Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday 18 May 2013

Bolivia: Pension Law, Morales Blames Protestors” plus 29 more : Eurasia Review

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:59 PM PDT
Bolivia President Evo Morales has appealed his supporters to “defend democracy” in the face of massive protests organized by the Bolivian Workers Central (COB) union, which has been demanding a reform on the pension law for the past 11 days. The COB, which promoted a strike that was progressively subscribed by various sectors, “even went [...] The post Bolivia: Pension Law, Morales Blames Protestors appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:53 PM PDT
The South African government has called on the international community to respect the sovereignty of Syria and let them decide their future without any interference. South Africa — which has been calling for the immediate end to all forms of violence and for parties without any pre-condition to enter into dialogue that would assist them [...] The post South Africa Says Respect Syria’s Sovereignty appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:50 PM PDT
Iranian customs says imports into the country were down sharply last month compared to the same period in 2012. According to the report, imports fell from $3.3 billion in April of 2012 to $1.3 billion in April of 2013. Meanwhile, the export of petroleum products has also dropped by $312 million in the first month [...] The post Iran’s Trade Stats Drop Well Below April’s Figures appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:46 PM PDT
By James Phillips One negative implication of the Obama Administration’s “lead from behind” efforts on the worsening Syria crisis is that U.S. allies have independently stepped forward to advance their own interests by backing various rival groups within the ad hoc Syrian opposition coalition. These external aid efforts, often pursued with little coordination, have bolstered [...] The post US ‘Lead From Behind’ Policy Failing Syria – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:39 PM PDT
By Gilbert Rozman As observers struggle to predict the future of East Asia, they face a familiar choice among three schools of thought — realist theorists, who foresee the danger of conflict over the balance of power; liberal theorists, who have argued for economic integration resulting in shared values; and constructivist theorists, who focus on [...] The post The China-Japan Clash: What Is Behind It? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:26 PM PDT
China is providing large amounts of fertilizer to its ally North Korea and plans to send food aid to the impoverished nation, according to sources inside the country, despite backing international sanctions meant to punish the regime for pursuing its nuclear weapons program. North Korean sources told RFA’s Korean Service that Beijing had delivered fertilizer [...] The post China Ignores Sanctions And Sends Aid To North Korea appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:24 PM PDT
By John Zaw Myanmar released more than 20 political prisoners on Friday just hours ahead of President Thein Sein’s departure for a state visit to the United States, according to a government official. Ye Aung, a member of the government’s political prisoners scrutiny committee and a former political prisoner, welcomed the amnesty but said all [...] The post Burma Frees More Political Prisoners Ahead Of State Visit To US appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 07:21 PM PDT
By Daniel DePetris Millions of Iraqis made national history last month when they voted in provincial elections secured entirely by the Iraqi army and police. For a country that was in the depths of a vicious sectarian civil war only six years ago, merely defending a nationwide vote is a big accomplishment. But to say [...] The post Iraq: Trouble On The Other Side Of The Euphrates – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 04:48 PM PDT
Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. Robots could also help evacuate injured servicemen and civilians from the scene of a terrorist attack, said Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry. Other antiterror equipment Russia is developing includes systems that [...] The post Russia Developing ‘Terrorist-Killer Robots’ appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 04:43 PM PDT
By Fatima Tlisova (RFE/RL) — Federal investigators in the United States have learned that the main suspect in last month’s Boston Marathon bombings met with an exiled former Chechen rebel fighter in Manchester, New Hampshire less than a month before carrying out the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260. Police in [...] The post FBI Probes Exiled Chechen Rebel For Link To Boston Bombing Suspect appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 02:23 PM PDT
America’s new Burma policy adopted by the Obama administration, a combination of increasing engagement and maintaining economic sanctions, was the prime mover in urging Thein Sein to introduce reforms after more than half a century of repressive military rule, when he became an elected head of state in 2011 November. Obama became the first sitting [...] The post Will President Obama Emphasize R2P On Thein Sein? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 01:46 PM PDT
The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt. “Most of the subsidies do not go to the people who really need them,” said Osama Kamal, who until [...] The post Egypt Prepares For Subsidy Shake-Up – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 01:39 PM PDT
By Tina Zhvania An attempt to hold a march against homophobia in the Georgian Tbilisi ended in rioting as hostile protesters attacked participants and police lines crumbled. Dozens of people were injured, including journalists and police officers trying to escort people away from the trouble. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili condemned the May 17 violence, saying, [...] The post Georgia: Anti-Gay Riot Rocks Tbilisi Capital appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 01:36 PM PDT
By Jim Garamone President Barack Obama intends to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti to receive his fourth star and to succeed Army Gen. James D. Thurman as the commander of U.S. Forces in Korea, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today. Thurman, who assumed his post in July 2011, is retiring. Scaparrotti currently serves [...] The post Obama To Nominate Scaparrotti To Replace Thurman In Korea appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 01:29 PM PDT
THERE WAS this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors – as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their [...] The post Women Of The Wall – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 01:09 PM PDT
