Archivo etiqueta «Unión de Myanmar/Birmania»
THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/01/12:
Aung San Suu Kyi sat in the living room of the home where she lived under house arrest for so many years and talked about the future. She is now a free citizen, meeting with high-level foreign delegations; she’s a political star in her country and possibly a future president. In an interview with Washington Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth on Wednesday — the same day Suu Kyi registered as a candidate for Burma’s parliamentary elections — she talked about her country’s president, U.S. economic sanctions and her political plans. Excerpts:
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THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/01/12:
Since Thein Sein took office as Burma’s president nine months ago, the country’s famous opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from house arrest, political prisoners have been released and the United States has normalized bilateral relations with Burma, also known as Myanmar. This week, Sein granted The Post’s Lally Weymouth his first interview with a foreign journalist. Excerpts:
President Sein: I would like to welcome you to our capital and I know The Washington Post is a renowned newspaper in America. This is the first time to meet with the foreign media. This … Seguir leyendo
Par Frédéric Debomy, ancien président d’Info Birmanie, et Stéphane Hessel, ambassadeur de France (LE MONDE, 28/12/11):
En mai dernier, nous avions publié avec l’équipe d’Info Birmanie un livre destiné à faire mieux connaître la pensée et l’action d’Aung San Suu Kyi, figure de référence du mouvement démocratique birman et lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix. La “Dame de Rangoun”, évoquant ses objectifs, disait ne pas viser seulement un changement de gouvernement mais aussi “un changement dans la société birmane, une évolution des concepts politiques, des idées politiques [car] je crains qu’il fasse désormais partie de [notre]culture … Seguir leyendo
By Shashi Tharoor, a former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and UN Under-Secretary General, and a member of India’s parliament and the author of a dozen books, including India from Midnight to the Millennium and Nehru: the Invention of India (Project Syndicate, 08/12/11):
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Myanmar (Burma), noted largely for a memorable photo opportunity with a wan but smiling Aung San Suu Kyi, signaled a significant change in the geopolitics surrounding a land that has faced decades of isolation, sanctions, and widespread condemnation for its human-rights violations.
Twenty-one years ago, … Seguir leyendo
By Aung San Suu Kyi. She was born in 1945 in Burma, now called Myanmar. Her father, the nation’s independence hero, was assassinated when she was 2. She left the country as a teenager when her mother was named an ambassador, then returned from Britain in 1988 and became a pro-democracy leader. She won the Nobel Peace Price in 1991, one of 15 years she spent under house arrest (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/12/11):
Why does change seem so desirable and so exhilarating in our times? Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was fueled by the promise of change. In Burma … Seguir leyendo
Por Henry Kamen, historiador británico, su último libro es Poder y gloria. Los héroes de la España imperial, Espasa, 2010 (EL MUNDO, 02/12/11):
La histórica visita a Birmania de Hillary Clinton supone el primer contacto al más alto nivel entre la Casa Blanca y el Gobierno del país asiático. La secretaria de Estado de EEUU llegó el miércoles y ayer mostró su apoyo al proceso de cambio emprendido por la Junta Militar birmana, lo que gran parte de la prensa ha interpretado como el principio del fin de una de las dictaduras más arraigadas de Asia. Pero este artículo … Seguir leyendo
By Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser (Project Syndicate, 30/11/11):
Historic transformations often happen when least expected. Mikhail Gorbachev’s liberalizing policies of glasnost and perestroikain the Soviet Union emerged at one of the Cold War’s darkest hours, with US President Ronald Reagan pushing for strategic missile defense and the two sides fighting proxy wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Deng Xiaoping’s economic opening followed China’s bloody – and failed – invasion of Vietnam in 1978. And South Africa’s last apartheid leader, F. W. de Klerk, was initially perceived as just another apologist for the … Seguir leyendo
By Zaw Htay, director of the office of the president of Myanmar (THE WASHINGTON POST, 16/11/11):
When President Obama sees his counterparts among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this week in Bali, he is expected to advance a number of major initiatives. Washington has made clear the Asia-Pacific region’s importance to the 21st century and its dedication to an enduring U.S. presence there.
