DOCSLIB.ORG

Se Respeta RESPECT Venezuela

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Se Respeta RESPECT Venezuela VENEZUELA SE respetA RESPECT VENEZUELA Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Comunicación y la Información VENEZUELA SE respetA RESPECT VENEZUELA 3 RESPECT VENEZUELA Download our publications on: www.minci.gob.ve Respect Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez Minister of People’s Power for Communication and Information Rolando Corao Vice-Minister for Communication and Information Javier Mendoza Vice-Minister for Television Francisco Pérez Santana Vice-Minister for Radio Felipe Saldivia Vice-Minister for Printed Media José Miguel España Vice-Minister for Social Networking Printed in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela August, 2014 4 RESPECT VENEZUELA Democracy is threatened The passing away of Venezuelan President During the second half of 2013, unscrupu- Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías - the lous businessmen, traders, and shopkeep- top leader of the Bolivarian Revolution- on ers lead by the trade-oriented Fedecámaras March 5, 2013 was perceived by Venezuelan (Federation of Chambers and Trade and Pro- people as an irreparable loss, one of historical duction Associations of Venezuela), counting dimensions. During 14 years, President on the active participation of Consecomercio Chávez led Venezuela along a victorious (National Council of Commerce), and Venam- political process that pursued the recovery cham (The Venezuelan-American Chamber of of the nation’s dignity and the construction industry and Commerce), carried out a series of social justice. The affectionate warrior who of indiscriminate price increases in all seg- led Venezuelans with his accurate words ments of the economy, reaching in some cases through the transition between two millennia, up to 2,000 percent of increase; they also pro- despite all the difficulties, was able to improve ceeded to stock up essential goods. Besides, the society’s living standards by meeting the a brutal attack to the national currency took needs of the people. But suddenly, he was not place by means of Internet sites located in there anymore to lead the path of the nation. Miami, where an assumed exchange rate was In the middle of the grief caused by such a calculated parallel to the prices increase, set- loss, Venezuelan people decided to keep on ting the stage for traders and shopkeepers walking the revolutionary way and elected Nico- to calculate their prices based on the above lás Maduro as their president on April 14, 2013. mentioned rate. But one day after the presidential elections, Those measures were aimed at increas- opposition supporters of the candidate Hen- ing a dissatisfaction feeling among the rique Capriles took to the streets complying people towards the government and hatred with his call to drain their repressed anger, against the president. Nicolás Maduro was and spread death and destruction in opposi- systematically blamed by the media for all the tion bastions governed by right wing’s mayors. violent consequences of the conspiracy plot. A new stage of the conspirational plan be- President Nicolás Maduro’s administra- gan then: the economic war that, according tion answered back to the economic war by to the coup script, would act as a pressure implementing an inspection plan nation- cooker by accumulating frustrations in wide wide in thousands of factories and stores sectors of the society, which with the passage in order to make them to lower the prices of time would lead to a sudden counter-revo- and sell their products accordingly to Venezue- lutionary explosion. lan laws, which forbids usury and speculation. 5 RESPECT VENEZUELA Municipal elections on December 8, 2013, tuted power. The wide victory of the revolutionary were supposed to be the ultimate trigger of this forces in the municipal elections, with a difference continuous coup. They were considered a pleb- in votes of more than 11 points compared to the op- iscite by the opposition. Along the campaign, the position, cooled the coup’s wick and allowed Ven- right-wing leaders repeatedly stated that a defeat ezuelans to have a quiet Christmas time. President for the chavistas’ forces by means of popular elec- Nicolás Maduro comfortably won the December’s tions on 8D would lead to a sudden end of the gov- “plesbicite” and the country finished the year with a ernment of President Nicolás Maduro, setting this political pause that wouldn’t last long. way a stage for an emergence against the consti- The government implemented an inspection plan nationwide in thousands of factories and stores in order to make them to lower the prices. Therefore, people went out for shopping in crowds in the regulated stores, as Ms. Cleotilde Palomino did. She was accused of “plundering” by the Spanish newspaper ABC through its smear international campaign. 