Archivo etiqueta «Sudáfrica»
By Jim Hoagland (THE WASHINGTON POST, 28/01/07):
When Desmond Tutu speaks out about morality in politics and foreign policy, his nation and the rest of the world should listen. By criticizing the government he helped bring into being, the South African Nobel laureate raises in his own distinctive fashion some of the key issues of our time.
Tutu, along with Nelson Mandela, has been instrumental in guiding South Africa’s peaceful and democratic transition from the tyranny of a white minority to black majority rule. Over four decades, Tutu has established a reputation for integrity, wisdom and fairness that has few … Seguir leyendo
By William Rees-Mogg (THE TIMES, 11/09/06):
THERE ARE two ways of looking at the historic problems of land ownership. One is the traditional way of seeking justice for the original owners, often through land reform. This often has its own problems, since it is sometimes impossible to establish who were the original owners; there may be several competing claims. The alternative is to give preference to those who will use the land to produce the most food, most efficiently.
In Africa, the historic approach is favoured by the black majority who often believe that their tribal lands were stolen by … Seguir leyendo
By John Moore, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Cornell University and Nicoli Nattrass, the director of the AIDS and Society Research Unit at the University of Cape Town (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 04/06/06):
H.I.V. causes AIDS. This is not a controversial claim but an established fact, based on more than 20 years of solid science. It is as certain as the descent of humans from apes and the falling of dropped objects to the ground.
So why reiterate the obvious? Because lately, a bizarre theory has gained ground — one that claims that H.I.V. is harmless, … Seguir leyendo
By Nora Kenworthy, he works with an independent organization that provides psychosocial support to HIV-positive mothers in South Africa (THE WASHINGTON POST, 19/03/06):
One night last month, just past midnight, in a small South African rural town outside Johannesburg, I awoke suddenly to the realization that five young men had entered my room through a window to rob the guesthouse in which I was staying. In an instant they had two pistols pressed against my forehead in the dark, their faces close to mine, whispering in butchered English to shut up.
After a year spent providing field-based and administrative … Seguir leyendo
Por Desmond Tutu, premio Nobel de la Paz (LA VANGUARDIA, 05/03/06):
En Sudáfrica, y de hecho en todo el mundo, nos educamos creyendo estrictamente en la justicia como desquite. Con la alarmante alza de crímenes violentos, violaciones y abusos infantiles, hay frecuentes llamadas a reinstituir la pena capital, las cuales tienen un amplio respaldo público. Misericordiosamente, la Corte Constitucional de Sudáfrica ha determinado que la pena de muerte (que los sudafricanos eliminaron al mismo tiempo que fueron liberados del apartheid) es inconstitucional.
Es lamentable que en algunos lugares del mundo parezca que los hombres y mujeres no han podido … Seguir leyendo
I. Los tristes y peligrosos fanáticos y II. Soul City. John Carlin (EL PAIS, 08/03).
El caso de Suráfrica. Madeleine Fullard, historiadora surafricana, trabajó como investigadora para la Comisión para la Verdad y la Reconciliación durante seis años (EL PAIS, 15/06/03).