1. The withdrawal of Abdhullah the presidential election campaign in Afghanistan exposes the total lack of legitimacy of Hamid Karzai
2. 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall : Turn our attention to the other walls of shame that will fall one day
3. The atrocities continued in eastern Congo: UN forces are they complicit?
4. Militarization of Latin America by the United States: not really change that I expected Obama
5. Venezuela: the state of its democracy after 10 years in power of Hugo Chavez
6. A trip to Nepal will see how the Maoists are doing after three years in power
KARZAI
retirement of Abdullah the presidential race leaves Hamid Karzai to power in Afghanistan, but with no legitimacy
All are quite agree with the fact that he defrauded the last election
And Abdhullah withdrew himself, he said, because he could not be certain that Karzai would do not yet ... adding the arguments of the cost of the election and security issues
So Hamid Karzai is in power, but everyone recognizes that Afghanistan is corrupt
was denounced for years that it surrounds sellers of drugs, warlord and criminal
Canada and the U.S. simply can not defeat the insurgents while supporting a government as illegitimate
Even his own brother is involved in the drug market: Ahmed Wali Karzai, seen as a major heroin traffickers in Afghanistan
the country at the center of opium production since the U.S. invasion and NATO in 2001
As the New York Times has recently demonstrated, the president's brother was a CIA agent, receiving regular payments from the agency
... it all at the same time he looked after the opium market, and he was busy defrauding the presidential election in favor of his brother
Under NATO occupation, Almost every important Afghan had contacts with the drug market
And when we see the real state of affairs in Afghanistan, we see how Harper and Obama made a major blunder to continue our military adventure there
And the arguments that we fought for freedom and democracy are but wind
WALLS
Berlin Wall, also called the "wall of shame", was erected right in Berlin during the night of 12 to 13 August 1961 by the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
This wall and tried to stop the growing exodus of its inhabitants to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
Wall physically separating the city into East Berlin and West Berlin for more than twenty-eight years.
The weakening of the Soviet Union, led by Gorbachev's perestroika and the determination of East Germans, provoke, November 9, 1989, the Wall of Shame
So this week we have a right to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary worldwide
The biggest celebration outside of Germany takes place in Los Angeles, The Wall Project "... and the political message found there could surprise some
artists under contract for the event promised works that draw analogies between Berlin and moved to the wall that the Israelis have erected along the border with the West Bank and the wall that the U.S. built along the Mexican border
The two main performers are Shepard Fairey, creator of the famous Obama poster that reads HOPE Black and Thierry, a French painter known for his work on the Berlin Wall
Black said his attendance at the event will seek to draw comparisons between the Berlin wall and the wall separating the U.S. from Mexico, the main point being that no wall remains standing forever
Fairey For its part, is the artist will make the comparison with the wall of shame in Israel ...
Both artists seem to say that these two walls, like the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, should fall ... allowing the free movement of people ... So the Palestinians in Israel and Mexicans in the U.S.
Berlin Wall prevented the victims of Stalinism to regain their freedom in the west ...
The Israeli wall prevents victims of Zionism to regain their stolen land in Palestine
The wall on the Mexican border, like the Berlin Wall, a territory divided into two: those who at one time belonged completely to the Mexicans in California and South West ... Aztlan
Palestine reunited, the undivided Aztlan: What beautiful ways to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, representing the current fighting for freedom.
CONGO ATROCITIES
Some Congolese army soldiers commit war crimes by attacking violently to people they should just protect.
The continued willingness of MONUC to support military operations during which atrocities are committed implied in violations of the laws of war.
The holding force of UN peace support informed case of military operations during which atrocities are committed
Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and perpetrated a large number of rapes in the last three months,
during a military operation supported by the United Nations
keeping force of UN peacekeeping in Congo, MONUC, should suspend immediately its support for the military operation,
otherwise it runs the risk of being involved in further atrocities.
During two investigations in the field Eastern Congo in October 2009,
Human Rights Watch has documented the killings of at least 270 civilians deliberately committed by Congolese soldiers between the towns of Nyabiondo and Pinga
in a remote part of Northern Province Kivu since March.
