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Vol. XII, No. 5 www.cubatradenews.com May 2010 Ag debate shifts to privatizing distribution radually moving the focus of reform Selling debate from state decentralization to potatoes part-privatization,G private farmers at a three- in Trinidad, day congress of the National Association of Cuba Small Farmers (ANAP) blamed the state for bottlenecks in food production and distribution in Cuba, and — while not using the p-word — proposed more privatization of distribution. Photo: Rosino, Wikimedia Photo: Rosino, In a 37-point resolution, the organization representing some 362,000 private farmers supports the expansion of suburban agriculture with direct distribution to Also see: city outlets, and suggests allowing the Opinion direct sale of cattle to slaughterhouses page 3 by cooperatives, direct farm sales to the tourist sector, and that the state promote and support farm-based micro-processing plants for local crops, whose products should be freely sold on markets. Private farmers — ranging from small landowners leasing state land to cooperative Cont’d on page 5 U.S. grants Cuba travel license to Houston-based oil group he International Association of Drilling Contractors Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control rejected IADC’s received a travel license from the U.S. Department of first license application in December. Al Fox and the group TreasuryT May 19, allowing the Houston-based group to send appealed and reapplied in March; OFAC granted the license a delegation to Cuba within three months, Tampa lobbyist and Continued on next page businessman Al Fox told Cuba Trade & Investment News. This marks the first time a U.S. -
Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930S
Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930s Ariel Mae Lambe Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2014 © 2014 Ariel Mae Lambe All rights reserved ABSTRACT Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930s Ariel Mae Lambe This dissertation shows that during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) diverse Cubans organized to support the Spanish Second Republic, overcoming differences to coalesce around a movement they defined as antifascism. Hundreds of Cuban volunteers—more than from any other Latin American country—traveled to Spain to fight for the Republic in both the International Brigades and the regular Republican forces, to provide medical care, and to serve in other support roles; children, women, and men back home worked together to raise substantial monetary and material aid for Spanish children during the war; and longstanding groups on the island including black associations, Freemasons, anarchists, and the Communist Party leveraged organizational and publishing resources to raise awareness, garner support, fund, and otherwise assist the cause. The dissertation studies Cuban antifascist individuals, campaigns, organizations, and networks operating transnationally to help the Spanish Republic, contextualizing these efforts in Cuba’s internal struggles of the 1930s. It argues that both transnational solidarity and domestic concerns defined Cuban antifascism. First, Cubans confronting crises of democracy at home and in Spain believed fascism threatened them directly. Citing examples in Ethiopia, China, Europe, and Latin America, Cuban antifascists—like many others—feared a worldwide menace posed by fascism’s spread. -
Euroscepticism in Political Parties of Greece
VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND DIPLOMACY DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Eimantas Kočanas EUROSCEPTICISM IN POLITICAL PARTIES OF GREECE Master’s Thesis Contemporary European politics study program, state code 621L20005 Political sciences study direction Supervisor: Prof. Doc. Mindaugas Jurkynas Defended: PMDF Dean - Prof. Doc. Šarūnas Liekis Kaunas 2016 European Union is like a painting displayed in a museum. Some admire it, others critique it, and few despise it. In all regards, the fact that the painting is being criticized only shows that there is no true way to please everybody – be it in art or politics. - Author of this paper. 1 Summary Eimantas Kocanas ‘Euroscepticism in political parties of Greece’, Master’s Thesis. Paper supervisor Prof. Doc. Mindaugas Jurkynas, Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Diplomacy and Political Sciences. Faculty of Political Sciences. Euroscepticism (anti-EUism) had become a subject of analysis in contemporary European studies due to its effect on governments, parties and nations. With Greece being one of the nations in the center of attention on effects of Euroscepticism, it’s imperative to constantly analyze and research the eurosceptic elements residing within the political elements of this nation. Analyzing eurosceptic elements within Greek political parties, the goal is to: detect, analyze and evaluate the expressions of Euroscepticism in political parties of Greece. To achieve this: 1). Conceptualization of Euroscepticism is described; 2). Methods of its detection and measurement are described; 3). Methods of Euroscepticism analysis are applied to political parties of Greece in order to conclude what type and expressions of eurosceptic behavior are present. To achieve the goal presented in this paper, political literature, on the subject of Euroscepticism: 1). -
