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La Marea Blanca vuelve a clamar contra la privatización sanitaria

May 19th, 2013 Comments Off
La Marea Blanca vuelve a clamar contra la privatización sanitaria

(Diario Público, 19/05/13) – Miles de personas han vuelto a salir a las calles, por quinta vez este año, contra la externalización de los servicios sanitarios madrileños y la gestión de hospitales y centros de salud. Miles de personas, entre profesionales del sector sanitario, ciudadanos y representantes de sindicatos y partidos políticos, han participado este domingo en la décima Marea Blanca que ha convocado la mesa en defensa de la sanidad pública en Madrid. Aunque no han aportado aún cifras

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S’acheter un hameau en Espagne

May 19th, 2013 Comments Off
S'acheter un hameau en Espagne

(R.Quelart – La Vanguardia, 19/05/13) – Conséquence de l’exode rural des années 1950, près de 3 000 villages espagnols sont totalement désertés. Profitant de la baisse des prix liée à la crise immobilière, des particuliers n’hésitent pas à les acheter. Surtout des étrangers. Chute des prix de l’immobilier, tendance nouvelle à se tourner davantage vers la nature, à fuir les grandes villes et à adopter des comportements moins consuméristes, mais aussi travail à domicile grâce à Internet : tous les

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Evo Morales llama al pueblo boliviano a defender la democracia

May 19th, 2013 Comments Off
Evo Morales llama al pueblo boliviano a defender la democracia

(AVN, 17/05/13) – Después de 10 días de protestas violentas estimuladas por sectores sindicales, en los que se han bloqueado carreteras, volado puentes y provocado disturbios con la policía, el presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, hizo este viernes un llamado enfático a defender la democracia boliviana y en particular el proceso de transformación social que se inició en 2006 con su llegada al poder. “Convoco a defender primero la democracia y si somos de este proceso defender este proceso de

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How the US Turned Three Pacifists Into ‘Multiple Felony Saboteurs’

May 19th, 2013 Comments Off
How the US Turned Three Pacifists Into 'Multiple Felony Saboteurs'

(F.Quigley – AlterNet, 16/05/13) – In just ten months, the United States managed to transform an 82 year-old Catholic nun and two pacifists from non-violent anti-nuclear peace protestors accused of misdemeanor trespassing into federal felons convicted of violent crimes of terrorism.  Now in jail awaiting sentencing for their acts at an Oak Ridge, TN nuclear weapons production facility, their story should chill every person concerned about dissent in the US. Here is how it happened. In the early morning hours

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Brazil: the price of fear

May 19th, 2013 Comments Off
Brazil: the price of fear

(IRIN, 15/05/13) – In slums where killings, rape, kidnappings and other criminal violence are commonplace, say researchers, lives and livelihoods are hampered by a force that is tough to measure: Fear. “We talk about homicide rates and deaths. Fear is a huge part of the protection mandate, and we don’t measure it well,” said Ronak Patel, director of the urbanization and crises programme at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He said surveys in recent years in slums in the Kenyan capital

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Greece tops EU unemployment rate as eurozone sets new jobless record

April 30th, 2013 Comments Off
Greece tops EU unemployment rate as eurozone sets new jobless record

(Ekathimerini, 30/04/13) – The unemployment rate in Greece is the highest among European Union countries, according to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday, which showed that joblessness in the eurozone had reached record levels. The Eurostat figures pointed to 27.2 percent of Greece’s workforce being unemployed, with 59.1 percent of the under-25 age group seeking work. The Eurostat data released related to figures recorded in March 2013 with regard to European Union and eurozone countries, whereas in the case of

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Kosovo : cinq médecins condamnés pour un trafic d’organes international

April 30th, 2013 Comments Off
Kosovo : cinq médecins condamnés pour un trafic d'organes international

(Piotr Smolar – Le Monde, 29/04/13) – Des peines historiques ont été prononcées à Pristina, lundi 29 avril, contre cinq médecins impliqués dans le plus vaste trafic d’organes jamais mis au jour sur le continent européen. La clinique Medicus, au cœur de ce trafic, était située dans la capitale kosovare. C’est donc là qu’a été initiée l’enquête, confiée à Jonathan Ratel, un magistrat international relevant de la mission civile européenne EULEX, qui contribue à l’établissement d’un État de droit au

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Venezuela, anatomía de una ofensiva golpista

April 24th, 2013 Comments Off
Venezuela, anatomía de una ofensiva golpista

(Íñigo Errejón – Diario Público, 24/04/13) – La victoria de Nicolás Maduro en las elecciones presidenciales del 14 de abril en Venezuela por poco más de 273.000 votos y 1,83 puntos de diferencia fue mucho más estrecha de lo esperado por propios y extraños, incluyendo a los electores que con independencia de sus preferencias declaraban en los sondeos sentirse seguros de su triunfo. El chavismo no sólo es la primera fuerza electoral, sino que sigue siendo la principal identidad política

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Sus méritos, y no las “palancas”, les permitirá ingresar a una universidad

April 21st, 2013 Comments Off
Sus méritos, y no las "palancas", les permitirá ingresar a una universidad

In Ecuador, una volta terzo mondo, il governo ha riformato il sistema di accesso all’università privilegiando il merito rispetto al censo e, di fatto, aprendo la strada verso la completà gratuiticità degli studi. Mentre in Italia, una volta primo mondo, stiamo percorrendo il cammino contrario.