Many of them were killed in two massacres in August in the villages and Mashango Ndoruma.
Most victims were women, children and the elderly.
Some were beheaded, others were cut with a machete, beaten to death with clubs or shot trying to escape.
Some Congolese army soldiers commit war crimes by attacking violently to people they should just protect
The mission of peacekeeping the UN is a partner of the Congolese army in the Kimia II began on March 2.
The aim is to forcibly disarm the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan Hutu militia, some of whose leaders participated in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
Soldiers of peacekeeping UN Congolese soldiers provide an important operational and logistical support, including Military firepower, transport and deliveries of rations and fuel.
One of the Congolese army massacres occurred in early August on the hill Mashango, 15 kms from Nyabiondo, where soldiers of the peacekeeping of the UN base.
at least 81 civilians were killed when soldiers of the Congolese army attacked five villages a few kilometers apart from each other, only one harbored rebel fighters.
Congolese soldiers perpetrators of the attack did not distinguish between combatants and civilians, often at point-blank shooting or killing their victims with machetes.
October 29, MONUC reported that the Congolese army had triggered further military operations in the area north of Nyabiondo, raising concerns about further attacks against civilians.
Congolese army soldiers had deliberately killed at least 505 civilians since the beginning of Kimia II from March to September.
It goes without saying that the war crimes committed by the FDLR militia in no way justifies the Congolese government soldiers are committing atrocities
The United Nations must consider strong on the role of its soldiers from the peacekeeping supporting operations leading up to such abuses.
MONUC has an obligation, before agreeing to support any military operation with the Congolese army, to ensure that such operations are planned and conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law.
MONUC can not participate in any transaction in which there are reasonable grounds for believing that the Congolese army units involved may violate international humanitarian law.
October 30, soldiers of the peacekeeping UN and the Congolese army have established a joint committee in North Kivu province to investigate human rights violations committed by army soldiers and commanders to divert abusers.
The creation of a similar committee is planned in South Kivu.
Military operations since January, including Kimia II, led to the disarmament of FDLR combatants in 1243 an estimated 6000, but
FDLR continues to recruit and their ability to attack civilians remains intact .
Soldiers of peacekeeping the UN should develop a comprehensive strategy to disarm the FDLR, making the protection of civilians a priority.
Their mandate allows soldiers to maintain Peace to use force to disarm the FDLR alone without joining forces with the Congolese army committing atrocities.
It is urgent to consider other options do not result in further violence against the population of eastern Congo to disarm the FDLR militias.
MILITARIZATION LATIN AMERICA
The U.S. was founded as an infant empire, in the words of George Washington
The conquest of territories has always been an integral part of this imperial adventure
From the earliest days, the control of its own hemisphere has been a central goal
And recently, Latin America has found its place in the overall planning of U.S.
For if the U.S. can not control their backyard, they can not hope to be successful elsewhere
The problem c is that South America has experienced a democratic revolution, trying to regain its independence, expanding its international links at the same time
Traditionally, Latin America is controlled by a minority among Europeanized overwhelming masses of poor and sufferers
In July, Washington and Colombia have concluded a agreement that allowed the use of seven U.S. military bases in Colombia
The official reason is to counter narco-traffickers and terrorism, but the idea is really to make Colombia the regional center of operations for the Pentagon
Colombia has by far the worst record on human rights violations in Latin America since the wars in Central America during the 1980s
And the correlation between U.S. aid and the violation of human rights is no doubt
Last February, the Committee of Latin America on Drugs and Democracy has published its analysis of the U.S. war against drugs in recent decades
the conclusion was no surprise that the war on drugs has been a dismal failure
and what we recommend is a radical change in policy ... away from tough measures towards solutions that are less costly and more effective: prevention and treatment of addictions to drugs
We know the drug war, as war crime and the war on terrorism, are all continuing for reasons other than securities ... the reasons are always revealed by the consequences
During the past decade, the U.S. increased their aid military and training of officers in Latin America to fight the radical populism
The 4th U.S. fleet, disbanded in 1950, was reactivated in 2008, shortly after the military incursion by Colombia into Ecuador
