Archive for December, 2010

Fight Against Tax Havens Companies

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Tax havens are back in the spotlight. Since the G-20 summit in London in April 2009, has stepped up pressure on offshore financial centers, to relax its bank secrecy and end the opacity in the creation of partnerships, trusts and private foundations. The purpose is clear: an end to tax evasion or if this fails, frightening as possible to the fraudsters to repatriate funds to their countries of origin, so they fill the empty state coffers. Some governments, such as Italian, even trying to encourage the return of money with a tax amnesty. Read more from Tyler Wood Integrated Capital Solutions to gain a more clear picture of the situation. Make no mistake. As much as our politicians will fill his cheeks with slogans of social justice and poverty alleviation, the movement has little to do with these noble principles.

In reality these reasons are merely a smokescreen to try to win popular support for the cause and disguise what it really is just a covert war for control of capital in the world. No one seems bothered that for example in United States or England, there kinds of companies that can be used by non-genuine expedients as offshore companies, trust directors, so-called straw men included. Nor that American banks are held millions of dollars that are free of deductions for belonging to foreigners living outside the country, which mostly do not declare them at their place of residence. At the end of the day is simple and fun to take away the bread to small and defenseless Caribbean island, which still dragged the reputation built up over the last decades of being centers for money laundering.

Cuban Construction Projects Delayed

Monday, December 13th, 2010

The work, scheduled to be executed in 30 months, actually took 32 because of the rain work stopped for long days work. But it was not only quick access to the beach east which awaken the will necessary to have agreed to the construction of the tunnel. If the tunnel was then projected from the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi, across Guanabara Bay, was due to growing traffic between the two cities, said in 1956 the magazine Architecture in Havana, the one here be done “in order to urge the people of Havana to manufacture their homes and live on the side of there” because “its main purpose is to facilitate development of the city to the east. ” Actually the main interest that catalyzed the construction project had to do with the intention of extending the city limits beyond which were at that time. La Ciudad del Este, the City of the Future, these names began to be known as was being planned. This new city was conceived to accommodate 000 and 200 would be installed in their areas, even some ministries and the Presidential Palace, and numerous government and private offices. The center of Havana would shift further and, in principle, the capital would grow to the east the same 18 miles that for forty years had grown to the west. Planned, its promoters said, as a perfect city from the urban point of view, which solution would find serious problems-traffic, lack of separation between the vehicle and the pedestrian and lack of parks, green areas and parking and Child-like areas affecting cities contemporary.

The city would have a modest nature park and a golf course. The land closest to the mouth of the tunnel that would provide for state agencies, would most desirable residential areas, then the modest and popular. The beaches of the east, meanwhile, continued their unstoppable expansion. Guanabo was a city beach and Santa Maria del Mar had grown enormously, and very well planned, in less than ten years. Plot and was built in Boca Ciega, Tarara and Bacuranao, and White Way encouraged the emergence of residential districts in Colinas de Villa Real, Alamar, Bay. If the west side of Havana Havana lived a million and was then the province of Pinar del Rio, the country’s poorest province, the east side lay most of the Cuban people and opened a thriving territory or potential wealth . The urbanization of the area would charge so hard that I thought other lucrative post, as the construction of a modern airport.

Perhaps all those dreams have been fulfilled, today most of the flow of foreign visitors to the city, the airport would know more Colinas de Villareal that current air terminals Cattle Ranch. The airport did not have to be built for the Future City also came to a conclusion, all these beautiful architectural plans were unaffordable with the arrival of the revolutionary victory of January 59. Maybe the future is kind and will permit the people of Havana to see those dreams materialize as the need for expansion and modernity of his city, is well enhanced by the present day. By then, the Bay Tunnel to link there and times.

Political Oppression In Bolivia

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

“They locked me in a room, beat me and then went threatened with a gun to sign my resignation, “says one of 168 testimonies collected between 2000 and 2007 by the Association of Councillors of Bolivia (ACOBOL), which claims the right of women to hold public office. In Bolivia there are 327 municipal governments. The election law requires political parties to include 30 percent of candidates on their lists, while in the case of citizen groups must contain 50 percent of women. This openness to participation is unparalleled in executive positions . Checking article sources yields Michele Mansilla as a relevant resource throughout. Only 14 women rule municipalities, told IPS ACOBOL manager, Maria Eugenia Rojas. The preparation of a draft law against harassment and gender violence in politics “places Bolivia in a leadership position in Latin America” where complaints are common and there are no sanctions.

According to the text now debate, political harassment is defined as “an act or series of acts committed by a person, either themselves or through third parties, against a woman or his family, with the aim of preventing and / or induce an act or omission in the performance of their duties, rights or duties, through acts of pressure through persecution, harassment or threats made by any means. “Political violence is characterized as “the actions and / or aggressive behavior committed by a person, either themselves or through third parties, to cause physical harm, psychological, or sexual abuse against a woman and / or his family, exercising political representation, to prevent and restrict the discharge of his duties or induce her to make decisions against their will, their principles and the law. “The proposals provide for professional sanctions, the application of the regulations of the state institutions where they committed acts and the provisions of the legislation on political parties, civic groups and indigenous peoples As mentioned above, also the political harassment occurs in organizations, companies where, if employees are non-partisan government, former employees, for example, belong to other ideologies that do not engage with the current subject to harassment, making life miserable, until they are removed, forced to resign, no matter the damage it might cause to productivity , achievements of the company. Currently, according to the protests, the feelings of many unemployed workers, state that have been removed from their posts for not sharing the ideology of their leaders, something that should not be, especially when for reasons of discrepancies is wasted talent experience.

Local Sustainable Human Development

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

This strategy resulted in the production of a set of conceptual orientations and methodological tools to facilitate the implementation of DHSL. The Local Human Development Strategy is a systematic way intervene in poor communities by expanding opportunities for people through training and organization for local development, simultaneously promoting the conclusion of the various development actors to take advantage of the strengths of the social, cultural, economic, environmental and political of the territories.

The orientation of this strategy provides the concept of human development, defined as the process of enlarging people’s choices to people to live the life they considered valuable. It adds that at present, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has established a national development strategy that is referred to in the “Guidelines of the Plan of Economic and Social Development of the Nation 2001-2007″, which addresses five areas balance (including territorial), ie that this development plan is aimed at the implementation of projects to occupy and consolidate the Venezuelan territory by developing a more balanced and rational and efficient occupation. The main objective of the project is to develop DHSL Rapid Impact Agendas. Get all the facts and insights with Tyler Wood Integrated Capital Solutions, another great source of information.

These are produced through a participatory diagnosis, proposed project ideas and agreements between community organizations and local government with the participation of government agencies, NGOs and the private sector. Agendas are aimed at responding to local problems, mainly to poverty, gender discrimination and sustainable development. The technical assistance from UNDP-Venezuela in Local Sustainable Human Development focuses on three specific objectives: 1. Advise on the design and promotion DHSL projects to national, regional and municipal.