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Qatar, au royaume de l’esclavage moderne

April 21st, 2013 Comments Off
Qatar, au royaume de l'esclavage moderne

Domestico, operaio qualificato oppure uomo d’affari: non è facile essere un immigrato nel Qatar, dove le condizioni di lavoro sono spesso disumane.

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Monsanto, after patent victory over Du Pont, creates world’s largest GMO monopoly

April 21st, 2013 Comments Off
Monsanto, after patent victory over Du Pont, creates world's largest GMO monopoly

Il mercato globale dei semi da coltura OGM, di cui si conosce molto poco, è uno dei più ignobili e concentrati che esistano, se lo condono le multinazionali Monsanto (13,5 miliardi di dollari di vendite annue nel 2012) e Du Pont (35,3 miliardi di dollari di vendite annue nel 2012).

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Global resistance to tax havens is growing — especially in Europe

April 21st, 2013 Comments Off
Global resistance to tax havens is growing — especially in Europe

Ormai è risaputo! Più sei ricco e meno tasse pagherai, perchè pagando qualche buon commercialista sarà sempre possibile creare una società in qualche paese più benevolo e usufruire dei marchingegni giuridico-finanziari creati ad hoc per te.

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RDC : les francs-maçons à Kinshasa… discrets, mais pas trop

April 21st, 2013 Comments Off
RDC : les francs-maçons à Kinshasa... discrets, mais pas trop

I massoni sono particolarmente attivi anche in Africa, dove le materie prime abbondano e le strutture amministrative permeabili alla loro penetrazione. Inchiesta nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo.

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Italy questions NIA’s jurisdiction

April 21st, 2013 Comments Off
Italy questions NIA’s jurisdiction

Continua l’interminabile caso dei due marò italiani sotto inchiesta in India. Sono accusati di aver ucciso due pescatori scambiati per pirati, mentre scortavano una nave.

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Laissons les Groenlandais décider de leur avenir

March 11th, 2013 Comments Off

(Le Courrier international, 11/03/13) – Beaucoup de choses ont changé au Groenland depuis la dernière élection, estime le quotidien danois Jyllands-Posten à la veille des élections législatives. Suite au référendum consultatif qui s’est tenu fin 2008, les Groenlandais ont obtenu plus d’autonomie vis-à-vis du Danemark, l’ancien colonisateur. Ainsi la plus grande île du monde décide aujourd’hui pour elle-même dans tous les domaines, sauf ceux des affaires étrangères, de la sécurité et des finances. Le Danemark subventionne le Groenland à hauteur

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Evo: `estoy seguro que el Imperio envenenó a Chávez´

March 11th, 2013 Comments Off

(Insurgente.org, 10/03/13) – El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, ha declarado este sábado en La Paz, capital del país, que el difunto presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez fue envenenado por el Imperio. Morales, en un acto público en el palacio presidencial de ‘Quemado, después de su retorno de la capital venezolana, donde participó de los funerales del exjefe de estado, aduce: “Estoy casi convencido que es un envenenamiento al compañero Chávez, para acabar con su vida”. El jefe de Estado

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Europe’s lost generation findsa voice in the Five Star Movement

March 11th, 2013 Comments Off
Europe's lost generation findsa voice in the Five Star Movement

(Spiegel Online International, 08/03/13) – For years, Europe’s young have grown increasingly furious as the euro crisis has robbed them of a future. The emergence of Beppe Grillo’s party in Italy is one of the results – and is just the latest indication that disgust towards European politics is widespread. Only a few weeks ago, they hardly would have thought it was possible. But now here they are; their first public appearance following their surprise success in the Italian general

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In Grecia è un lusso perfino ammalarsi

March 11th, 2013 Comments Off
In Grecia è un lusso perfino ammalarsi

(M.Acqua Simi – Il Giornale del Popolo, 08/03/13) – In questi giorni la troika dell’UE si è recata ancora ad Atene per decidere se e quanti fondi stanziare per questa Grecia che proprio non ce la fa a rialzarsi da sola. Il Governo è allo sbando, gli ultranazionalisti di Alba Dorata spadroneggiano sulle tv con slogan assai poco incoraggianti (come l’ultimo, di ieri, che incita a «fare saponette» degli immigrati). Il costo totale del salvataggio è di 244 miliardi di

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