viernes, 16 de diciembre de 2016

THE RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN ALEPO


       While there are many political and economic interests clashing in the terrible civil war in Syria, the world is witnessing a genocide once again showing the irrationality of a few people who act as world "leaders", simply because Have at the top of government powers devoting themselves to manipulating public opinion in which the main victims are vulnerable populations, because there is no solution in sight.

       While the tragedies caused by the aggressive policies of the so-called US pre-emptive war over decades against poor and defenseless countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan cannot be hidden, and the timid reaction of European powers against abuses in these invasions, the Putin factor in the participation of the civil war in Syria continues to worry.

       Not only by constant bombardment of hospitals, ambulances and schools, but also by open support for Al-Assad, a dictator who, independently of his logic of power, has not been timid in ordering massacres against the civilian population, that Putin's government close relationship. But the fact that issues such as freedoms and respect for human rights is not conceived in Russian geopolitical thinking.

       That is, that Putin is a dictator in the full sense of the concept, there are no political ideologies, there is only maintaining power at any cost, so that means continuing the genocide in Aleppo. And worse, as Angela Merkel once mentioned, civil society and social organizations come together to protest and protest against trivial matters, but no moves have yet been made against the genocide in Aleppo, which is really a reflection Of all Syria, and most likely will continue to spread in some countries as it is happening right now in South Sudan.

       Why were there protests and demonstrations in the Vietnam War? Why have there been social movements against conflicts in different parts of the world? Why is no one protesting against the genocide in Syria? Is society sick as Martín Luther King Jr. would say? Or what is worse has society reached an extreme insensitivity? Or, is civil war really in Syria a war that nobody cares about, does not it matter to you?


       What is missing is that the thousands and thousands of refugees cross the borders of European and Asian countries and begin to reach Latin America, and right there begin to cross the US and Canada border by thousands and thousands, and perhaps Neighborhood to install tents because they are fleeing from the war, and then, perhaps, we realize that it is necessary to raise a cry against the irrationality of a meaningless war.

miércoles, 7 de diciembre de 2016

THE FARCE OF NATURAL SELECTION


       Never in my life have I heard of the very concept of natural selection, what do they mean? What definition exists when speaking of natural or nature? Is nature a great monster or abstract thinker who thinks and acts on what composes it? Does nature know the times, the limits, the spaces and all the complexity that is required so that the selection of which so much is justified those that speak of it obtains a sufficient explanation on any anomaly or transformation of the nature?

       There is an obvious answer to all of the above, and it is that there is no natural selection, it is a farce, it is simply the deviation and de-virtualization of the exact sciences, since by being exact they do not manage to accommodate many of the details that nature requires and that it is necessary to explain. Then, it is when concepts that are not related to the exact sciences appear, in this way we are looking for a rapprochement or a connection between what is exact and what is not, ie it is as if a brick cannot accommodate itself to the corner of A work and for this it is necessary to fill it with a mixture of cement and water, or when to finalize a detail of some artistic work it is necessary to go to other methods in order to give it that touch-up that is needed.

       Of course, since the exact thing is equivalent to ninety-five percent (95%) of the total observation and study of nature and its phenomena, it is abused to force an explanation of that other five percent (5%). That it is necessary to give him that touch-up or filling that is needed in order to complete any scientific study, academic observation, theoretical or any of the argumentative forms developed by people who insist that nature is a kind of thinking entity that makes decisions As if to speak of natural selection.

       And how is it possible that the academic world, in most cases, approve such a mental and imaginary farce? Very surely, just as when you touch the picture or fill a work under construction it looks almost perfect, so much so that it is not even noticed. In the same way, the global explanation to the study of nature and its phenomena is almost perfect and does not notice that retouching or filling, then is satisfied the explanations, in fact, when it becomes impossible to give that retouch or fill To the easy and irresponsible argument that it is an enigma or a scientific mystery that remains to be studied.