6 RESPECT VENEZUELA The Bolivarian Government keeps on carrying out special operatives for the distribution of basic goods at affordable prices. 7 RESPECT VENEZUELA Attacks to the Headquarters of the Public Ministry in Caracas on February 12, 2014. 8 RESPECT VENEZUELA Session of the Government’s Federal Council in Miraflores on December 18, 2014, called by President Nicolás Maduro; Governors and mayors of both revolutionary and right-wing parties attended. 9 RESPECT VENEZUELA 10 RESPECT VENEZUELA Terrorism franchise: The Gene Sharp method Gene Sharp is a former American military 2. DELEGITIMISING: manipulation on anti- who nowadays teaches political sciences communist or antipopulist prejudices; propel at the University of Massachusetts. He of advertising campaigns to defend free- founded the Albert Einstein Institute and dom of press, human rights, and public is the author of an essay entitled From freedom; accusations of totalitarianism and dictatorship to democracy, which is the single systems of values; ethical-politic frac- result of a pragmatic and political analysis ture. of supposedly non-violent actions as a means to undermine the stability of the 3. STREETS WARMUPS: promotion of street constituted power. The work, translated into mobilization; creation of a fighting platform more than 30 languages, describes methods that globalizes political and social de- to overthrow governments; these methods mands; generalization of all kind of protests, are divided into three big stages: the protest, propel of government failures and mistakes; the non-cooperation, and the intervention, coordination of protests, blockage, and take of which are always carried out after electoral public institutions (disrespect towards institu- processes. These three stages are subdivided tions) that turn the confrontation into radical. into five stages that, as it will be seen, have been rigorously applied in Venezuela after the 4. COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF lack of acknowledgment from the opposition FIGHTING: organization of loutishes and of the results obtained during the presidential take of emblematic institutions, with the elections on April 14, 2013. aim to turn them into advertising platforms; development of operations of psychologi- 1. SOFTENING (by means of 4th Generation cal war and armed actions in order to jus- War): development of smear campaign fo- tify repressive measures and create an atmo- cused on real or potential deficit; promotion sphere of ungovernability; propel of rumors of conflicts and dissatisfaction; promotion of campaigns among military forces and try to uneasiness factors, mainly: shortage, crimi- demoralize the security bodies; promotion of nality, citizens’ safety, dollar manipulation, international isolation and economic siege. lockout strikes, corruption complaints; promotion of sectarian intrigues, and unity 5. institutional fracture: based on fracture. street actions, take of institutions, and mili- 11 RESPECT VENEZUELA They destroyed and burned a service hut of superficial transportation – Metrobús – in the municipality of Chacao, Miranda. 12 RESPECT VENEZUELA tary uprising, the President is forced to quit. older than 40 years) who have made student In the case of failure, the pressure on the representation in the universities their way of streets is maintained and armed resistance living and have studied endlessly in their in- is assumed, preparing the stage for a mili- stitutions, as are the cases of Gaby Arellano tary intervention or a prolonged civil war. and Vilcar Fernández; these two are experts in This coup protocol has been applied several destabilization thanks to the advices received times around the world against governments in training sessions on the soft coup designed that oppose Washington’s rulings with different by Gene Sharp. levels of success. It is clear that in Venezuela Those are the “students” that, by late Janu- this plan is currently in its fourth stage, the ary 2014, began a series of so called aggres- most powerful of all since it includes violence sive actions simultaneously in different regions by means of armed actions and permanent of the country, which lead to violent actions provocation towards the police forces in order near the universities chosen to activate the to promote repression. street warm-ups stage of the coup plot. The The main protagonists of this subversive white hands had received the express or- script in Venezuela are the members of a var- der of mobilize from the right-wing leaders ied group of students referred to as manitas Leopoldo López and María Corina Macha- blancas (white hands), made up of youth of do in a bizarre press conference that took the extreme right wing, mainly of private uni- place on January 23, and that, at that mo-
