Sad day. The spanish soccer player, Antonio Jose Puerta, has died. The young, 22 years old, got ill during the match of his team, Sevilla, but could walk off and was taken to hospital. He had a heart attack in the locker room and at least one more in the emergency room of a Seville hospital. But three days later was the end, the heart couldn´t resist it. He died of multiple organ failure stemming from prolonged cardiac arrest and subsequent coronary problems. Spaniards asks now, why?
COVERS AUGUST 28, 2007 – RUSSIA
They got them. The murderers of Anna Politkovskaya have been charged. At least 4 of the 10 suspects detained. They are 3 chechen brothers and a security officer. The journalist wrote hundred of articles against Russia official foreign policiy in Chechnya. She was killed last year, now the question is: was the goverment or not?
COVERS AUGUST 26, 2007 – USA
COVERS AUGUST 25, 2007 – SPAIN
Terror is back. In Spain, the separatist basque group ETA, strikes again. This time was the local Civil Guard headquarters in Durango (north of the country). Fortunately were only two light injured, but could be a tragedy if the van explodes in the morning (and not in the night, like it was). It is the first attack of the year, and second since the group annouced the cease-fire was over, in june 2006.
COVERS AUGUST 24, 2007 – NEW ZEALAND
They went to Hell. The pizza chain in New Zealand is removing its billboards of Hitler making the “Sieg heil” salute after complaints from the jewish community (some of them with family members killed in the Shoah). But, Pope Benedict was attacked too, in a similar way, depicted rising his right arm (with pizza in his hand) and a cooker´s shovel in the left. The agency that handles the chain´s advertising, Cinderella, went too far trying to cause shock, and the goverment authority received a lot of complaints.
COVERS AUGUST 23, 2007 – USA
It is forbidden. In Dominican Republic, the first land Cristobal Colon touched in 1492, goverment wants private radios not aired the reggaeton – a music style born from jamaican reggae and other latino mix - anymore. Why? the lyrics are too sexually, enough inappropiate for young people.
COVERS AUGUST 22, 2007 – CANADA
War art. Children that avoid death in Darfur, Sudan, painted their suffering in a very impressive way. Now, international courts want to judge the perpetrators of ethnic cleasing using those drawings. Can it be possible?.
COVERS AUGUST 21, 2007 – PERU
Nothing stop them. Although Peru lives one of the worst natural disasters in history, the fanatics of socialist heaven on earth still dream for it. A prominent leader of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), a moist guerrilla group, was caught by the police in the north of the country. It is the number 2, named Marcos Santos Ramos (a) “Joel”. The communist countries are things of the past all around the world, but in Latin America the nightmare seems not over, yet.
COVERS AUGUST 20, 2007 – ENGLAND
They lie?. In England there are problems with the war in Afghanistan. Certain sources insist the goverment is hiding the true casualty rate produced by the war in that country. The oppostion asked the Ministry of Defence about it, but he never anwsered the questions in Parliament, yet. The Conservatives compared United States and U.K. records. The first reported 9 wounded for every dead, but the british only 3. The lates MoD figures showed that since 2001 there have been 751 personnel admitted to field hospitals for various ailments and 70 troops have been killed. Where is the true?. Well, in every war the first casualty is…………
COVERS AUGUST 19, 2007 – CANADA
Grandad is a hero. Elder canadians veterans of the ill fated World War II operation in Dieppe, meet to remember fallen comrades in that french beach, 65 years ago. The 5.000 men force tried to storm german defence, but was repealed with high casualties, 3.367 were killed, wounded or captured. But high command learnt value lessons, implemented later in the famous D-Day, june 1944, that opened the door to liberty in Europe. Their blood, was not spilled in vain.
COVERS AUGUST 18, 2007 – CHINA
Let´s play the war. Two big powers, Russia and China arranged military exercises in Ural mountains, aicrafts, helicopters, tanks and men were deployed before heads of state (russian Vladimir Putin and chinese Hu Jintao). Both countries face separatist minorities uprisings in their lands, but Western countries fear an asiatic alliance that counters Nato`s (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) influence.
