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Posts from ‘October, 2007’

Á Grande Pedro!

Não é que eu goste muito da pessoa ou concorde com a sua política, muita dela ligada a escândalos de corrupção, no entanto não pude deixar de apreciar a atitude de Santana Lopes aquando de uma entrevista para a SIC Noticias, na qual discutia (á sua maneira) uma temástica actual, quando foi interrompido para uma [...]

Sao Tome and Principe (part I)

During March last year (2007) the international community that struggles to safeguard the place of cetaceans on this planet was alarmed by the possibility of Sao Tome and Principe join Japan in their loop-hole inside the International Whaling Commission (IWC). News of this kept coming and so Global Ocean (an UK based Charity) decided to [...]

Darfur – Don’t Look Away

The strategy is simple. Rape as many women as possible. As brutally as possible. As publicly as possible. That is how the state backed the Janjawid militia in Darfur, in western Sudan are terrorising the civilian population. The UN calls it ‘the world’s worst humanitarian crisis’. But what is causing the violence in Darfur and [...]