       And the most terrible of all is that these farces and satisfactory explanations are hierarchized to stigmatize other explanations or arguments, also academic, as if they were priests of science who dare to point out whether the refutations that are made in The framework of the development of the academic disciplines and the thought of a society.

martes, 8 de noviembre de 2016

HEROIN ANONYMS IN THE INDEPENDENCE OF COLOMBIA

WOMEN: anonymous in Latin American history
(Introduction)

       The women participated actively before, during and after the process of Independence of Colombia. Although there are many writings on heroines that were protagonists during the historical development of the Independence from 1810, there is an army of women who equally fulfilled a series of papers that meant in the last instance the definitive Independence.

       Who were these women? Why were they the heroes of Independence? What role did they play? What were the myths, symbols and imaginaries of the Woman of Independence that was created by reason of the revolutions? What did they think and what was their purpose in supporting the independence cause? What was the mentality of women in the early nineteenth century? What was the attitude of women to the military, political, economic and cultural development that was transforming the society of the nascent republic?

       In the first place, those armies of women, the heroes of Independence, are identified in historical records. They range from the humblest to the powerful, all of which met specific goals from political decision-making to the military actions that took place across the nation. There are those from very young to ethnic groups, or those that became the engine that encouraged the mood of the populations in which each was leader.

       Allusive to the courage of women, their determination, their audacity, sometimes it was simply a task, that is, when characters like Simón Bolívar or some other witness that left some of the outstanding facts of the women of The time was made more by the impressions left by women for their actions than by the concern to write about the complex role of women in all social, political, economic and cultural spheres.

       The anonymous heroines of Independence in Colombia are the reflection of women during the other pro-independence processes. Factors such as trade and social processes allowed generating identity in Latin American women. The Independence of Colombia meant the Independence of other nations, meant to participate in the same political processes that took place in the rest of the continent and this, in turn, meant a leading role for Women throughout Latin America.


       Many foreign women, those who did not belong to the neogranadino viceroyalty or who were not Creoles participated also in the process of Independence, were equally protagonists. They suffered the rigors of battles, stigmatizations, persecutions, and also met social, political, economic and cultural objectives that consolidated the cause of independence.


The Woman: protagonist

 "A perpetual cage should be her coat if she were not sentenced to death, for there is no doubt that she has lost her mind, and she is mad mad."
     Many men woke up with the idea of ​​Independence, but women never ceased to be surprised when confronted with adverse situations, and in the face of their determination the most -commendable- was not to try to provoke it.
       The qualifiers to stigmatize or disqualify as the one who has lost the judgment or who has gone crazy what it did was to feed that monster that men "saw" that was inside the women and therefore had to be very careful with them .
       When a woman did not obey orders not from her superiors but from her enemies, she made the punishments that applied to her useless. The same thing happened with the women in the prisons, they suffered all kinds of harassment, many of them were shot or banished, in many other ways women showed loyalty to their ideals.

 "Go and die with the men, we women will march forward: we will present our breasts to the cannon and the shrapnel unloads upon us, and the men will follow us and whom we have saved from the first discharge, pass over our corpses, seize the Artillery and liberate the fatherland "

       The legends of women generated during the time of Independence are part of history, social, political, economic and cultural processes and this also represents a way of thinking, a paradigm. And it is this phrase that emphasizes its protagonism, it is that cry that gives a mother to her son that allows to distinguish the discourse of the Woman in the historical processes, it can be said then, that at the same time this mother is addressing to all her Generation, that is, it would be transformed into a war cry.

       And what, my lady, is your offering so spontaneous and timely? A patriot officer asks a woman who is also a patriot and she answers "They are five of my children" (this is to be part of the liberating army) ... "these are elements that imply responsibility, detachment and a series of implications that Could only be understood by understanding the force of the woman for the thought of the time.

       The authority and the power of the woman in the family in front of the estates of the society like the religious or commercial maintained and increased the heroism before some epopéyicos facts as they were the executions during the denominated time of the terror in the frame of the reconquest of The royalist troops.