Gerardo Diego Y Guillermo De Torre Carlos García (Hamburg)
Gerardo Diego y Guillermo de Torre Carlos García (Hamburg) A pesar de la importancia que ambos corresponsales adquirieron en sus res pectivos campos (poeta y crítico el uno, historiador de la literatura de vanguar dia y crítico el otro), apenas hay trabajos que se ocupen en detalle de la rela ción que Gerardo Diego y Guillermo de Torre mantuvieron por varios de cenios –conflictiva, sí, pero no por ello ca ren te de interés. El único trabajo relevante que hallo es el de Julio Neira: “Fidelidad creacionista de Gerardo Diego” (Ínsula 642, Madrid, ju nio de 2000, pp. 23-27), donde se publican y co mentan algunas cartas entre Diego, Torre y José de Ciria y Escalante, de las cuales se ha blará más abajo. Por mi parte, me propongo publicar algunos testimo- nios iné di tos o poco conocidos, glosándolos someramente para tornarlos comprensibles. Por una cues tión de espacio, deberé limitarme a resaltar algunos momentos de esta relación. Descontando los diferentes talantes y las dispares preferencias poéticas, la frustrada relación entre el chileno Vicente Huidobro y Torre está en la raíz de los conflictos entre éste y Diego. Hay mucha literatura sobre el tema, del cual me he ocupado en otro sitio 1. Está por ver la luz en Madrid, además, el episto la rio que Hui dobro mantuvo con Diego, Juan La rrea y Torre, cuya edición co men tada Gabriele Morelli pre paró con mi cola bo ra ción. Allí se verá, por ejem plo, que fue Torre quien sugirió a Diego tomar con tacto con Huidobro, según el santanderino dirá en su primera carta al chi leno, del 13 de abril de 1920: “Guillermo de Torre me ha instado reiteradas veces a que le escriba a usted, y hoy me tomo la libertad cargando la respon sa bilidad sobre sus espal das”. -
La Ilíada Canto I Traducción De Laura Mestre Hevia1
BYZANTION NEA HELLÁS 30, 2011: 351 - 364 LA ILÍADA CANTO I Traducción de Laura Mestre Hevia1 La epidemia. El resentimiento anto ¡oh Musa! de Aquiles, hijo de Peleo, la cólera funesta que causó infinitos males a los griegos; que precipitó a los infiernos las almas valerosas de muchos héroes, y los hizo servir de pasto a los perros Cy a todas las aves de rapiña –así se cumplió la voluntad de Júpiter– desde que, por primera vez, separó una disputa al hijo de Atreo, jefe de los griegos y al divino Aquiles. Ahora ¿cuál de los dioses los incitó a esa contienda? El hijo de Júpiter y de Latona: irritado contra el rey, suscitó en el ejército una terrible enfermedad; y los pueblos morían porque Atrida había despreciado al sacerdote Crises. Dirigiéndose este a las rápidas naves de los griegos, con el fin de libertar a su hija, con un rico rescate, llevando la banda del certero Apolo en el cetro de oro, suplicaba así a todos los griegos y sobre todo a los dos hijos de Atreo, caudillos de pueblos: “¡Atridas y griegos de brillante armadura! los dioses, moradores del Olimpo, os concedan tomar la ciudad de Príamo, y retornar felizmente a vuestros hoga- res; pero libertadme a mi hija querida y aceptad el rescate, venerando al hijo de Júpiter, el certero Apolo”. Entonces todos los demás griegos proclamaron que se respetara al sacer- dote, y se recibiera el magnífico rescate, pero Agamenón no quería acceder, y lo despidió con desprecio, añadiendo estas duras palabras: “Viejo, que no te encuentre yo junto a nuestras espaciosas naves, por haberte detenido o por haber vuelto otra vez, no sea que no te valga el cetro ni la banda del dios. -
Highlights Situation Overview
Response to Hurricane Irma: Cuba Situation Report No. 1. Office of the Resident Coordinator ( 07/09/ 20176) This report is produced by the Office of the Resident Coordinator. It covers the period from 20:00 hrs. on September 06th to 14:00 hrs. on September 07th.The next report will be issued on or around 08/09. Highlights Category 5 Hurricane Irma, the fifth strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, will hit Cuba in the coming hours. Cuba has declared the Hurricane Alarm Phase today in seven provinces in the country, with 5.2 million people (46% of the Cuban population) affected. More than 1,130,000 people (10% of the Cuban population) are expected to be evacuated to protection centers or houses of neighbors or relatives. Beginning this evening, heavy waves are forecasted in the eastern part of the country, causing coastal flooding on the northern shores of Guantánamo and Holguín Provinces. 1,130,000 + 600 1,031 people Tons of pregnant evacuated food secured women protected Situation overview Heavy tidal waves that accompany Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, began to affect the northern coast of Cuba’s eastern provinces today, 7 September. With maximum sustained winds exceeding 252 kilometers (km) per hour, the hurricane is advancing through the Caribbean waters under favorable atmospheric conditions that could contribute to its intensification. According to the Forecast Center of the National Institute of Meteorology (Insmet), Hurricane Irma will impact the eastern part of Cuba in the early hours of Friday, 8 September, and continue its trajectory along the northern coast to the Central Region, where it is expected to make a shift to the north and continue moving towards Florida. -