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Key Officers List
    United States Department of State Telephone Directory This customized report includes the following section(s): Key Officers List (UNCLASSIFIED) 5/24/2017 Provided by Global Information Services, A/GIS Cover UNCLASSIFIED Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts Afghanistan GSO Jay Thompson RSO Jan Hiemstra AID Catherine Johnson KABUL (E) Great Massoud Road, (VoIP, US-based) 301-490-1042, Fax No working Fax, INMARSAT Tel 011-873-761-837-725, CLO Kimberly Augsburger Workweek: Saturday - Thursday 0800-1630, Website: ECON Jeffrey Bowan kabul.usembassy.gov EEO Daniel Koski FMO David Hilburg Officer Name IMO Meredith Hiemstra DCM OMS vacant IPO Terrence Andrews AMB OMS Alma Pratt ISO Darrin Erwin Co-CLO Hope Williams ISSO Darrin Erwin DCM/CHG Dennis W. Hearne FM Paul Schaefer HRO Dawn Scott Algeria INL John McNamara MGT Robert Needham ALGIERS (E) 5, Chemin Cheikh Bachir Ibrahimi, +213 (770) 08- MLO/ODC COL John Beattie 2000, Fax +213 (21) 60-7335, Workweek: Sun - Thurs 08:00-17:00, POL/MIL John C. Taylor Website: http://algiers.usembassy.gov SDO/DATT COL Christian Griggs Officer Name TREAS Tazeem Pasha DCM OMS Susan Hinton US REP OMS Jennifer Clemente AMB OMS Carolyn Murphy AMB P. Michael McKinley Co-CLO Julie Baldwin CG Jeffrey Lodinsky FCS Nathan Seifert DCM vacant FM James Alden PAO Terry Davidson HRO Carole Manley GSO William McClure ICITAP Darrel Hart RSO Carlos Matus MGT Kim D'Auria-Vazira AFSA Pending MLO/ODC MAJ Steve Alverson AID Herbie Smith OPDAT Robert Huie CLO Anita Kainth POL/ECON Junaid Jay Munir DEA Craig M. Wiles POL/MIL Eric Plues ECON Dan Froats POSHO James Alden FMO James Martin SDO/DATT COL William Rowell IMO John (Troy) Conway AMB Joan Polaschik IPO Chris Gilbertson CON Stuart Denyer ISO Wally Wallooppillai DCM Lawrence Randolph POL Kimberly Krhounek PAO Ana Escrogima GSO Dwayne McDavid Albania RSO Michael Vannett AGR Charles Rush TIRANA (E) 103 Rruga Elbasanit, 355-4-224-7285, Fax (355) (4) 223 CLO Vacant -2222, Workweek: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30 pm, Website: EEO Jake Nelson http://tirana.usembassy.gov/ FMO Rumman Dastgir IMO Mark R.
    [Show full text]
  • Ambassador Assignments Overseas Report As of March 11Th 2018
    Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas 2:17 PM Office of Presidential Appointments (HR/PAS) Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career AFGHANISTAN, Islamic AMB John R. Bass NY CMSFS 10/20/2017 12/5/2017 Republic of ALBANIA, Republic of AMB Donald Lu CA CMSFS 11/25/2014 12/17/2014 ALGERIA, People's AMB John P. Desrocher NY CMSFS 8/9/2017 9/7/2017 Democratic Republic of ANDORRA, Principality of SPAIN, Kingdom of AMB Richard Duke Buchan III FL NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 ANGOLA, Republic of AMB Nina Maria Fite PA CMSFS 11/20/2017 1/5/2018 ANTIGUA and BARBUDA BARBADOS AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AMB Edward Charles Prado TX NC 3/29/2018 4/3/2018 Page 1 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career ARMENIA, Republic of AMB Richard M. Mills TX CMSFS 1/2/2015 2/6/2015 AUSTRALIA, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of AUSTRIA, Republic of AMB Trevor D. Traina CA NC 3/29/2018 3/29/2018 AZERBAIJAN, Republic of AMB Vacant BAHAMAS, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of The BAHRAIN, Kingdom of AMB Justin Siberell MD CMSFS 10/20/2017 11/3/2017 BANGLADESH, People's AMB Marcia Stephens Bloom NJ CMSFS 12/19/2014 1/6/2015 Republic of Bernicat BARBADOS ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of
    [Show full text]
  • Analyzing Obstacles to Venezuela's Future
