Archivo etiqueta «Líbano»
By Nina Burleigh. Her last essay for The Times was The Scapegoating of Amanda Knox (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 25/12/11):
I had traveled a lot in the Middle East, but never before to Beirut, the “Paris of the Orient.” I went just before Christmas last year, to interview a famous, beautiful woman, and I had a half-day to see the sights.
Out on the Corniche, beyond the ruined art deco beachfront high-rises — lodging rats now, not VIPs — you can rent a bike. No one seemed to have a map, but the mid-December sun was warm and it seemed … Seguir leyendo
Por Félix Arteaga, investigador principal de Seguridad y Defensa, Real Instituto Elcano (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 16/09/11):
Tema: La tensión política interna ha ido aumentando en el Líbano tras forzar Hezbolá la caída del gobierno de Saad Hariri en febrero de 2011 y acusar formalmente el Tribunal Especial de Naciones Unidas para Líbano a miembros de Hezbolá del asesinato de Rafiq Hariri en 2005. Además, tanto los efectos de la desestabilización del régimen sirio como la propuesta de proclamación de un Estado palestino podrían acabar desbordando las tensiones acumuladas [1].
Análisis: La situación política, económica y de seguridad en el … Seguir leyendo
Par Laure Stephan (LE MONDE, 21/08/11):
Tanks postés aux carrefours sensibles, checkpoints sur les routes principales, soldats montant la garde devant des bâtiments officiels : la présence de l’armée ne cesse de rappeler la fragilité de la situation au Liban.
Alors que le vent de la contestation continue de souffler dans le monde arabe, malgré la répression sanglante en Syrie et les désillusions en Egypte, il n’a pas pris dans le petit pays du Proche-Orient. Personne n’est descendu dans la rue pour demander le départ de leaders politiques dont nombre monopolisent l’échiquier national depuis les années de guerre (1975-1990). Plusieurs … Seguir leyendo
By Antonio Cassese, president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He previously served as president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and chairman of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 13/07/11):
The Lebanese authorities have received indictments and accompanying arrest warrants relating to the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others in a huge blast in Beirut.
An important milestone in bringing to justice those responsible for the terrible events of Feb. 14, 2005, has been reached. As we wait for the people accused to be arrested let … Seguir leyendo
By Abraham Rabinovich, a Jerusalem-based journalist (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 12/07/11):
Another major border dispute has broken out between Israel and Lebanon, one that offers each country the choice of sharing prosperity or inflicting on each other an economic catastrophe. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved the coordinates of an exclusive economic zone delineating waters up to 200 nautical miles off its coast in which it claims oil and gas exploration rights. The borders of the area overlap with those submitted by the Lebanese government six months ago to the United Nations in delineating its own claims for an … Seguir leyendo
Par Wassim Henoud, journaliste (LE MONDE, 19/05/11):
Avec tout le respect qui lui est dû, autant qu’à sa fonction, force est de constater que le président Michel Sleimane peine à imposer sa marque sur l’échiquier politique libanais.
Le général Sleimane a été porté à la présidence du pays en 2008 comme le plus petit dénominateur commun de l’Union nationale – mais emblématique de par l’attachement viscéral des Libanais à leur armée, dernier symbole de probité et d’union nationales. Invité à exercer la fonction suprême après avoir fait vœu de “chasteté politique”, il cède au charme du pouvoir et rompt avec … Seguir leyendo
Por Julia Choucair Vizoso, experta en el mundo árabe contemporáneo y doctoranda en Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad de Yale (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 09/02/11):
Tema: La caída del gobierno de Saad Hariri a mediados de enero es un reflejo de un nuevo equilibrio de fuerzas en Líbano y de las tensiones en torno al Tribunal Especial de la ONU para Líbano.
Resumen: La dimisión el 12 de enero pasado de 11 ministros ha supuesto un cambio importante en el equilibrio de fuerzas en Líbano. Por primera vez desde el asesinato del ex primer ministro Rafiq Hariri el 14 de … Seguir leyendo
By John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of Surrender Is Not an Option (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 03/02/11):
Despite the media’s recent focus on Egypt, events in Lebanon may well tell us more about the troubled prospects for Middle Eastern democracy. The fall of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s government, replaced by a Hezbollah-dominated coalition, dramatically imperils Beirut’s democratic Cedar Revolution.
