por Adriana Ramos Again the President of Venezuela, holding on his left arm his Bolivarian Revolution, visit yesterdays President Leonel Fernández from Dominican Republic to offer a 10,000 barrel-a-day refinery, a project currently awaiting environmental analysis. His intention is to extend the Venezuela-to-Caribbean pipeline as an effort to revert $20 billion freeze by Brazil opposition to extend the gas pipeline trough the Amazon rain forest and complete his “Great Gas Pipeline of the South”. He claims Venezuela's restoration of the Cienfuegos refinery in Cuba will complete in November. The plan is to fund a refinery in Ecuador allowing the South Americans nations to export refined products to China and other Asian destinations. After finishing his conference in … [Read more...]
To Vote, a civic responsibility
Adriana Ramos Last week some of the Candidates for the presidency, as well as some Senator and Congressman, decide to confront the real public in “Your Tube” debate, call "Citizen Tube". Not only because the politicians have realized that this new Generation is completely tech-online, but because the statistics bring high ratings to their future voters, now each one of the candidates have their own "You Tube" propaganda media. Many of the questions the general public address, were the real problems the country lives today, how to activated the economy, how we can keep the war in Iraq, if the Country should impeach the President Bush and Cheney, and so much important real problems from real people, Teachers, Parents, Accountants, Secretaries, Students, Farmers, etc. But the last … [Read more...]
Olvido
por Adriana Ramos Relaciones Internacionales Los pequeños placeres que una persona adquiere con los años, son difíciles de olvidar, como leer un buen libro, ir a ver las películas favoritas, tomar un buen vino, acompañar a un amigo en una tarde lluviosa. Este placer mío de escribir lo había dejado en el olvido ese compromiso que me hice a mi misma, de escribir, escribir, escribir. Sólo por el simple hecho podría tomarme menos de 30 minutos, unos pensamientos o unas cuantas letras, sin embargo nuestras obligaciones diarias nos apartan de esos placeres. Heme aquí, tratando de retomar el tiempo que estos meses me han llevado lejos de este rincón, y que nuevamente recuerdo al recibir un correo de una amiga… Grandes cambios han sucedido mientras pasan los días. Intentos de … [Read more...]
Annual Conference of The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Miami, FL. 21-23 of July The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. NCLR is recognized as the most effective, influential, and respected Hispanic organization in the country, serving as a voice in Washington, DC for Hispanic Americans. NCLR's Annual Conference is the largest gathering of its kind in the Hispanic community, serving as the meeting ground for over 20,000 community organization leaders, activists, and volunteers; elected and appointed … [Read more...]
reply
retweet
favorite
Retweeted by Ideas4Solutions
Follow Us!