Huidobro and the Notion of Translatability
HUIDOBRO AND THE NOTION OF TRANSLATABILITY Daniel Balderston Tulane University In one of his manifestoes, “El creacionismo” (published in French in 1924), the Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro claims that the new “creationist” poetry should be translatable and universal (1:736). A desire for universality in poetry is not unusual - poets and critics like Shakespeare, Sidney, Shelley, Hoelderlin and Rilke have spoken of the cosmic implications of the poet’s act - but the intent to write poems that will be translatable is an anomaly in the history of poetics. We need only recall Frost’s dictum that poetry is “that which gets lost from verse and prose in translation” (Burnshaw, xi), or Whitman’s lines - The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and may loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. (89) to realize that poets have not intended to express themselves in ways that are readily translated. Even those poets who have written in more than one language have emphasized the differences between languages more than the possibility of transferring a text intact from one language to another. Thus, we find Rilke writing to Lou -- 60 -- Andreas-Salomé in the very year Huidobro published his manifestoes, “a few times I even set myself the same theme in French and in German, which then, to my surprise, developed differently from each language: which would speak very strongly against the naturalness of translation” (2:336). Furthermore, critical discussion -
E42 Mark Blyth & David Kertzer Mixdown
Brown University Watson Institute | E42_Mark Blyth & David Kertzer_mixdown [MUSIC PLAYING] MARK BLYTH: Hello, and welcome to a special edition of Trending Globally. My name is Mark Blyth. Today, I'm interviewing David Kertzer. David is the former provost here at Brown University. But perhaps more importantly, he knows more about Italy than practically anybody else we can find. Given that the elections have just happened in Italy and produced yet another kind of populist shock, we thought is was a good idea to bring him in and have a chat. Good afternoon, David. DAVID KERTZER: Thanks for having me, Mark. MARK BLYTH: OK, so let's try and put this in context for people. Italy's kicked off. Now, we could talk about what's happening right now today, but to try and get some context on this, I want to take us back a little bit. This is not the first time the Italian political system-- indeed the whole Italian state-- has kind of blown up. I want to go back to 1994. That's the last time things really disintegrated. Start there, and then walk forward, so then we can talk more meaningfully about the election. So I'm going to invite you to just take us back to 1994. Tell us about what was going on-- the post-war political compact, and then [BLOWS RASPBERRY] the whole thing fell apart. DAVID KERTZER: Well, right after World War II, of course, it was a new political system-- the end of the monarchy. There is a republic. The Christian Democratic Party, very closely allied with the Catholic Church, basically dominated Italian politics for decades. -
Axis Internationalism: Spanish Health Experts and the Nazi ‘New Europe’, 1939–1945
Axis Internationalism: Spanish Health Experts and the Nazi ‘New Europe’, 1939–1945 DAVID BRYDAN Abstract Many of the forms and practices of interwar internationalism were recreated under the auspices of the Nazi ‘New Europe’. This article will examine these forms of ‘Axis internationalism’ by looking at Spanish health experts’ involvement with Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Despite the ambiguous relationship between the Franco regime and the Axis powers, a wide range of Spanish health experts formed close ties with colleagues from Nazi Germany and across Axis and occupied Europe. Many of those involved were relatively conservative figures who also worked with liberal international health organisations in the pre- and post-war eras. Despite their political differences, their opposing attitudes towards eugenics and the tensions caused by German hegemony, Spanish experts were able to rationalise their involvement with Nazi Germany as a mutually-beneficial continuation of pre-war international health cooperation amongst countries united by a shared commitment to modern, ‘totalitarian’ forms of public health. Despite the hostility of Nazi Germany and its European collaborators to both liberal and left-wing forms of internationalism, this phenomenon suggests that the ‘New Europe’ deserves to be studied as part of the wider history of internationalism in general and of international health in particular. In November 1941 over fifty government officials and public health experts representing twenty different states attended an international -
