Talking globally, putting the brakes on nationally

Article by Dr. Hermann Scheer published in the German Edition of  “Le Monde Diplomatique”, February issue, 2010

The secret motto of the World Climate Conference
The main reason why the public around the world were so shocked by the shameful outcome of the World Climate Conference in Copenhagen was that they were basically unprepared for failure. [...]

Europe's Fiscal Dystopia: the

EU Today, US Tomorrow
By MICHAEL HUDSON

Europe is committing fiscal suicide – and will have little trouble finding allies at this weekend’s G-20 meetings in Toronto. Despite the deepening Great Recession threatening to bring on outright depression, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet and prime ministers from Britain’s [...]

Quien Dijo Miedo, Katia Lara

Katia Lara lanzando su documental en Buenos Aires

La hondureña y directora de la nueva película documental “Quien Dijo Miedo”, Katia Lara, lanzó su documental en Buenos Aires. Fuimos  a comer después del estreno y se ve que su documental es un trabajo de amor por su pueblo y su resistencia al poder golpista. Se [...]

1810 stirrings of independence, 1910 the Belle Époque, 2010 the A.B.C.D. of poverty

Plastic waiting chairs await me in the spacious immigration offices built for streams of millions of European poor from Italy, Spain and other nations at war. The huddled masses arrived flea-bitten and seasick in their millions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These fine buildings are reminiscent of the best [...]

Walden Bello: The roles of China & The US in Climate Change

“While the corporations continue to believe in the strength of global supply chains.
Like any chain these are only a strong as their weakest link.”;
Walden Bello (Minute 21 of this video)

Hope from Bolivia on Earth Day

“In Copenhagen, the ALBA countries resisted the imposition of a non-solution. This showed that Latin America was not afraid to speak the truth to power, water is important, food is important, the climate and biodiversity must be protected. These are simple truths that even my grandmothers would understand were they still alive. I am still [...]

The Climate Bus from Buenos Aires to Cochabamba

Hello from Cochabamba Bolivia at the Evo Morales’ Climate conference where a delegation of Argentines and International journalists traveled more than 52 hours by bus to participate in an event that promises to change the dialogue over climate change. I organized the bus and one of the journalists published this piece about the journey and [...]

Media Advisory: Bolivia launches World Peoples’ Climate Summit at UNFCCC talks in Bonn

Pablo Solon, Bolivia’s ambassador to the UN, at a press conference during UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn on 10 April condemned continued attempts by some developed countries to impose a deeply flawed Copenhagen Accord as the basis for future negotiations: “The only way to get negotiations back on track not just for Bolivia or other countries, [...]

Sidelining the ‘Awkward Squad’

Editor’s note:

As someone who shall be going to a conference this month in Bolivia I would like to alert you all about the “Awkward Squad”, countries that think the UN is important and who prefer not to rubber stamp back-door discussions and ‘agreements’ and wait to die so that the no-so-awkward squad can squirm their [...]

Chavéz en Dinamarca

Discurso de Chávez en Copenhague por Hugo Chávez Frías, 1ro de enero de 2010, Desde Copenhague (Dinamarca)

XV Conferencia Internacional de la Organización de Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático Copenhague,
Reino de Dinamarca Miércoles, 16 de diciembre de 2009.

Señor Presidente, señores, señoras, excelencias, amigas y amigos;Les prometo que no voy a hablar más del que más ha [...]