    CSIS BRIEFS CSIS Analyzing Obstacles to Venezuela’s Future By Moises Rendon, Mark Schneider, & Jaime Vazquez NOVEMBER 2019 THE ISSUE Despite stiff sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and internal civil protests, Nicolas Maduro and his inner circle have resisted the pressures to negotiate an exit. Three internationally-sponsored dialogue processes and two efforts at mediated negotiations within the last five years have failed, with Maduro using the time to intensify his hold on power. Different factors are impeding a transition in Venezuela. This brief investigates challenges and opportunities to help support a transition toward democracy. It describes the possible role of a Track II diplomacy initiative to produce a feasible exit ramp for Maduro—essentially the achievement of significant progress outside of the formal negotiation process. The brief also discusses potential roles for chavistas in today’s struggle and for ‘day after’ challenges, the required elements for a transitional justice process, and the basic conditions necessary for holding free and fair elections to elect a new president. BACKGROUND undiminished support from Russia, China, and Cuba, have Amid numerous blackouts, fuel shortages impacting complicated efforts to achieve a political accord leading to a agriculture and food production, and inflation on pace democratic transition. to reach over 10 million percent by the end of 2019, Venezuela’s humanitarian, economic, and political crisis QUICK FACTS has forced more than 4 million citizens to flee their • According to the United Nations, Venezuela will homeland. That number could surge past 5 million by the have over 5.3 million refugees by the end of 2019. end of 2019.
    [Show full text]
  • Curbing the Threat to Venezuela from Violent Groups
    A Glut of Arms: Curbing the Threat to Venezuela from Violent Groups Latin America Report N°78 | 20 February 2020 Headquarters International Crisis Group Avenue Louise 235 • 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 502 90 38 • Fax: +32 2 502 50 38 [email protected] Preventing War. Shaping Peace. Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... i I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 II. Armed Groups, Crime and the State ................................................................................ 4 A. Guerrillas ................................................................................................................... 4 B. Colectivos ................................................................................................................... 7 C. Paramilitaries ............................................................................................................. 11 D. Criminal Groups ........................................................................................................ 12 III. Armed Groups in a Political Agreement .......................................................................... 16 IV. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 18 APPENDICES A. Map of Venezuela ............................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR a DAILY PUBLICATION of the DIALOGUE Monday, May 3, 2021
    LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR A DAILY PUBLICATION OF THE DIALOGUE www.thedialogue.org Monday, May 3, 2021 BOARD OF ADVISORS FEATURED Q&A TODAY’S NEWS Diego Arria Director, Columbus Group ECONOMIC Devry Boughner Vorwerk What Humanitarian Colombia’s Duque Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Grubhub Withdraws Tax Joyce Chang Global Head of Research, Needs Are Most Reform Proposal JPMorgan Chase & Co. Colombian President Iván Duque Paula Cifuentes withdrew his government’s tax Director of Economic & Fiscal Affairs, Urgent in Venezuela? reform proposal following violent Latin America & Canada, Philip Morris International protests that left several people Marlene Fernández dead. Corporate Vice President for Page 2 Government Relations, Arcos Dorados (McDonald’s) Peter Hakim BUSINESS President Emeritus, Inter-American Dialogue Venezuela Donna Hrinak Releases Citgo Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, Royal Caribbean Group Executives to Jon E. Huenemann House Arrest Council Member, GLG Inc. Venezuelan authorities have James R. Jones One-third of Venezuelans suffer from food insecurity, according to the United Nations World released to house arrest six Citgo Chairman, Food Program. A grocery store in Venezuela in 2014 is pictured. // File Photo: Wilfredor via executives who were imprisoned Monarch Global Strategies Creative Commons. more than three years ago. Craig A. Kelly The United Nations World Food Program and the government Page 3 Senior Director, Americas Int’l Gov’t Relations, Exxon Mobil of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced April John Maisto 19 that they had reached an agreement to provide food to POLITICAL Director, U.S. Education Finance Group Q 185,000 children this year in the South American country, Salvadoran Nicolás Mariscal where economic collapse has led to a humanitarian crisis.