For its part, Myanmar has weathered numerous revolutions without regime change, including the “first wave,” after the fall of the Berlin Wall; the Saffron revolution in 2007; and multi-party elections in November 2010. The political … Seguir leyendo
By Thant Myint-U, a historian and former United Nations official and the author of Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 05/10/11):
Myanmar, sandwiched between China and India, is at its most important political watershed since the establishment of army rule in 1962. Over the next few weeks, the Obama administration can make a big difference in determining whether historic reforms under way there will lead to Asia’s newest democratic transition. President Obama should publicly support the changes taking place, and back up those words with actions to end the country’s … Seguir leyendo
By Stanley A. Weiss, founder chairman of Business Executives for National Security (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 19/05/11):
Every spring, Forbes publishes its ranking of the richest men and women on the planet. One person you won’t see on the list is Burmese business tycoon Tay Za. The charismatic Tay Za is chief executive of the Htoo Group of Companies, a business empire founded during Burma’s era of democratic rule that spans logging, gems and jade, palm oil, construction, hotels and tourism, mobile-phone services, an airline and more. At 46, he is widely believed to be Burma’s first … Seguir leyendo
By Benedict Rogers, the East Asia team leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide, an international human rights organization (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 04/04/11):
I now know what it feels like for dissidents in Burma, when the authorities knock on the door late at night. In my case, I was treated civilly, but I know that if I had been Burmese it would have been far, far worse.
I had been in Burma a week, and had visited the country several times before. Having written a biography of the dictator, Than Shwe, accusing him of crimes against humanity, I was surprised … Seguir leyendo
By Matthew F. Smith, a senior consultant with EarthRights International, which represented Burmese plaintiffs in Doe v. Unocal Corporation (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 04/04/11):
The Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi recently urged Western nations to maintain economic sanctions against Myanmar, where the world’s longest-running military dictatorship is tightening its repressive ways: Over 2,000 prisoners of conscience languish behind bars in squalid conditions, while arbitrary arrests and detentions, extrajudicial killings, torture and other abuses continue to be widespread and systematic, particularly in ethnic areas.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi’s message is not without controversy. It comes … Seguir leyendo
Par Frédéric Debomy, président d’Info Birmanie (LE MONDE, 16/02/11):
En demandant le 28 février 2011 le maintien des sanctions économiques à l’égard du régime birman, Aung San Suu Kyi et sa Ligue nationale pour la démocratie (LND) auront clarifié leur position sur un sujet toujours au centre de nombreuses polémiques. Certains observateurs, prêtant à la figure de référence du mouvement démocratique birman leurs propres vues, avaient pourtant affirmé que cette dernière avait “changé d’avis” sur les sanctions.
A la source de cette erreur, une lecture hâtive de la lettre qu’Aung San Suu Kyi adressait à l’homme fort de la … Seguir leyendo
Por Timothy Garton Ash, catedrático de Estudios Europeos en la Universidad de Oxford, investigador titular en la Hoover Institution de la Universidad de Stanford. Su último libro es Facts are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name. Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 20/12/10):
No existe nada comparable a estar allí. A falta de eso, lo mejor es un enlace de vídeo. De pronto, aquí tenemos a Aung San Suu Kyi, en una pantalla delante de nosotros, en directo desde el 54 de University Avenue en Rangún. Está sentada con la espalda muy tiesa, tranquila, … Seguir leyendo
By Stanley A. Weiss, founder chairman of Business Executives for National Security, a nonpartisan organization based in Washington (THE WASHINGTON POST, 03/12/10):
The recent release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, after deeply flawed elections that allowed the military in Myanmar, also known as Burma, to tighten its half-century-long grip on the country, raises numerous political questions: What comes next for her? Will the ruling junta engage her newly reconstituted National Democracy Party? Will other political prisoners be freed?
While political headlines are filled with uncertainty, recent business headlines are not. It was reported last month … Seguir leyendo