02/09/2006 |
Evo Morales cambia las reglas y dota a la Asamblea Constituyente de poderes absolutos
Jorge Marirrodriga | El Pais (Es)
En medio de graves incidentes tanto en el interior como en el exterior del edificio, la Asamblea Constituyente boliviana reunida en Sucre acordó ayer, con la ausencia de la oposición, dotar al organismo de carácter "originario", lo que en la práctica le otorga poderes absolutos y lo desvincula de toda la legislación existente desde la independencia de Bolivia, en 1825. ...
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02/09/2006 |
LUKoil Back on the West Qurna Case in Iraq
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
LUKoil's indefatigable chief executive, Vagit Alekperov, has started planning for his next trip to Iraq in pursuit of the West Qurna field, which was awarded to the Russian player by the previous regime, although subsequently withdrawn for contract non-performance. Alekperov said that he plans to visit Iraq early next year to discuss the project, in which LUKoil had held a 68.5% stake. ...
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02/09/2006 |
Rich in Oil, Poor in Human Rights: Torture and Poverty Are Part of Life in Equatorial Guinea
Alexander Smoltczyk | Spiegel
It has the makings of a modern-day fairy tale, the story of a country transformed from a pariah state into an oil paradise. But the reality is that Equatorial Guinea, almost unnoticed by the rest of the world, is experiencing a modern-day tragedy, a story of the dark niches of global politics in times of oil and terror. ...
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01/09/2006 |
México y el fantasma de la revolución
Carlos Alberto Montaner | ABC
La primera vez que un presidente de Estados Unidos se reunió con su colega mexicano fue en 1909. William Taft primero desayunó con el general Porfirio Díaz en un hotel de El Paso, Texas, y luego lo siguió hasta el edificio de la aduana en Ciudad Juárez, donde los mexicanos habían hecho reproducir un salón del palacio de Versalles para impresionar al mandatario americano con un almuerzo suntuoso servido en una vajilla de oro y plata. ...
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01/09/2006 |
BRAZIL-Election 2006: Brazil’s President Presents Programme for Re-Election; Poll Predicts Possible Victory in First Round
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this week unveiled his programme for government during 2007-10, promising continuity in the event of him securing a second mandate at the forthcoming election. ...
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01/09/2006 |
Cuba to take on Florida tradeshow
Travel Wire News Staff | Travel Wire News
Tropical storm Ernesto pounded Cuba day before yesterday leaving much of the archipelago unscathed and tourism sites doing business as usual. If anything, despite the recent headlines about Castro, Cuba has remained strong in the media and the industry front. ...
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01/09/2006 |
Bolivia - Emergencia en Santa Cruz por la reversión de tierras privadas
Hoy Bolivia Staff | Hoy Bolivia
El departamento de Santa Cruz se declaró en estado de emergencia este jueves, debido a que el gobierno inició la anunciada reversión de tierras privadas incluso aquellas que están en pleno proceso de producción agropecuaria. ...
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01/09/2006 |
Chile’s Foreign Policy: ''Ni Chicha Ni Manzana''
Justin Vogler | Santiago Times
There is a common expression in Chilean Spanish, “ni chicha ni lemonada.” Roughly translated it means “neither one thing nor the other.” It’s an attractive phrase that sums up rather neatly Chile’s long term foreign policy, or rather the lack of one. ...
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01/09/2006 |
Guyana's ruling party declared winner
Bert Wilkinson | AP
Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo, candidate for the People's Progressive Party, center, laughs while leaving a polling station after casting his ballot during general elections in Georgetown, Guyana, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. Jagdeo is the favorite to win another five-year term despite opposition claims that he has failed to fight drug trafficking that U.S. officials say accounts for up to 60 percent of Guyana's economy. ...
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31/08/2006 |
El golpismo «cívico» de López Obrador
ABC Staff | ABC
LA actitud del dirigente izquierdista mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador ha llegado a límites intolerables. En un lenguaje preciso, su obstinación en reconocer el dictamen de las instituciones que tutelaron las elecciones presidenciales del 2 de julio o las sentencias del Tribunal Supremo Electoral son sencillamente un intento del golpe de Estado. ...
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