cp006

The impact that presidential elections have on US foreign policy tends to be overestimated. It seldom happens that a newly elected president can voluntarily change the course of that mammoth oil tanker whose course is being plotted by a complex web of tradition, congressional wrangling and special interests. Usually, the most a rooky White House resident can strive for is to give the whole affair a personal touch, and lay the foundations for slow readjustments. 

 

 

 

cp005

The impact that presidential elections have on US foreign policy tends to be overestimated. It seldom happens that a newly elected president can voluntarily change the course of that mammoth oil tanker whose course is being plotted by a complex web of tradition, congressional wrangling and special interests. Usually, the most a rooky White House resident can strive for is to give the whole affair a personal touch, and lay the foundations for slow readjustments. 

 

cp004

(Para El Correo, desde Lima)
Seguro que les resulta fácil imaginarse esta escena: un turista, uno más de los miles de visitantes que recibe cada día Barcelona, se encuentra paseando tranquilamente por el parque Güell en una soleada mañana. Absorto por la incuestionable belleza arquitectónica del entorno... 

 

cp003

These days the term 'terrorism' seems to be used by politicians as an all powerful tool that can get them elected, keep them in office and excuse any wrong doing or injustice they may have on their record. The advantage in using this term is that people are likely to listen, as 'terrorism' usually equates fear, and fear tends to make many people highly irrational – enough to hinder clear judgment. Its use has been very successful in pushing government agendas that under any other circumstances would never have been able to be implemented. 

 

 

cp002

(Para Radio Nederland)
Por si aún fueran pocos los obstáculos que deben ser superados para que lo inicialmente acordado en Annapolis entre palestinos e israelíes llegue a ser algún día una salida al largo túnel en el que ambos están sumidos, ahora Moscú se suma a la lista con sibilino cálculo estratégico.