COVERS AUGUST 17, 2007 – PERU
Sorrow for them. The forces of nature hit Peru, ruthlessly, specially in the south. The city of Pisco is almost completely destroyed. Horrifying numbers: more than 500 killed, 1800 wounded, 17.000 houses down (including 28 churches), 90.000 victims. International help arrives, President Alan Garcia calls for calm, mourning declared. Now, fear for mortal diseases, delinquents released by the earthquake and, worst of all, what is next?. Shadows of tsunamis.
COVERS AUGUST 16, 2007 – PERU
Horror in Peru. Two earthquakes, 7 degrees of force, shook the south american country, with replies. Thousands of wounded, more than 100 killed, many people missing. In Pisco houses fall down, included two churches (full of people). Energy and phone lines are out of service. For fear population slept in the streets under cold weather, hospitals colapsed. Some coastal districts in Lima (capitol city) evacuated. Specialist in sismology has warned, presidente Alan Garcia calls for calm, minor earthquakes in the Pacific (Solomon islands and Japan). Terror for tsunamis, nobody wants to repeat Indonesia 2004. The fear in 120 seconds.
COVERS AUGUST 15, 2007 – USA
COVERS AUGUST 14, 2007 – USA
COVERS AUGUST 13, 2007 – SPAIN
Time bomb. In the Mediterranean sea two ships colide, one with minor damage, but the other full of fuel is sinking slowly. It is the third incident in Algeciras bay, Spain, this year. Ecological disaster at door.
COVERS AUGUST 12, 2007 – AUSTRIA
COVERS AUGUST 11, 2007 – EUROPE
Strangers in their land. A new road divides jews and arabs in East Jerusalem, for security reasons. In the 21st century some people can`t live together, in peace, yet.
COVERS AUGUST 10, 2007 – USA
Everything is back. In Berlin, Germany, 17 years after the fall of the Wall, some people wish to keep what rest of it. We hope those memories stop there.
COVERS AUGUST 9, 2007 – FRANCE
The year of changes. Snow storms in unexpected places, wild floods, high temperatures extended. The weather is changing, at this conclusion had arrived the specialists working for United Nations. Human activity affects the climate, with high impact for all.
COVERS AUGUST 8, 2007 – BRAZIL
The man of one thousand faces. It was caught in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, one of the most dangerous drug traffickers of the world. The colombian, 44 years old, is the chief of a cartel that send tons of cocaine to United States each year. Colombia said that will be extradited immediately, and wish to get the 5.000.000 of reward offered by State Department. The drug lord evaded capture many times thanks to plastic surgery and forge ID, last, was argie. Just only bad luck?.
COVERS AUGUST 7, 2007 – USA
The mighty power of marketing. In San Mateo, California, USA, children 3-5 years old were tested. Which food is better Mc Donald´s or any other else?, well, golden arches were the first choice, even tasted better, although children had eaten same foods, the difference was that one has brand wrapped and the other…………not. Incredible.
COVERS AUGUST 6, 2007 – ISRAEL
Shameful. Holcaust survivors parade before Prime Minister office, because state aids are minimal, and can´t help them to get out of poverty. They say the goverment wait for the “biological solution”, they will be dead soon or later. Ehud Olmert is angry “everything is part of a political campaign against me!”. The 240.000 elder men and women, just only want to live decently their last moments.
COVERS AUGUST 5, 2007 – UAE
They are hungry. Early monsoons provoked terrible floods in Asia, with 1.000 dead, millions displaced, withouth food and water. It is the case of these 2.200 villagers in the state of Bihar, India, trying to catch packs of food throw from helicopters. And the Gages river, the most important river of the region, is still growing.
COVERS AUGUST 4, 2007 – BRAZIL
COVERS AUGUST 3, 2007 – USA
COVERS AUGUST 2, 2007 – BRAZIL
COVERS AUGUST 1, 2007 – GERMANY
Bad days for cinema. Now is another pearl of the seventh art that left us, the italian Michelangelo Antonioni, aged 94, winner of the most important awards (Cannes, Berlin, Venice). We will miss you.
