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Aung San Suu Kyi and Hillary Clinton, new hope for 2012
Here we are, few days and 2001 will be gone forever, a very bad year for several reasons, especially for Europe, which suffers because old age and pays the price for decades and centuries of unrestrained capitalism.
A year to forget for Italy which is now facing an empty future without purpose, without ideas, not worthy to be lived and dreamed off.
Fathers are seeing today their children living much worse off them even after many sacrifices, without a family plan, surviving the day without a goal.
An entire continent, but Italy is the Vanguard, is throwing away the best with over twenty millions of unemployed.
This led in 2011 the death of many, too many, dreams.
But looking carefully the dark horizon of 2012, announced like an apocalyptic year, we can see more.
Each time, after an end, there is a new beginning and glimpses of sun seem to… Continue reading
Aung San Suu Kyi will run in Myanmar’s next elections
Aung San Suu Kyi will be back to politic.
Actually she has never stopped even during the arrest, although remained segregated at home, her life was and it is a symbol of hope for democracy in Myanmar.
In 1990 there was a huge victory of her party, but was never recognized by the regime.
The National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has announced its participation in upcoming elections and was then formally registered.
The party was banded in 2010 after a boycott of the last November’s vote.
The elections was expected in the Asian country for twenty years, but the National League for Democracy to protest an electoral law which required the removal from the lists of dissidents who were arrested, did not participate.
Aung San Suu Kyi was at the time, still under house arrest and in case of election National League for Democracy would… Continue reading
Trial against the Khmer Rouge begins
It looks like a film already seen, yet another demonstration of how history repeats itself.
Two days ago, after more than thirty years, the trial began, a Nuremberg in Asia.
The defendants have between 79 and 85 years, three men and a woman, the top (or rather what remains) of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Few Cambodians can show the same age and same health conditions, most of their peers were killed or died of starvation and fatigue.
A whole generation was wiped out within 5 years of nightmare, more than one million 700 thousand people dead and rotting in swamps.
The skulls are preserved in various museums and mausoleums.
Few, unfortunately, yet know this interlude of horror, this appendix of the dirty war in Vietnam, an ugly and inconvenient sister to keep hidden for as long as possible.
Americans, officially, never been there, but their bombs yes, and of little… Continue reading
Red Shirts in Thailand are free
In Italy no one is paying attention to Thailand now because all north Africa is burning; but at least from Thailand comes something good this bloody week.
I’m not going to repeat once again the story of the yellow shirts and red shirts, but I was there in 2006 during the military golpe and so I have followed the issue since the beginning.
I cried for the ninety people killed and about 2,000 wounded during the 10 weeks of anti-government protests that smothered large swathes of the capital. Besides protesters, the fatalities included soldiers, police, foreign cameramen, rescue workers and bystanders.
I could not believe what I was seeing on TV last year, could not believe that also Thais, people so kind, can transform themselves and follow daemons of violence.
Personally I definitely do not like the tycoons regime that there was in Thailand before 2006 like I do not… Continue reading
Red shirt gathering peacefully in Bangkok
In the blog I followed since the beginning the politic evolutions in Thailand as the actual situation started when I was there in 2006 and one day in the morning I find out tanks along the street on my way to office. The political situation is so similar to Italy that is unbelievable, we just are too coward or too evolved or too old to go on with tanks. But after the last events in Rome last week we really have to see what will go on.
It was expected more than 30,000 red shirted people in Bangkok yesterday began their peaceful event praying at Prathumwanaram temple for the dead protesters of the repression occurred during “bloody may” in Thailand in Bangkok where the Thai government killed 91 protesters. It does not matter the color if yellow shirt (pro government) or red shirt (asking new election) they were just people.… Continue reading
Kim Aris had seen his mother Aung San Suu Kyi after a decade
I was so busy lately but can’t skip this amazing and wonderfull news.
The last time the youngest child of Aung San Suu Kyi, Kim Aris, had seen his mother goes back to a decade ago, when it was allowed to stay three weeks with her. After the end of house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi the ruling military junta in Myanmar, formerly Burma, has granted now an entry visa and Kim Aris was able to see his mother.
Aung San Suu Kyi leader of the NLD the National League for Democracy, Nobel prize in 1991, has never been able to know their grandchildrens.
According to the British Embassy in Bangkok on the evening of the liberation of Aung San Suu Kyi had a telephone conversation with Kim Aris. When she was confined under house arrest or in prison, a condition in which she spent about fifteen of the… Continue reading
Thailand is dead! Long live Thailand.
The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva said today that “calm and return to normality” prevailing in the country and announced the reopening of roads and schools from tomorrow in Bangkok.
The city has been theater since weeks of violent clashes between the demonstrators and the forces of order.
Everything is calm and back to normality said Abhisit Vejjajiva in his weekly message to the nation, sent this morning in TV.
The Head of Government has announced that the services of municipals of Bangkok continue to clean and reset the occupied zone for weeks by demonstrators anti, chased Wednesday by the army from the centre commercial and tourism in the city.
The rest will return to normality tomorrow
The government agencies and schools reopen in the capital, the curfew in force in Bangkok and in several provinces of Thailand will be extended to other two days.