(Civil.Ge) — The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, has called for calm after violence that erupted after aggressive anti-gay protesters, led by Orthodox clergy, thwarted a rally by a small group of gay rights activists to mark the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17. “We distance from violence,” Patriarch Ilia [...] The post Georgia Patriarch Calls For Calm After Orthodox Groups Thwart Gay Rights Rally appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 01:06 PM PDT
By Drazen Remikovic As Croatia prepares to take its place in the EU, officials say they have purged voter registration rolls of more than 700,000 phantom voters and those who do not have permanent residences in the country as the government addresses the two-decade-old problem of establishing accurate voter lists. Experts and election watchdogs welcomed [...] The post Croatia Works To Erase Phantom Voters Ahead Of Sunday Elections appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT
“In Argentina it is not yet possible to speak of reconciliation, and Jorge Videla is also responsible for this,” said Alberto Barlocci, coordinator of the Latin American Catholic journal , ‘Ciudad Nueva’, reacting to news of the death of Videla, who was the first hierarch of the dictatorship to be dealt a life imprisonment sentence [...] The post Argentina: Videla’s Death And The Thirst For Justice – Interview appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 12:53 PM PDT
“This systematic abuse cannot be fixed with just one resignation, or two,” said David Camp, the Republican chairman of the House tax-writing committee, at an oversight hearing Friday morning dealing with the IRS. “This is not a personnel problem. This is a problem of the IRS being too large, too intrusive, too abusive.” David Camp [...] The post The IRS And The Real Scandal – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 12:46 PM PDT
Government security branches in Raqqa city hold documents and potential physical evidence indicating that detainees were arbitrarily detained and tortured there while the city was under government control. Human Rights Watch researchers visited the State Security and Military Intelligence facilities in Raqqa, now under the de facto control of local armed opposition groups, in late [...] The post HRW Visit To Syria Reveals Torture Chambers appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 12:43 PM PDT
By Dr. Ahmed Yousef The “Arab Spring”, as we now have come to know it, has seemingly changed the nature of politics and the balance of power in the Middle East forever. The West was caught off guard and after initially grappling with the new situation, are now dealing with Islamist parties whom they had [...] The post Hamas, The Arab Spring And The West – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 12:40 PM PDT
“Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and costing millions of responsible Americans their jobs and their homes, our housing market is healing. Sales are up.  Foreclosures are down.  Construction is expanding.  And thanks to rising home prices over the past year, 1.7 million [...] The post Obama And The Housing Boondoggle – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT
By Gustavo Vega Mansilla Translated from Spanish: Peter Tase Jeton Kelmendi has written a poem, “Thoughts of the Soul” which says: “Making hundreds of paths…”, that brought me to the thought of a deep sense of a path as a metaphor of the process of life, a life revived in the poetic word. A path [...] The post Jeton Kelmendi’s Verses: Exploring The Intricate Path Of Life – Review appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 10:35 AM PDT
One in 10 people under 25 are Muslim, while Christianity is in decline, the 2011 UK census reveals. An explosion in the Muslim population and an aging Christian demographic could mean Islam will be the dominant religion in the UK in 10 years. A new analysis of the 2011 census by the Office for National [...] The post Islam Projected To Be Dominant UK Religion In 10 Years appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 10:30 AM PDT
By Lucia Pivetta Cyclone Mahasen began crossing Bangladesh’s southern coast on Thursday morning, its path projected to collide into upper Burma (Myanmar) in the next 24 hours. The storm has already brought onto the table issues related to environmental security and how to best cope with environmental risks. Climate change has been a widely explored [...] The post Bangladesh: Cyclone Mahasen Puts Environmental Security On Agenda appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discussed the defense relationship between the United States and Turkey with Turkish officials in a Pentagon meeting today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Little said Hagel met with Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Hakan Fidan, undersecretary of Turkey’s [...] The post Hagel Discusses Defense Relationship With Turkish Officials appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 10:21 AM PDT
By Jim Garamone The crime of sexual assault undermines the trust needed for the U.S. military to do its missions, President Barack Obama said after meeting with his military leaders today. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the service secretaries, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and the rest of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met [...] The post Obama Concerned About Sexual Assault In US Military appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT
Why are big, global U.S. corporations so unpatriotic? After all, they were created in the U.S.A., rose to immense profit because of the toil of American workers, are bailed out by American taxpayers whenever they’re in trouble, and are safeguarded abroad by the U.S. military. Yet these corporate goliaths work their tax lawyers overtime to [...] The post Ralph Nader: Why Are Global US Corporations Unpatriotic – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 10:02 AM PDT
Israel is considering more air strikes on Syria to prevent the transfer of arms to “Islamist militants” in the region according to the New York Times. The report, citing an unnamed Israeli official, also warned “if Syrian President Bashar Al Assad reacts by attacking Israel, he will risk forfeiting his regime, for Israel will retaliate”. [...] The post Israel May ‘Pre-Emptively’ Strike Syria Sgain, Says Israeli Official appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 17 May 2013 09:56 AM PDT
The status quo in the north is neither stable nor productive. Whatever responsibility Albanians have, Serbs must accept their own responsibility for the lack of perspective in the north. The duty of interested outsiders is to help the population see that its interests lie in embracing the change, not fleeing from it. Implementation won’t be [...] The post Kosovo: The Truth Will Set Serbs In North Free – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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