Here is a legendary anecdote that shows the strength of the woman of independence:

       "Manuela Beltran had ignited the fervor in Socorro, on March 16; but it was Black Magdalene who, on the 30th of the same month and in the same city, put the men on the warpath. It was Friday market day. At one o'clock the plaza of Chiquinquirá was filled with people, although no one stopped the market. When the bell rang, the bell rang in the church and someone threw a flying sign, an agreed signal for a massive meeting in the Plaza Mayor. There was a lot of shouting and little play. At three in the afternoon the mood began to be paid. Suddenly a mulatta, over thirty-five, known to all as the Black Magdalena, stood in front of the door of the tobacco administration and asked in a loud voice: 'Who can defend the king's weapons?' The audacity of the question took the protesters unprepared. There was a few seconds of silence and someone finally shouted, 'Noooo!' And behind that voice another thousand repeated a 'Noooo!' Clamorous. La Negra Magdalena had a second question to the tumultuaries: 'Is there anyone who stands up for the defense of tobacco income?' The 'Nooo!' 'This time was chanted immediately. La Negra Magdalena asked her third question: 'Is there anyone who protects this waterproofing?' The 'Noooo' unanimous was reiterated. Someone said: 'Woe to whoever protects this watertight!' La Negra Magdalena had no further questions, took a stone of great caliber and with infallible marksmanship she burst it over the royal arms placed on the lindel of the third of the tobacconist. The neighbors broke the fear imposed on them by those shields, symbol of the power of a distant and despotic authority. "

Regarding the previous anecdote, it must be borne in mind that the teaching of the Creole girls was carried out in the nunneries and in the schools -internados- that had been established for them. The educational project was the same as that presented in the colleges of New Spain; Integral formation of the woman as a Christian and preparing it at the same time to -clear the house- and to act in that society of which they were part and that is defined then as the -good policy. This opened the way for them to realize their lives in the convent or the home through Christian marriage unigamo and indissoluble.

       The ideal was obedience on the part of the woman and obtain the degree of knowledge sufficient to be a kind of good woman, this also applied to indigenous women, in short, and women were educated to provide a good service to the house and community. However, the revolutions of Independence revealed the real capacity of women in all walks of life.

       Among the women protagonists in the process of Independence of Colombia are: Madame Julienne was the one who in Jamaica served as refuge to Simon Bolivar. Andrea Ricaurte de Lozano, wife of Don Judas Tadeo Lozano, house that was like the headquarters, the Bogota center of the conspiracy against the realists.

       There were women like Antonia Santos who, desperate for the outrages, humiliations and humiliations that passed on the patriots, reflected on these situations and often gave them a feeling of just demand that already demanded the end of so many sorrows and pains, decided to organize and pay with His home the famous Comoro guerrilla, whose center of activities was mainly his home in El Hatillo.

       Heroine remembered (almost forgotten) is Rita Duque de Montoya, Antioquia. To the fall of the Republic (about 1816), had outstanding features of generosity to give freedom to many patriots confined in prisons. Such acts are heroic in that it was a time of war, terror and intimidation, and any action could mean death.

       Another prostitute was the slave Josefa Conde, who worked together with Josefa Castro (his mistress) in collecting weapons, men and horses for war. For this reason, she was sacrificed with her slave girl on September 13, 1817.

       Significant events carried out a series of heroines such as Ana Maria Martinez de Nisser of Sonson, who "(...) becomes famous as a heroic fighter in Salamis, May 4, 1841, and dies on November 18, 1872." Leonor Guerra, "Natural heroine-martyr of Cartagena, publicly beaten for defending the patriots, died as a result of punishment"

       There is also Eugenia Arrazola who was "Heroine-natural martyr of Turbaco, shot by Morillo in the hacienda of 'Torrecilla', located at a medium distance between Cartagena and that city. Its execution took place the 30 of August of 1815 for having been proven to him that served as a link for the transmission of the news to his compatriots besieged in Cartagena ".

       And Estefanía Parra who was "a patriot of humble cradle but of an intimate interest for his beloved homeland. It was one of the key elements in the Battle of Boyacá, because it was she who collaborated opportunely with Santander on the crucial problem of the passage of the Boyacá River ...”

Epilogue:

       Women in the history of the Independence of Colombia must be written as a historical claim against androcentrism, must assume the role of Women in all social fields, from their role in battles such as those that helped, among other things, in such elementary issues as embroidery were key factors in the triumph and consolidation of the nation's independence.

