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Showing posts with label iran. Show all posts

HILLARY CLINTON: Democracy More Than Elections

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Thursday, July 16, 2009 , under , , , , , , | comments (0)



Hillary Clinton came back to the spotlight yesterday with a speech at the Council of Foreign Relations. A well written and well delivered speech that didn't get enough attention. I am not sure why because it is a complete presentation of the goals, the policies and the positions that she has been trying to implement and that will be central to her work as Secretary of State. A 'multi-partnered world' .With a clear and strong message to Iran, Clinton talks about how democracies go well beyond the mere act of holding elections. This applies to Iran but also to Venezuela or Honduras as she implies. The speech also incorporates references to Latin America, the Summit of the Americas, the Cairo Speech and the G-8 Summit and reasserts her goals in light of these new developments. It is a must.

Apologists: Iran then. Venezuela and Honduras now.

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Friday, July 3, 2009 , under , , , , | comments (0)



The Huffington Post has an article titled 'The Other 9/11 Has Returned to Stalk Latin America', concerning the recent coup or constitutional change in Honduras and the Chavista Revolution in Venezuela. I beg to differ from the author of this article. Like apologists of the so called Iranian Revolution 30 years ago, the Bolivarian Revolution has many. I hope it doesn't take them 30 years to see the light. 'El gendarme necesario' could be an military man or a president. Both have to be fought. 
Following is my comment on the Huff Post:



Apologists of the Iranian Revolution 30 years ago received the message loud and clear this past Iranian Election: Your revolution is a fraud, after all.
I know many Venezuelans, a mayority, keep fighting to prevent the Bolivarian Revolution to be around for 30 long years. Many, a mayority, already know that the Chavista regime is not up to the part in conducting our res publica. A fraud is a fraud is a fraud. Irán or Venezuela.
30 years is a lot of time to waste. We want a REAL Progressive Venezuelan Goverment and Society. Anything else is out of the question. Chávez wants to be 'el gerdarme necesario'. Venezuelans keep telling him: 'we don't need such a man'. A false left, misguided and criminal, like the one Chavez and Co., are trying to spread, is an anachronistic remnant of 18th century Caudillismo. It is a total affront to a 21st century individual.
The Club 'President Forever' is getting away with trampling constitutions, civil liberties and plurality all based on the idea of saving the people from the oligarchy. Is soooooo tired. Specially when the gap between talk and action in real life is so insulting. For a Progressive Venezuela.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

IRAN'S DICTATOR SPEAKS! PARODY

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Monday, June 22, 2009 , under , , , | comments (0)





Making Fun of a Dictator! FROM YOUTUBE VIA NICO PITNEY @ THEHUFFPOST


IRAN'S UPRISING. Video Tribute

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Iran, la rivoluzione di Twitter
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Iran's Uprising. A tribute with images and text from messages posted on Twitter. Is called 'The witter Revolution'.


LA "REVOLUCION" EN IRAN CUMPLE 30

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Monday, February 9, 2009 , under , , , , | comments (0)



Quiero compartir este reportaje del periódico español El País sobre los 30 años de la caida del Shá de Irán. El reportaje titulado De aquella revolución sólo queda el desencanto entrevista por ejemplo, a iraníes que participaron en el lllamado de Jomeini a derrocar al Shá, ademas de opiniones de en qué y cuanto se ha avanzado en Irán desde entonces. El artículo comienza asi:
"Llegué a ver el rostro de Jomeini en la luna", recuerda ahora incrédulo A. H., que siendo un joven oficial del Ejército del sha participó en la revolución que le derribó en 1979. "Fui un revolucionario", admite con una mezcla de orgullo y desencanto. Como él, millones de iraníes siguieron la llamada de Jomeini a finales de 1978 y principios de 1979, para salir a la calle y echar del poder a Mohamed Reza Pahlevi. Treinta años después, aquella generación sigue gobernando, pero la República Islámica aún no ha resuelto algunos de los problemas que desataron un movimiento revolucionario sin precedentes en el mundo musulmán. "Éramos jóvenes; no analizábamos las cosas. Nos limitábamos a repetir los eslóganes y creíamos a pies juntillas en las palabras del imam", manifiesta este hombre de 55 años que hizo la transición a las nuevas Fuerzas Armadas y luchó durante los ocho años de guerra con Irak. Hoy, ya jubilado, ha perdido aquel entusiasmo. "Poco a poco, mis compañeros y yo nos dimos cuenta de que nos habían engañado", admite sopesando sus palabras." Siga el artículo aquí