The measure will be imposed even… Continue reading
Bloody Saturday in Thailand
I was in the land of smile in 2006 during the beginning of this endless story, during the military coup d’etat, while in the night tank rose in Bangkok and stopped in front of parliament.
The prime minister was exiled.
I was living in ChiangMai since a couple of years and I still remember that morning when I woke up, got my motorbike, and after few roads I saw all around armor-plated vehicles with military checking the main ways and intersections of the town.
The feeling was strange, but there was no violence at all, people were kind with military and a new beginning for Thailand was right there.
At that time I could not forecast what happened yesterday.
19 people were killed and over 800 injured fighting the Thai government; spokesman for the premier Vejjajiva stated that soldiers used rubber bullets while rebels were armed with grenade launchers, hand… Continue reading
My Lai massacre is impossible to forget
Also this year I could not stop myself to thing about My Lai and to pay respect to the victims.
42 years ago on 16 March I was not even born, my mother was just a teenager, in Italy we thought to understand all about the new amazing world leaded by US going to bring the men to the moon few months later.
The cold war was at its best, but was not cold on the other side of the planet.
In a remote village of Vietnam William Calley guided the company “C” to the massacre of an entire Vietnamese village.
Women was raped and shot, children were killed by the bayonet, and the elder was consumed by flamethrower while embracing the babies trying to protect them.
The leaders and responsibles, thanks to Nixon, just got sentenced 2 years of jail changed later in few months.
Today, after all those years,… Continue reading
Thailand Blood Protest
In Bangkok, Thailand, a formidable political protest against the Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is in place since days. It is the movement of “red shirts” the supporter of the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra exiled since 2006.
The “red shirts” are asking resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and to return to the polls.
The red is also the color of blood…. so the demonstrators have decided to donate their own blood to overspread the roads of the capital, with particular attention to the places and to the palaces of the government. The challenge is to force the Prime Minister and his men to choose to return to the polls.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has rejected the ultimatum of opponents, deployed the army and left to the “red shirts” the next move.
I do hope for a peaceful solution of this endless story, the kind Thai people deserve better politicians and a better future.
Rap Cambodia (Shame Face’s Killing Fields)
This Cambodian rap song and video are really amazing, do not miss them, where music meet history, also if so many years are already gone we can not forget.
I have been in Cambodia only one time like traveler but I lived in Southeast Asia 5 years of course I read several books on Cambodia issues, I find unsustainable and a big shame for a westerner all this story. Just can not bear.
- Can not bear the fact that westerners bombed Cambodia when it was neutral with no real reason…
- Can not bear the fact that the above was the real cause of Khmer rouge and aftermath genocide…
- Can not bear the fact that westerners joined to UN table together with Khmer rouge entourages as legit government of Cambodia at that time…
- Can not bear the fact that after years of help and money nothing or… Continue reading
Freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi
Hello there, so this is the end of the ignominious trial against Aung San Suu Kyi .
It is quite unbelievable that after 3 months since last events and more then 15 years of house arrest nothing has changed.
Cambodia for sale and justice for all
Hi there…
We are going on with development… going on with profit…
I’m happy to present you another really interesting video related to Cambodia.
It makes me think if justice exist at all, if law exist for real, and I’m not speaking only about Cambodia but also here in Europe and in the so called civilized countries.
History is going on repeating itself and law and justice are never on the side of poor people and environment.
We had quite a long experience here in Europe, where it was the same story in the middle age, especially in my country, Italy, where the rights was always of the big boss.
I’m wondering… it is so different here from Cambodia? it is so different in Milan, in Rome, in Turin… it is so different today from the past?
The answer is definitely no, nothing has changed, it just better covered and masked.… Continue reading
Hmong sacrifice
I feel really sorry and sad about the Hmong story and their sacrifice during the Vietnam war, I just find out this nice video that make me think how history is going on repeating itself.
The Hmong story is really not considered from media, also today, also in the new American president era, let see if Americans for real will be able definitely to change the way.
I do not think so, in this period of my life for sure I’m not optimistic but hope never die.
Have a look at the video and do not forget to turn on also the speakers…
FREE IMMEDIATELY Aung San Suu Kyi
Today is a terrible day, really a shamefull nightmare without end.
I have no words this morning to condem the action of the burmese government.
I do hope that international leaders this time will move their fat asses.
I have posted some interviews, some interesting videos…
DO NOT FORGET to sign for Aung San Suu Kyi’s freedom…
Thailand Crisis
Finally here we are.
It is the beginning of a civil war like someone already said?
Thais will finally find their own way to real democracy?
Refugees in Thailand
Hi there…
When I visited in 2000, near MaeSot, a refugee camp, it was very similar to the one you will see in the video, and is marvelous that some angel like her visited the same kind of place.
For sure she can do much more than what I did.
The situation over there in North Thailand and in Burma has not changed at all.
Financial Crisis in Asia
Hi there…
I’m sorry, it was a long time since I posted on the blog but here I’m on again and I will do the best to go on with the blog.
Starting from now I will add much more videos and I hope you will appreciate the following two about the economic crisis and its view in Asia.
PART 1
PART 2
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