       In the different celebrations, anonymous women should be especially written and remembered. In this order of ideas, it is worth remembering for the bicentenaries some heroines such as:

Gabriela Barriga, wife of Villavicencio (exiled to Anolaima), Barbara Forero, is a companion of the Matilde who appeared in public to harangue; He pretended to have an open public school in his home to teach his fellow countrymen beautiful manners. He is from Zipaquira and has been banished to Sesca.

Anonymous anonymous exiles were:

       The wife of Fruto Gutiérrez is also the family of Girardot. It must be remembered that many of the women were imprisoned or banished because of the pro-independence revolutions, such as Carlota Armero, who was shot by the Spanish officer Santacruz in his native city on May 28, 1816.


       There are also legends of heroines, eventually formed by what might be called "war cries", for example, in the different cries such as "Viva Santa Fe and chapetones die!" Or "We women ( (...) "show the dynamism, show the drama and the passion it aroused among the inhabitants of each province, the fact is that the same political effervescence would be concentrated in the province of Santafe.

       The courage of the woman is always enclosed by a golden one, in the sense that for the time (1810-1816), a rebellious woman was considered potentially dangerous. And this was increased by the execution of many women who turned those moments into heroic legends. The following case is an example of this:

"Women set an example for soldiers; A brave patriot advancing with a sword in his hand, asked a woman to depart to occupy the place; She insults him and says: 'Will not the stone that I cast will have as much effect as its blows?' And stood firm in the post’

       It should be remembered that not only the notables, but even Simon Bolivar, considered the inept and incapable of the population in general, whether they were supposed to be liberal or conservative ideals, this excuse served not only for "women... Under the age of twenty-five (...) "but to start a long history of political limitations and deprivations throughout the territory of the future republic.

       "After the conquest of the convent and surrender of the Spanish troops was completed, in which, according to Father Afanador, an eyewitness of the events, many women of the town took part actively, which he saw saw his climbs together with his men in the Trestles of the roofs firing with cannons made of guadua bundled with vines, and many in the square throwing stones of considerable weight against the Spanish soldiers ...”

Conclusion:

        Women not only contributed to the cause of independence, but also was the motor, development and consolidation inherent in the Independence of Colombia and Latin American nations. By participating in independence processes in factors such as logistics, resources, moral support can be summarized the role of women in independence and many anonymous heroines.

DOCUMENTARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

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Rodríguez Plata, Horacio, The old province of Socorro and Independencia, publishing publications, Bogotá, 1963.

Coy Montaña, Alberto (director), Sogamoso 450 years, Graphic Workshops, Tunja, S.F.

Gómez Gómez, Amanda, Women heroines in Colombia and made warriors, first edition, Interpres, Medellín, 1978.

Gutiérrez Isaza, Elvia, Heroic history of the women heroes of Colombia, Municipal press, Medellín.

Hilario López, José, "Fusilamiento of Policarpa Salavarrieta", in: Melo, Jorge Orlando (compiler), Report of the history of Colombia, Vol. 1, planet, Bogota, 1989.

Muriel, Josefina, Women of Spanish America, Mapfre collections, Spain, 1992.

Sánchez Durango, Amelia, Women: A history of mentalities. The West of Antioquia 1717-1820, IDEA, Medellín, 2001.

Santos Molano, Enrique, Liberating women. The Polycarps of Independence, Planeta, Bogotá, 2010.

Ortega Ricaurte, Daniel, Quicentennial Album, Colombian Academy of History, Bogotá, S.F.

Ortega, José, "Patriot Ladies", in: Bulletin of History and Antiquities, No. 119-120, Editorial Black Eagle, September-October 1916, Bogota, Page 733.

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miércoles, 5 de octubre de 2016

SO WILL THE WAR IN COLOMBIA AFTER BEING REJECTED THE PEACE AGREEMENT

  As it was unthinkable to foresee that the option did not win the plebiscite as evidently happened, basically there is no plan b as would a government official. In other words, plain and simply there is no possibility of backtracking on the agreement, in political terms, four years of negotiations were repealed with the vote on October 2, and as everyone the million dollar question is ... and what will happen now?