    [Show full text]
  • Pueblos Educador De
    EDUCADOR DE PUEBLOS CARACAS JUNIO 1958 "Para que haya conciencia que se yerga a defender los intereses económicos de la Nación, precisa que previamente existan vivencias morales unitivas". Mario Bríceüo Iragorry. 3 Escolar: Este folleto llega a tus manas gracias a la deferencia de las autoridades de tu Estado. A los maestros: Sugerimos que durante el trabajo de Castellano se lea a los alumnos de grados inferiores los pasajes que ustedes consideren oportuno. Trujillo: 15 de septiembre de 1897 En la ciudad de Trujillo, capital del Estado del mismo nombre, nació un 15 de septiembre del año 1897 el Doctor Don Mario Briceño Iragorry. Fueron sus padres Don Jesús Briceño Valero y Doña María Iragorry, ambos de estirpe trujillana. Pero vamos a ceder la palabra al insigne maestro para que él nos explique sus orígenes: "El abuelo se afanaba en rudos trabajos de artesanía y comercio; ¡a dulce abuela cuidaba la casa, y en ella, con estímulo singular, la educación de los niños. Posiblemente había ya por 1870 escuelas de primeras letras en el encantador pueblecito de San Lázaro; más la di- ligente madre se empeñaba en la obra de iluminar por sí misma la con- ciencia de los hijos. Cuando mi padre alcanzó los veinte años, la abuela le hizo via- jar ala capital de la provincia, para que anipliase el radio de los pocos conocimientos adquiridos en el modesto pueblo de San Lázaro y para que trocase como oficio de mejor provecho el magisterio de párvulos que compartía con el hermano mayor. En Trujillo mi padre se hizo de buenos amigos que le facilitaron libros, y ayudado de escaso sueldo, tuvo para sufragar el estipendio de las clases particulares que recibió del sabio Don Rafael María Urrecheaga.
    [Show full text]
  • Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas
    Monday, February 06, 2017 Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas 3:17 PM Office of Presidential Appointments (HR/PAS) Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career AFGHANISTAN, Islamic AMB Vacant Republic of ALBANIA, Republic of AMB Donald Lu CA CMSFS 11/25/2014 12/17/2014 ALGERIA, People's AMB Joan A. Polaschik VA CMSFS 8/1/2014 8/15/2014 Democratic Republic of ANDORRA, Principality of SPAIN, Kingdom of AMB Vacant ANGOLA, Republic of AMB Helen Meagher La Lime DC CMSFS 5/16/2014 6/10/2014 ANTIGUA and BARBUDA BARBADOS AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AMB Vacant Page 1 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career ARMENIA, Republic of AMB Richard M. Mills TX CMSFS 1/2/2015 2/6/2015 AUSTRALIA, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of AUSTRIA, Republic of AMB Vacant AZERBAIJAN, Republic of AMB Robert Francis Cekuta NY CMSFS 12/18/2014 1/20/2015 BAHAMAS, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of The BAHRAIN, Kingdom of AMB William V. Roebuck NC CMSFS 11/24/2014 12/12/2014 BANGLADESH, People's AMB Marcia Stephens Bloom NJ CMSFS 12/19/2014 1/6/2015 Republic of Bernicat BARBADOS ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Page 2 of
    [Show full text]
  • United States Department of State Telephone Directory
    United States Department of State Telephone Directory This customized report includes the following section(s): Key Officers List (UNCLASSIFIED) 7/5/2019 Provided by Global Information Services, A/GIS Cover UNCLASSIFIED Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts Afghanistan HRO Jason Beck ICITAP Steve Bennett MGT Lori Johnson KABUL (E) Great Massoud Road, (VoIP, US-based) 301-490-1042, Fax No working Fax, INMARSAT Tel 011-873-761-837-725, OPDAT Jon Smibert Workweek: Saturday - Thursday 0800-1630, Website: POL/MIL Tim Enright https://af.usembassy.gov/ SDO/DATT CDR James Hilton CON Acting DCM Daniel Koski Officer Name PAO Brian Beckmann DCM OMS Abena Owusu-Afriyie GSO Sally Lewis ACS Erin Williams RSO Janet Meyer ALT DIR Michael McCord AID Mikaela Meredith AMB OMS Emily Weston CLO Rachel Cormier CM James DeHart ECON Jeffrey Bowan CM OMS Melisa Woolfolk EEO Daniel Koski Co-CLO Stephanie Sever FMO Jason Beck ECON DEP Brett Makens IMO Stephen Craven FM Gary Hein IPO Roy Timberman HRO Jami Papa ISO Justan Neels INL Marc Shaw ISSO Roy Timberman MGT Lawrence Richter POL Carson Relitz Rocker MLO/ODC COL Brady Wilkins PAO/ADV William Bellis POL DEP Gerard (Jerry) Hodel Algeria POL/MIL Raymond Hotz POSHO Scott Klimper ALGIERS (E) 5, Chemin Cheikh Bachir Ibrahimi, +213 (770) 08- SDO/DATT MAJ Marisa Morand 2000, Fax +213 (23) 47-1781, Workweek: Sun - Thurs 08:00-17:00, SRSO Thomas Barnard Website: https://dz.usembassy.gov/ TREAS Alex Zerden Officer Name US EXEC DIR David Smale AMB OMS Rebecca A. Robinson AMB John R. Bass FM John T.