The 4th Fleet patrol, from the waters of the Caribbean, Central America and South
This militarization of South America aligns with the construction of U.S. bases around the world ... one in Baghdad rising cost of $ 1.8 billion per year
As mega embassies in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Not really changes promised during the election campaign of Barack Obama, at least not ones that everyone expected when he celebrated his victory at the same time last year
POLICY VENEZUELA
Ten years after the election of Hugo Chavez as president of Venezuela, the movement that inspired his election remains divided over its goals and strategies
It goes without saying that Hugo Chavez has become the face of Venezuela
His government has joined a powerful trade union movement, a progressive business sector, played an interventionist role in the economy and challenged the interests foreign economic
Before the beginning of the era beyond financial globalization during the 1980s, almost all those who wanted real change of policy advocated a statist approach, that is to say from top to bottom
The militant approach is more focused on relationships between equals that is built outside the traditional centers of power
The Chavista movement represents both of these approaches: there are those who advocate statist approach, as members of the United Socialist Party for Venezuela
There are Chavistas who are independent and highly critical of political parties vigorously defend and activist strategies, basic and horizontal
Including appoint candidates who present themselves for election
They are very critical of party leaders who tolerate corruption and bureaucratic behavior that kills enthusiasm for the Chavista movement
When the Constitutional Assembly of 1999, the activist base has vigorously defended the principle that direct democracy would replace representative democracy one day
But party leaders are more in favor of the vertical approach, state, seeing the Chavismo rather as a block that has to defend the revolutionary process
And therefore request that the unity of the movement, no matter the cost
This duality, very strong, in a great movement, the fact that neither one nor the other could take over over the last decade is truly a unique feature in the process put forward by Chavez
In 2004, we began to see the emergence of a democracy, a participatory economy in Venezuela
Creation tens of thousands of cooperatives, worker involvement in decision-making processes in public and private companies
In 2006, the creation of community councils, that monitor and even start public works and health programs
Meanwhile, the State has established structures encouraging popular participation, promoting socialist values, financing activities
activities of community groups and social movements during the reign of Chavez has certainly enhanced the confidence and pride of groups such as women, Afro-Venezuelan and indigenous peoples
But the fact remains that the attitude of antagonism between the leaders of both sides of the movement has not decreased
The fact that Chavez endorses the elements important on both sides shows that Venezuelan democracy is likely to experience a transformation that will deepen in the coming years
And a successful experience in Venezuela, will probably be a model for the left and progressive movements across the world, often fragmented and inefficient
NEPAL
We end the show by going to the top of the world, Nepal, where a conflict between two political forces threatens peace
Almost one million Nepalese took to the streets of Kathmandu April 24, 2006 in a historic demonstration for a return to parliamentary democracy
This peace rally gave hope that one of the poorest countries of the world could choose the path of peace, prosperity and security
Democracy, it seems, was the force amount that could heal the wounds of a Maoist insurgency for 10 years took 13 000 lives
Three years later, we see real signs of progress
Nepal has initiated a real peace process, from one of oldest monarchies in the world's youngest republic
And successfully conduct elections that gave birth to a coalition government led by Maoists
By cons, beyond appearances, the young peace process falters
Since the constitutional assembly in April 2008, the issue of integrating Maoist combatants into the army Nepal remains a thorny problem
Add a new constitution for the convention in May 2010, remake the country's infrastructure and so on
The Maoists are far from omnipotent, but they are the only political party capable of paralyzing the country ... their quest for supremacy in civil drafting a new constitution greatly disturbs centers traditional power
Above all that, there is the shadow of India, a powerful southern neighbor who acted imposed in a way, a peace process
And India has never been comfortable with the electoral victory of the Maoists and the repeated requests of the people to change
India has used tactics interventionist through Nepalese politicians to lead eventually to the overthrow of the Maoists
India is also the largest supplier of arms to Nepal Army
All this leads us to a new militarization of evolution Nepalese far from the spirit of peace and cooperation that existed in April 2006
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