       It is clear, and that constantly remind members of the FARC, they will never accept a prison and any kind of subjugation. It is also clear, and that constantly remind leaders of Uribe, who in their demands to approach the peace process is the fact that you must modify some points of the agreements, including a submission to the ordinary courts, that is, prison is required for members of the FARC secretariat. And finally, it is clear that the national government cannot do anything about it to amend agreements because, as they say engaged couples to discuss and agree something needs two partners, that the FARC would be those They decide, ultimately, to amend the agreements, and that, for now, will never happen.

       Under this scenario dialectical logic (and political logic) is as follows: The national government, led by President Santos, what he is doing, it is to give long a dead process, ie, will be dedicated to serving the opposition then go out and tell the public that the alternatives, etc., etc., knowing full well that nothing can be done, it will be a kind of slow death will be evaluated. The FARC know they have little time for the deadline, although the defense minister calm tempers saying it could be extended within the bilateral cease.

       Noting the delegates of the FARC that there is nothing to do, that any attempt to talks mean losing time because, unlike the situation that was before the final signing, in this case, since everything is agreed. Then be removed from the table in Havana a few days of October finalized. Santos may grant an extension of the ceasefire, but wear four years of talks and disappointment of the plebiscite will only motivate the FARC intern in their camps and then decide to resume the dynamics of war.

       In the same way that the political movement Democratic Centre has always sought to accuse guilty of anything to any organization or person, this, head of former President Uribe, who has had a history of accused terrorists to anyone who contradicts them. In the same way, the FARC will seek blame for the political catastrophe they suffered, that is, hate, and this time with more strength, that entire democratic center is called, this movement will be designated as war aim, and the first in the list it is of course the president Uribe.

       At some point Santos warned of the possibility that the war would move to the cities, and this is possible because the FARC have committed two separate terrorist acts in cities like Cali, Medellin and Bogota. Now, the difficulty of an armed confrontation on the streets of major cities is an unlikely option, unless they decide to take control of some peripheral territories.

       But historically the fact of war in Colombia in the cities has resulted in terrorist attacks using car bombs and attacks hired assassins. Then, it would not be far from reality consider repeating these facts as retaliation FARC, something that was not supposed to happen when the agreement came into force. A bomb attack on an office of the Democratic Center or against one of its leaders could destabilize public order to the extent that the resurgence of paramilitary groups would be just around the corner, repeating the awful history of civil war that took place in Colombia during the 1980s and 1990s.

martes, 4 de octubre de 2016

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF COMMUNISM AND CAPITALISM PARADIGMAS



 Communism and capitalism as concepts and ideologies served as geopolitical paradigm in the twentieth century. Such concepts notoriously influenced the evolution of political, economic, social and cultural thought, to the point of transforming certain both Western and Eastern customs, but, what will be the paradigm of reference for the XXI century?

       Is totally anachronistic consider communism and capitalism as ideological, as doctrines, it is out of the new realities, and insist on this, would become a fundamentalist over both religious followers ultra-Orthodox who fill the world of hatred and rancor, destroying a large extent, creativity, development of thought and so many things that basically what it does is generate economic and institutional crisis.

       Communism as anachronistic ideology, because politicians and academics as reference what was the USSR and the writings of Marx at the time have been destroyed and past history as a kind of myth, simply the USSR does not exist as a political entity and Marxist thoughts have no basis to support their economic theories, it has simply been replaced by new paradigms.

       About capitalism, it is anachronistic in terms of its industrial design. It was the great road map during the twentieth century and faced other ideologies, translated into the political and economic liberalism. Also insist it is foolish and also tends to ideological fundamentalism. The major developed countries that both boasted of capitalism as England, USA, Japan, among many others, have transformed their systems and economic doctrines according to changing realities, as information technologies, the emergence of new consumer trends in addition, new social relations that have nothing to do with the conceptions of the past, have made one more myth of capitalism in societies.




       You need to change the paradigm; aspects like market have given rise to new political elements which in turn have been transformed thinking, what are these new concepts? Perhaps talks of postmodernity contribute something, but the same development of societies changing conceptions of reality, but it is necessary to reflect on it, and not fall into the ambiguity and anachronism of communism and capitalism.

lunes, 12 de septiembre de 2016

The day when die Álvaro Uribe Vélez

       Most likely the incumbent government decreed three days of mourning, with the impending protest of a sector of society that considered disrespectful to the great leader who has had Colombia in its history by so few days of mourning, and that surely, by irrational resentment of the country's leadership that never could appreciate the ideas of the great Uribe.