    [Show full text]
  • Darko Gavrilović, Team Leader Charles Ingrao, Team Leader Vlado Azinović Victor Bezruchenko Nejra Čengić Robert Donia Robert
    6 Darko Gavrilović, team leader Charles Ingrao, team leader Vlado Azinović Mark Etherington Lara Nettelfield Victor Bezruchenko Jan Willem Honig Toni Petković nejra čengić Selma Leydesdorff Benjamin Rusek Robert Donia Dubravko Lovrenović Mirsad Tokača Robert DeGraaff Dunja Melčić Tatjana Tubić Raphael Draschtak Cees Wiebes This chapter incorporates numerous interviews conducted by team co- leader Darko Gavrilović and individual research contributed by Robert Donia, Benjamin Rusek, and Cees Wiebes for Sarajevo and Tuzla, Victor Bezruchenko for žepa, and Robert DeGraaf for Srebrenica. Victor Bezru- chenko was recused from further team work after accepting a position with the ICTY. Text regarding mortar attacks in Sarajevo and Tuzla was based in part on Benjamin Rusek and Charles Ingrao, “The ‘Mortar Massacres’ Revisited” that appeared in Nationalities Papers 32/4 (December 2004), which was subsequently republished in Thomas emmert and Charles In- grao, eds., Conflict in Southeastern Europe at the End of the Twentieth Century: A Scholars’ Initiative (new York & london: Routledge, 2006). Dubravko lovrenović worked tirelessly to recruit Bosnian scholars during his tenure as team co-leader (2001-2003). The National Endow- ment for Democracy funded individual research by Darko Gavrilović, Toni Petković, and Mirsad Tokača’s Research & Documentation Center. The team also benefited from counsel and research material data provided by Directors Dr. Paul Richard Blum and the nederlands Instituut voor Oor- logsdocumentatie (nIOD), Dr. Smail čekić and the Institute for the Re- search of Crimes against Humanity & International law, and Dr. Kathryne Bomberger and the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP). We are also grateful to former Republika Srpska President Dragan čavić for making available to Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Diego Arria Invitado a Reunin Especial
    Diego Arria invitado a reunión especial del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas El Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas invito al ex representante de Venezuela ante la ONU, el Embajador Diego Arria a una reunión especial que tendrá lugar el miércoles 15 de octubre. La sesión se realizara bajo la modalidad de reuniones de la llamada “Formula Arria”, practica iniciada por el Ex Embajador cuando represento a su país en el Consejo de Seguridad en el período 1992- 93, y que sus colegas a su partida de la ONU bautizaron con su nombre como reconocimiento a sus esfuerzos y contribuciones a una mayor apertura y transparencia del principal órgano político de las Naciones Unidas: el Consejo de Seguridad. La reunión de los representantes de los quince países integrantes del Consejo de Seguridad fue convocada el 10 de octubre por iniciativa del Representante de Portugal, el Embajador Antonio Monteiro, con el respaldo del Embajador Juan Somavia de Chile , actual Presidente del Consejo de Seguridad. Ambos países Portugal y Chile son miembros no permanentes del Consejo. La convocatoria tiene como propósito “ Discutir la Formula Arria con el Embajador Diego Arria”. Esta modalidad fue presentada a la consideración del último período de sesiones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas por su Presidente el Embajador Razali de Malasia como un derecho que deberían tener los países no representados en el Consejo de Seguridad al igual que organizaciones no gubernamentales, y no que fuese supeditada a la iniciativa de los miembros del Consejo que pueden o no aprobar reuniones con personalidades conocedoras de los asuntos que trata el Consejo bajo el amparo de la Formula Arria Esta es la primera ocasión en que un ciudadano que no representa ya a su pais, ni tampoco a una organización oficial o no gubernamental es invitado a una reunión con los miembros del Consejo de Seguridad.
    [Show full text]
  • International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide: Srebrenica 1993-1995 June 29 – July 1, 2015 the Hague Edited Transcript
    International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide: Srebrenica 1993-1995 June 29 – July 1, 2015 The Hague Edited Transcript Session 1: Creating the “Safe Areas” Meeting room in The Hague TOM BLANTON: Good morning. Thank you very much for coming to the table. A reminder about our methodology: everything said at this table is on background for now but we are recording the session and will produce a transcript.1 You will have the opportunity to correct your remarks before we release the transcript. One of our goals is to expand the historical record on Srebrenica. If you turn to your briefing books, you will find a summary of key points that we plan to address in each of the four sessions.2 This morning we want to start with the eyewitnesses on the ground in the spring of 1993. We know this is an arbitrary date. There is an argument to be made that the sins that led to Srebrenica go back to 1 This transcript was annotated and edited for clarity by conference staff and participants in accordance with conference ground rules. 2 USHMM, “Conference Agenda,” June 29, 2015. 1-1 the diplomatic recognition process [in 1990-1992], the lack of protection for ethnic minorities during that early period, the arms embargo, or the famous Jim Baker comment, "We don't have a dog in that fight" when the Americans went missing.3 But for the purposes of this conference and our focus on Srebrenica, we want to begin with General Morillon's visit to Srebrenica in March 1993.4 Michael Dobbs, will you lead us off with a few awkward questions? MICHAEL DOBBS: Thank you, Tom.
    [Show full text]
  • Andean – U.S. Dialogue Forum Country Visit Venezuela November 17-18, 2010
    ________________________________________________________________________ Andean – U.S. Dialogue Forum Country Visit Venezuela November 17-18, 2010 Country Facts Venezuela • Population: 28.6 million (2010 estimate, 42nd largest in world) • Surface area: 916,445 km2 • Population density: 30 people/km • Urban population: 93 percent • UN Human Development Index (2009): 0.844 (58th in the world) • Poverty: 38 percent (2005) • Income inequality: 43.4 Gini index (2nd most unequal among Forum countries) • Official Language: Spanish (numerous unofficial indigenous languages) • Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $350.1 billion in 2009 (growth rate of -2.9%) • Industry: oil accounts for roughly 30% of GDP, 90% of export earnings, and more than half of the central government's ordinary revenues. • Trade: exports were $57.6 billion in 2009, down from $95.14 billion in 2008. Imports in 2009 totaled $38.44 billion, down from $49.48 billion in 2008. Venezuela’s main trade partners in 2008 were (top 5, largest to smallest) the U.S. (Venezuelan exports to the U.S. in 2009 were $28.1 billion and U.S. exports to Venezuela were $9.3 billion), the European Union, Colombia, China and the Netherlands Antilles. The top 5 accounted for 61 percent of external trade. Since 2008, bilateral relations with Colombia have become strained, with the result that trade between the two nations has diminished. • Environmental problems: sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution,
    [Show full text]