Financed and dominated by Iran, terrorist Hezbollah has consistently refused to disarm and become a legitimate political party. Instead, it enjoys the best of … Seguir leyendo
By Nicholas Noe, the editor in chief of Mideastwire.com and the editor of Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28/01/11):
Almost exactly six years after the Cedar Revolution led to a rapid withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, the United States’ dream that it could use this fragile country as a launching pad for a New Middle East — one with a decidedly pro-American bent — has seemingly collapsed.
One could argue that it crumpled at exactly 11:58 a.m. on Tuesday, when a Christian member of the Lebanese Parliament from the Bekaa … Seguir leyendo
Por Georges Corm, ex ministro de Finanzas libanés. Autor de El Líbano contemporáneo. Historia y sociedad, Ed. Bellaterra, 2006 (LA VANGUARDIA, 27/01/11):
La situación libanesa vuelve a ser muy volátil. Y numerosos estados se hallan de nuevo implicados, positiva o negativamente. En términos mediáticos, en Occidente y en los regímenes árabes cercanos a la política euro-estadounidense, las mismas simplificaciones abusivas pintan de nuevo un Hizbulah todopoderoso que ha hecho caer un gobierno y se apresta a apoderarse del Estado. Sin embargo, lo que ha desencadenado este nuevo interés internacional por la pequeña República Libanesa no es más que … Seguir leyendo
Por Ian Bremmer, presidente del Eurasia Group y autor de The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (Project Syndicate, 19/01/11):
Después de observar el colapso del gobierno del Líbano la semana pasada, cuesta no pensar en los esfuerzos por reconstruir un Irak estable. Los dos países tienen tanto en común. Ambos son democracias volátiles donde cualquier cuestión política puede provocar no sólo un debate intenso, sino también la amenaza de violencia.
Ambos países tienen una relativa libertad de expresión, al menos en relación a sus vecinos árabes, y una multitud de partidos … Seguir leyendo
By Thanassis Cambanis, the author of A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah’s Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 13/01/11):
The collapse of Lebanon’s government on Tuesday signaled the final stage in Hezbollah’s rise from resistance group to ruling power. While Hezbollah technically remains the head of the political opposition in Beirut, make no mistake: the Party of God has fully consolidated its control in Lebanon, and will stop at nothing — including civil war — to protect its position.
The crisis was precipitated by Hezbollah’s opposition to a United Nations-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 … Seguir leyendo
Por Fawaz A. Gerges, director del Centro de Oriente Medio de la London School of Economics and Political Science, Universidad de Londres. Su próximo libro es Obama y Oriente Medio: ¿superación de un amargo legado?. Traducción: José María Puig de la Bellacasa (LA VANGUARDIA, 10/01/11):
Una vez más, Líbano se encuentra al borde de una gran agitación social y política. Los rumores de un choque armado inminente entre Hizbulah y la coalición prooccidental gobernante se han propagado como la pólvora entre el pueblo libanés, que ansiosamente acapara alimentos y armas con vistas a lo peor.
La crisis actual … Seguir leyendo
By Fawaz Gerges, a professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (THE GUARDIAN, 31/12/10):
Once again, Lebanon is on the brink of major social and political upheaval. Rumours of an impending armed clash between Hezbollah and the pro-western governing coalition have spread like wildfire among the Lebanese people, who are hoarding food and arms in anticipation of the worst.
On the surface of it, the current crisis revolves around a United Nations tribunal set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of prime minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. An indictment … Seguir leyendo
By Nussaibah Younis, a doctoral candidate in international relations, a freelance researcher and a journalist based in Beirut and London (THE GUARDIAN, 14/10/10):
Just over the partition separating hundreds of female Hezbollah supporters from their male counterparts, a heated discussion is being held. A teenage security guard, identified as Hezbollah-approved by a green card badge safety-pinned to his T-shirt, wants to pray without leaving the large square in south Beirut where the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to speak.
The only thing he can find to pray on, however, is one of the A4 posters of Ahmadinejad that … Seguir leyendo