       When his coffin slowly pass through the avenues of Bogota, there will be crowds mourn and lament, beating a new record, as it will be more frantically cheered himself that Kim Il-Sung. They will be exposed banners with his face in different versions: Smiling among the crowds, with arms outstretched in the speech, or with a baby in her arms giving him a peck on the forehead of a thousand ways of addressing the people great Uribe.

       A group of true intellectuals propose writing to complete an encyclopedia with more volumes than the Espasa-Calpe dictionary, titled URIBE: The man and the legend. A schedule another university conferences and lectures only and exclusively to discuss their great ideals, research groups will be formed to analyze in depth their political, social, economic and cultural thoughts.

       Major world leaders like George W. Bush (father and son) and Donald Trump, along with personalities like former Attorney General Alejandro Ordoñez, among others, issued long messages in which they recall the great leader of Colombia because it will never be born in the world someone like him.

       And suddenly, in a fit through the pain of country, a group of young enthusiasts will try to paint the face of Uribe in the walls of the Capitol and the Palace of Nariño, but not be stopped, as it was an act of courage on the part patriots about wanting to perpetuate the memory of a great one.


       Then, after the days and years come another president with the same manipulations of masses and minds, it will create an even stronger imagination, to create effects in the people that will make great monuments in life, celebrate plays with titles that will take your name and crowds repeated again, this time with greater fanaticism, stupidity had cost the country as much out of it.

viernes, 6 de mayo de 2016

Why Donald Trump will be the new president of the United States


       When Dan Greaney, scriptwriter of the Simpson spoke about the reasons for the series in which Trump had been president, he argued that it was because the US had bottomed out, adding it was a vision in which America went crazy. Regardless that American society has bottomed out or not, the realities are transformed. It should be noted that the totalitarianisms have ascended to power through a thing called democracy.

The following are the reasons and the cultural, social, political, economic and historical that favors the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States:

1. Cultural reasons: While the United States does not face a war situation such as that experienced in the first half of the twentieth century, which affected almost came to hate democracy as a political and economic system, in which participation and pluralism were the pillars of society. Yes there is currently a transformation of mentalities, which has passed since the tolerance of the other, distrust the other, that is, that the marketing of the image to certain population groups, such as the case of immigrants, change drastically and exponentially thanks to the media in all its forms.

       This is due to historical actions of a social minority that exercises any form of violence, and has called terrorism, which is nothing other than ideological radicalism. Well, Trump, has managed to sell another way of terrorism but radicalizing what he calls conservative values, in a supposed defense of American culture.

2. Social reasons: Although well, there have been demonstrations against the many controversial statements Trump, primaries show that, for the moment, much of the population (including Latinos, Asians and other ethnic minority groups) They support this alternative, which, despite being ultra-conservative and orthodox, and even xenophobic, American society considers to be re-direct some ideals such as freedom and famous human rights.

       As if taking the civil society it is time for the law of retaliation, that eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth facing the real threat of the fundamentalists, and this extends, as a result, anyone who thinks and different.

3. Political reasons: The establishment, which represents the traditional politicians, although, ironically, the Republican and Democratic parties do traditional part of it, has generated distrust the long term. Since the establishment has shown itself incapable and weak to new geopolitical realities US, Trump, it has been commissioned to promote a stronger and firmer against the alleged political world.

       These is Trump’s words, not based or have the basis for a structural policy, which inevitably affect US diplomacy and world geopolitics at the expense of national security of both worries the Americans. Something similar to the policies of Otto von Bismarck, with its strong and firm policies fueled the First World War. Something that the population of U.S.A. He does not see or perceive, because what matters is the moment of the present.

4. The economic and historical reasons: Circumstantially Trump is a successful entrepreneur shown outside the political traditionalism and sells the image that your experience will improve the country's economy. According to the International Monetary Fund, the more likely it is that in U.S.A. a new economic crisis, therefore, the very slow recovery so does provide is present. Adolf Hitler was a politician who showed the weak outside traditional political, and that weakness was the one with the earlier global military and economic power, as was Germany, in a situation of social and political chaos.


