Carta al Presidente Obama Sr. Presidente de los EEUU de Norteamérica Barack Obama

Esta frase idiomática estadounidense, acuñada en 1959, se refiere a una verdad tan grande y tan obvia que no puede ser ignorada, y que sin embargo lo es.

The Second Amendment does NOT guarantee the right of any and all citizens to own any and all kinds of guns. It DEMANDS, in the name of national security, that we regulate it.

Observatorio denuncia el aumento del femenicidio y dice que la justicia es cómplice de los agresores Reuniendo informaciones de organizaciones integrantes de la Red de Mujeres Contra la Violencia (RMCV) de Nicaragua y de medios de comunicación locales, el Observatorio Nacional de Violencia de Pareja, Violencia Sexual y Femenicidio presentó su Informe Nonestral de Femenicidio 2012. [...]

Remember the 20 children who died in Newtown, Connecticut. Remember the 35 children who died in Gaza this month from Israeli bombardments.

The Sandy Hook massacre isn’t just about the need for gun control laws, it is about a culture that condones the killing of children and teaches children that killing is okay. It is about a country addicted to violence on television and movie screens.

My eyes fill with tears as I hear the news of the mass shooting in Connecticut, where most of those killed were elementary school children. As a parent with children of similar ages, I can only imagine the grief of those who lost the most precious thing in their lives today. And as a person [...]

Un anciano en Gaza sostenía una pancarta que decía: Me quitan mi agua, queman mis olivos, destruyen mi casa, me quitan mi empleo, roban mis tierras, encarcelan a mi padre, matan a mi madre, bombardean mi país, nos matan de hambre, nos humillan, pero yo tengo la culpa: disparo un cohete en respuesta. El mensaje [...]

An old man in Gaza held a placard that reads: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.” [1]

A massive humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Central Africa, where fighting has displaced tens of thousands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from Goma for “logistical reasons,” defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. [...]