as implement strategies for nuclear disarmament […]
→ read full articleCONCLUSION OF 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO ABOLISH FOREIGN MILITARY BASES
Nicolás Blanco - Pressenza Int'l Press Agency,
13 Dec 2009
The conference was held from Monday November 30th to Wednesday December 2nd in the Centro Cultural de la Cooperación (Cultural Center of Cooperation) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The speakers, hailing from the spheres of academia, politics, and culture, gave talks on various aspects of the issue of foreign military bases in Latin America.This 2nd International […]
→ read full articleWORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE AT THE 10TH NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES SUMMIT – BERLIN, NOVEMBER 10-11, 2009
Javier Tolcachier – Pressenza International, by email,
8 Nov 2009
The summit’s slogan is "BREAKING DOWN NEW WALLS AND BUILDING BRIDGES TO ENSURE A WORLD OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND A WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE." The World March for Peace and Nonviolence will be at the Summit on November 11th when Silo, thinker of Universalist Humanism and main inspiration of the March will speak. The Summit will […]
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