       In support of its histrionic, xenophobic and radical speeches, always he appealed to German values, its history, and this, showing as a politician who acts supposedly around the law. German society was driven, also motivated by the media (but had small groups demonstrating against Hitler) to radically change their conception of the other, to transform its culture in a political culture, to conceive of democracy as a dictatorial democracy, which ended up affecting a terrible, horrible and painful way to the world, German society and its political, economic and historical conception.

viernes, 22 de abril de 2016

THE DAY FIDEL CASTRO DIES

       Raul Castro simulate great sadness and great loss to the nation and the Cuban revolution to the media, for soon, next week, make announcements on economic and political "openness", albeit with minute of silence everywhere and at all times.

       Thousands and thousands of people will take to the streets to watch the coffin will go to the cathedral for the last goodbye, followed by a long march of faithful and fervent revolutionary, also accompanied by leaders of the region as the presidents of Bolivia and Nicaragua , as for Venezuela, for that moment, Maduro will be in a jail in the US and the country will again be democratic. Others however, must necessarily accompany the coffin to be employees of the Cuban government. However, there will be thousands who sincerely mourn the great leader of the revolution.

       The media show images of Castro whole day for a week. Hundreds of journalists publish the overnight, books on the secrets of Castro and his biography, it is recalled, unauthorized biographies. After last at least two weeks of his death, interviews with family, friends and close the Castro government officials will be made.

       What about the political future of Cuba? Is the question of million  for a part of peace to the world pressure Raul Castro informed in advance (and hoping to stay in power even "just" for two decades) what will be his possible successor, it has been speculated, Miguel Diaz-Canel is. Should see defender of the revolution.

       Whatever the time that Raul Castro also die, the successor, in case it is Miguel Diaz-Canel or other character who takes over, it will become something like a Nikita Khrushchev, that Soviet leader who publicly denounced the Stalin ordered abuses and the collapse of his sculptures throughout the USSR. Otherwise, there would be a sort of Cuban perestroika, to pass a long but safe democratic process. Which, with its imperialism and all its neoliberal economic and social policies, the Cuban population will experience first freedom of expression, something novel at first, but after satisfactory.

domingo, 31 de enero de 2016

Ingrid Betancourt: From rabies in the heart until love for Colombia


       Seems that the famous phrase that says time heals everything has come true with the political leader and now writer Ingrid Betancur, who must understand that every beginning is difficult and for this has not been the exception his foray into the letters.

       I remember when I knew of the publication of his book The rage in his heart, I felt that Ingrid was a person with a certain cynicism and cruelty by portraying starkly some of the social vicissitudes and policies Colombia, as if things never had solution or if I had a bitter hatred against me, he did not know me, because I felt like the fact of being Colombian.

       And yet, every time the FARC published images Ingrid survival rather than strong, looked terribly stubborn in their whims, as willing to die without cause, in this case, she had become for me a rebel causeless.

       Shortly after being released by the glorious army of Colombia, Ingrid almost insulted Colombians by a new incident related by a symbolic compensation as she and representing about six million of dollars. I wanted to understand that was destroyed physically, morally, emotionally and psychologically from the trauma that his long kidnapping was staged, but no. Still he believed that absurd insistence to accuse an entire noble people had not cured despite much suffering.

       I began to think sometimes, or better, to imagine, with the idea of ​​someday speak in person and tell him admired for their courage and their offenses had no scars on my mind, that appreciated and therefore when they first he was kidnapped as a presidential candidate, he had voted for it. Well, from time to time I heard from her when he did some academic or social purpose in the world.

       It was a surprise when I recently heard again by the media talking about the peace process with the FARC. He was ready to receive severe criticism Colombians, perhaps remembering how was heading strongly in the past. She began to talk about the process ... excellent and something that caused me emotion, and was to hear him say that more than a political process; it was a process from the heart of reconciliation of all Colombians.


       Then I realized that Ingrid Betancur I had no such rage in his heart, but his love for Colombia and my admiration was reborn.