Dioses Y Héroes De La Mitología Griega / Ana María Shua ; Ilustrado Por Fernando Falcone
Y otra. Y otra. Siempre los mitos griegos (y romanos, que son más o menos los mismos con otros nombres). Porque son extraños y maravillosos, pero también familiares y cercanos. Porque están vivos. Porque seguimos hablando de ellos, porque los tenemos incorporados al idioma (¿acaso a un hombre forzudo no se lo llama un hércules?, ¿acaso las palabras Eros o Venus no siguen evocando al amor y al deseo?), porque son la fuente de la que seguimos nutriéndonos los escritores, los guionistas de cine, los inventores de historias del mundo entero, y también los pintores, los arquitectos, los músicos. En los dibujos animados, en las películas de aventuras, en las estatuas, en los edificios, los mitos griegos y romanos están presentes y nos saludan (o nos acechan) todos los días. Cada época ha sentido la necesidad de volver a contar a su manera, de acuerdo con su propia sensibilidad, estas historias en las que parecen concentrarse al mismo tiempo todo el poder de la fantasía y todas las contradicciones de la razón y la sensibilidad humanas. Yo las leí por primera vez en un libro para chicos que estaba muy de moda allá por los años cincuenta del siglo pasado: El Tesoro de la Juventud. Y me enamoré para siempre de los héroes y los dioses, pero también de los monstruos, con sus múltiples cabezas, su aliento de fuego, sus cabellos de serpiente. Por eso sentí una enorme alegría cuando empecé a leer y estudiar los mitos para tratar de escribirlos una vez más a la manera del siglo XXI. -
La Influencia De Antonio Machado En La Obra
Influencias de Antonio Machado en la obra de Octavio Paz José Ricardo Dordron de Pinho1 Resumen: Este trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar posibles influencias del escritor español Antonio Machado, más específicamente a partir del poema “Alerta”, en la obra del escritor mexicano Octavio Paz, observada, por ejemplo, en el poema “Los viejos”. Octavio Paz fue a España a participar en un congreso; ahí conoció a Antonio Machado y mantuvo contacto con sus textos. Ambos compartieron la experiencia de una guerra (cada uno en su país) y, por lo tanto, todas las consecuencias negativas de tal situación: expresan, en su obra poética, el lamento de tener que pasar por ella y todas las pérdidas decurrentes de esa situación. Palabras clave: Antonio Machado, Octavio Paz, Guerra Civil Española, Revolución Mexicana. Resumo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar possíveis influências do escritor espanhol Antonio Machado, mais especificamente a partir do poema “Alerta”, na obra do escritor mexicano Octavio Paz, observada, por exemplo, no poema “Los viejos”. Octavio Paz foi à Espanha participar em um congresso; lá conheceu Antonio Machado e manteve contato com seus textos. Ambos compartilharam a experiência de uma guerra (cada um em seu país) e, portanto, todas as consequências negativas de tal situação: expressam, em sua obra poética, o lamento de ter de passar por ela e todas as perdas decorrentes dessa situação. Palavras-chave: Antonio Machado, Octavio Paz, Guerra Civil Espanhola, Revolução Mexicana. Introducción El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar influencias del escritor español Antonio Machado en la obra del mexicano Octavio Paz. Antonio Machado vivió durante la Guerra Civil Española, guerra que trajo recuerdos a los mexicanos, por lo tanto, también a Octavio Paz. -
Three Letters of Ezra Pound
Bryant John James Knox B, A, (Hons, ) , Simon Fraser University, 1973 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of English @ BRYANT JOHN JAMES KNOX 1978 PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED EZRA POUND MATERIAL COPYRIGHT THE TRUSTEES OF THE EZRA POUND LITERARY PROPERTY TRUST 1978 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY July 1978 A11 rights reserved. This thesis may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by photocopy or other means, without permission of the author, APPROVAL NAME : Bryant John James KNOX DEGREE: Master of Arts TITLE OF THESES: Three Letters of Ezra Pound EXAMINING COMMITTEE: Chairman: Prof. Jared Curtis, Associate Professor of English, Simon Fraser University. -, r Prof. Ralph Maud, Professor of English, S. F.U. - - Prof. Jamila Ismail, Assistant Professor of English, S.F.U. Prof. ~eiddritt, Professor of English, U.B.C. ii Date Approved: &ipd /t! 1978 PARTIAL COPYRIGHT LICENSE I hereby grant to Simon Fraser University the right to lend my thesis, project or extended essay (the title of which is shown below) to users of the Simon Fraser University Library, and to make partial or single copies only for such users or in response to a request from the library of any other university, or other educational institution, on its own behalf or for one of its users. I further agree that permission for multiple copying of this work for scholarly purposes may be granted by me or the Dean of Graduate Studies. It is understood that copying or publication of this work for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission.