Archivo etiqueta «Kirguizistán»
THE WASHINGTON POST, 16/04/10:
Last week Roza Otunbayeva led a group in Kyrgyzstan that ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev from power after protesters stormed the president’s offices; at least 84 people were killed. Newsweek-Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth reached Otunbayeva by phone to discuss the current situation. Excerpts:
What actually caused the outbreak of violence last week?
A number of reasons. There was a lot of corruption, and then in terms of transparency, Kyrgyzstan is 166th out of 180 countries. We are a country with such a low quality of life. But since January 1, President Bakiyev and his government started to … Seguir leyendo
By Claude Salhani, a political analyst specializing in the Middle East and Central Asia (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 12/04/10):
Civil unrest is not something new in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia, a country of outstanding natural beauty and much political strife. What appears to have been spontaneous demonstrations in the capital, Bishkek, last Wednesday quickly spread to other parts of the country, leading to the ouster of the president, the resignation of the prime minister, the dissolving of the Parliament and a change of regime by the end of the day. About 70 people are feared to … Seguir leyendo
By Eric McGlinchey, an assistant professor of government and politics at George Mason University (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 10/04/10):
Whenever I am in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, I wake early and run in the central stadium. I enjoy it for two reasons: first, it’s one of the few places where I can exercise without Bishkek’s feral dogs attacking my ankles, and, second, that I actually run on the track provides endless amusement for the gaggle of Kyrgyz politicians I lap as they amble and shoot the breeze.
Some of my stadium acquaintances hold positions of power. Others do … Seguir leyendo
By Alexey Semyonov, vice president of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes civil society and democratic development in the former Soviet Union and Baktybek Abdrisaev, a visiting professor of history and political science at Utah Valley University. He was Kyrgyzstan’s ambassador to the United States and Canada from 1997 to 2005 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/04/10):
Events in Kyrgyzstan have once again seized headlines. Five years ago, in March 2005, the Tulip Revolution blossomed: Crowds upset by a falsified election stormed the main government building in Bishkek, the capital, and chased out then-President Askar Akayev. This week, … Seguir leyendo
Por Jesús López-Medel, abogado del Estado. Ex presidente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la OSCE (EL PERIÓDICO, 26/02/09):
De allí partieron en su último viaje. El último pedazo de tierra que pisaron estaba muy lejos de su país. Subieron a un avión del que algunos ya habían expresado a sus familiares sus temores, a pesar de sus abundantes horas de vuelo y su capacidad de sacrificio. Quienes hemos viajado con frecuencia a esos lugares evitábamos siempre esos aviones de fabricación soviética, los yakovlev, tupovlev, etcétera. Ellos no podían elegir. Eran militares. El Yak-42 despegaría para siempre de … Seguir leyendo
By Baktybek Abdrisaev, a visiting professor of history and political science at Utah Valley University and Kyrgyzstan’s ambassador to the United States and Canada from 1997 to 2005 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/02/09):
For two weeks, the U.S. struggle to hold on to its last air base in Central Asia has made headlines, and the vote in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament yesterday to close Manas Air Base will spark still more coverage. Analysts have rushed to portray this as a new chess match between a resurgent Russian Federation and a recalibrating United States; just as a new American president seeks to bolster … Seguir leyendo
Asia Briefing N°79 (CRISIS GROUP, 14/08/08):
OVERVIEW
Long viewed as a relatively liberal aberration in Central Asia’s authoritarian landscape, Kyrgyzstan has since the autumn of 2007 transformed its political system into a functional one-party state ruled by a small elite, with President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s family at its core. The key change came in December when, after an electoral campaign widely criticised for blatant bias in favour of the ruling party, a new parliament was returned that is dominated by Ak Zhol, President Bakiyev’s newly-created political machine, with decorative roles assigned to two parties that were apportioned seats in contravention to … Seguir leyendo
Asia Report N°118. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (CRISIS GROUP, 16/08/06):
While Kyrgyzstan still struggles to find political stability in the wake of its 2005 revolution, deteriorating conditions in its prison system, known by its Russian acronym GUIN, pose a threat to the fragile state’s security and public health. Badly underfunded and forgotten, GUIN has all but lost control over the nearly 16,000 inmates for which it is responsible. Power has passed into the hands of criminal leaders for whom prison populations are armies in reserve. A lack of buffers between prisons and the government has meant that trouble in jails has already … Seguir leyendo
Kyrgyzstan: A Faltering State. Asia Report N°109 (CRISIS GROUP, 16/12/05).
Por K. S. Karol, periodista francés especializado en cuestiones del Este (EL PAIS, 30/03/05):
La política en el espacio postsoviético no se parece a la nuestra. La “revolución” en Kirguizistán acaba de confirmarlo tras las de Georgia y Ucrania. Los hombres que las encabezan son ex primeros ministros o embajadores del régimen derrocado. Sus partidos carecen de historia, no son conocidos por sus ideas de izquierdas o de derechas. Fue el caso de Saakashvili en Tiflis, antiguo ministro protegido de Shevardnadze; también fue el caso de Yúshenko en Kiev, ex primer ministro de Leonid Kuchma; y ahora es el … Seguir leyendo