No hay empresas de seguridad para los refugiados africanos Se prevé que la empresa británica de seguridad G4S obtenga unos generosos beneficios gracias a las crisis en Mali, Libia y Argelia. Reconocida como una de las mayores empresas de seguridad del mundo, la marca del grupo se desvalorizó durante las Olimpiadas de Londres del año pasado [...]

…and the People Suffer The entrance of the French military into the Malian civil war further complicates a descent into hell which that country has been experiencing for the last two years. Mainstream media attention has largely focused on the emergence of right-wing Islamists associated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and the threat that [...]

La guerra fue largamente anunciada. No así el desenlace. El pasado 10 de enero el gobierno francés inició una intervención militar en el norte de Mali, después de varios meses de discusiones en diversos foros, y tras una desesperada solicitud de ayuda realizada por el presidente interino Dioncounda Traoré. El casus belli fue la toma [...]

No Security Firms for African Refugees The British security firm G4S is set to rake in massive profits thanks to crises in Mali, Libya and Algeria. Recognized as the world’s biggest security firm, the group’s brand plummeted during the London Olympics last year due to its failure to satisfy conditions of a government contract. But [...]

And A Licence To Lie Is Hollywood’s Gift A full-scale invasion of Africa is under way. The United States is deploying troops in 35 African countries, beginning with Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. Reported by Associated Press on Christmas Day, this was missing from most Anglo-American media.

LONDRES – Hay que adorar el sonido de un caza jet Mirage 2000 francés por la mañana. Huele como… un delicioso desayuno neocolonial en salsa Hollandesa. Digamos salsa de cenagal.

A friend recently told me how a relative of theirs was most concerned about developments in Egypt, given the dominance of the right-wing Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. I have heard similar such concerns raised, as conservative Islamists have come to play major roles in post-uprising governments, e.g., Tunisia, Egypt. In some cases, there is an implication [...]

“Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks. The accounts by two former Libyan detainees who said they underwent simulated drowning emerge only days after the [...]

 Iraq, Libia, Siria: no tenemos derecho a creernos Dios En una película tradicional de vaqueros, sabemos qué hacer: buscamos al sujeto que lleva el sombrero blanco para saber a quién aplaudir, y al que lleva el sombrero negro para saber quién merece morir, de preferencia horriblemente, antes de que empiecen a mostrar los créditos. Si Hollywood [...]

Iraq, Libya, Syria: We have no right to play God In a traditional cowboy movie, we know what to do: we look for the guy wearing the white hat to be sure who to cheer, and for the one wearing the black hat to know who deserves to die, preferably gruesomely, before the credits roll. If [...]