Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Extreme Pain In Big Toe

Tumbala! requires the mayor to "portray" the Tower Cajasol

PRESS RELEASE

Sevilla, May 11, 2011

Yesterday I did the PP, Zoido, who reviewed building permits

against this skyscraper platform, Tumbala!, Requires all candidates to govern Sevilla to speak out clearly about what to do about the same in case of mayors. Because, until now, there has been too much ambiguity, if not resounding silence in the case of an act so shocking, controversial, and with so serious loopholes.

Tumbalá! publicly his satisfaction with the statements that you PP mayor made on the draft Cajasol Tower, yesterday at the Forum Europe in Madrid. Zoido because the candidate agrees that if the mayor of Seville after the forthcoming local elections, review of licenses for construction by not having all warranties and be of very dubious legality.

these considerations coincide with repeated lawsuits and citizen media of this platform in recent years, given the numerous and serious irregularities in the approval of this project by the City. Irregularities to be found in the "Black Book of Cajasol Torre, prepared at the initiative the group Manifesto against the construction of the Tower Cajasol of professionals and experts in urban planning, building and legislation, and which in its day was given widespread, also among those responsible for political parties. ( Here accessible both to its conclusions as to the full document.)
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But is that, in addition, urban development is a very serious attack on the cultural heritage and landscape of our city. Seriously worsen traffic conditions on major roads knots around the metropolitan area Seville. It is totally unnecessary, in that not just lack office space in our city (today there are already some 200,000 m2 unemployed). And it is economically and ethically feasible: it comes at a time of deep crisis, and in which Cajasol was "diluted" by merging with several other banks as a "Banking Civic asking the state more than 800 million euros to while pretending to be spent half in a tower perfectly dispensable.

On the eve of the topic is again dealt with by UNESCO in Paris next month, with the risk that the assets currently Seville declared "World Heritage" may become a listed as "heritage in danger" by sheer stubbornness, pride and interests of a few, we require all applicants to occupy the City Hall to speak out publicly and clearly about their position on this issue.

Citizens of Seville are entitled to know what steps to take and promote each candidate's access to city government, for urban action and public debate as indicated.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Nadine Jansene Housebreak

NOTE ON A RECENT DEBATE ABOUT THE TRUTH AND MEMORY: THE NOBEL AND THE CARDINAL


THE NOBEL AND THE CARDINAL




Gonzalo Gamio Gehri


The final chapter of Mario Vargas Llosa published in El Pais - titled The moment of truth - is a new chapter in the debate acid which stars the award-winning writer and Cardinal Cipriani about the historical truth regarding the attitude of the latter over the defense of human rights during internal armed conflict and the links with the Archbishop of Fujimori's authoritarian regime. The author of The Feast of the Goat wrote the note in response to an article published a week before Cipriani in Trade, entitled The inalienable human rights, in which the Cardinal tries to justify the famous phrase offensive who ran against Coordinator of Human Rights in times when his tenure as bishop of Ayacucho; in the same letter, Cipriani says he opposed the sterilization forced committed by the Fujimori government. Vargas Llosa replica strongly from the first line of text, presenting with sturdy clear their views on the topic of the text and the character in question:

"Although I am not a believer, I have many Catholic friends, priests and laity, and a great respect for those trying to live according to their religious convictions. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, archbishop of Lima, however, seems to represent the worst tradition of the Church , authoritarian and obscurantist of the Index, Torquemada, the Inquisition and grills for the heretic and apostate, and his recent self-defense, The inalienable human rights, published on 1 May in Lima, all the criticism justified in the name of democracy and human rights, and often receives, mainly from the more liberal Catholic circles. "

Indeed, The inalienable rights of self-defense is a text which, among other things, aims to show that the famous rudeness was not directed at human rights, but Coordinator, an organization bringing together different institutions that defend human rights in times of violence. The writer wants to show - although that was the case - the sentence context could not find any happy or lucky, because it is used to reject a particular social embodiment of defending human rights through an organization that played a important role in an era of cruelty and indolence. A time when the state did not perceive the protection of human rights victims as a priority cause, or watched with evident suspicion.

"In his text (Cipriani) that denies ever saying that" human rights are a lunacy "(expletive Peruvian English equivalent of crap) and asserts that, in fact, who applied such rudeness was only Coordinator of Human Rights, an institution run by a former English nun, Pilar Coll, during the years of mass killings committed by the Fujimori dictatorship carried out an admirable campaign denouncing the crimes, torture and Disappearance that were committed under the pretext of the fight against Sendero Luminoso. ( The Commission of Truth , who chaired the former rector of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru , Salomon Lerner, has documented these atrocities). "

is true that in the Final Report of the TRC can find information about the negative disposition of the ecclesiastical authorities of Ayacucho in the defense of human rights undertaken by these institutions as well as with regard to blocking actions the Archdiocesan Office of Social Action Ayacucho Charles Schmidt [1] and CEAS itself (organ of the Catholic Church). As the issue is controversial and generates passion, I suggest that the reader is referred to the documentary sources that the TRC itself evokes IF - you can find precise references there - to form their own opinion on the facts the report describes and supporting the claims of Vargas Llosa in this particular topic. However, the work of the Coordinating and management Pilar Coll have been highlighted in various publications and forums. Vargas Llosa's point about the NHRC is quite clear and documented. It is true that the press Fujimori and ultraconservative sector of the political class tends to slide the offensive suggestion that the Coordinator "did not address the rights of all", but this is a wrong that can not withstand the most scrutiny. Any objections in this area should strive to support your position with reasoning and verifiable historical data for the discussion can be fruitful and transparent.

Líneas abajo, el novelista enfoca su alegato en el tema de las esterilizaciones forzadas:

“El cardenal Cipriani desmiente, además, que durante la dictadura hubiera guardado silencio frente a uno de los crímenes colectivos más abyectos cometidos por Fujimori y sus cómplices: la esterilización, mediante engaños, de unas 300.000 campesinas a las que, por orden del dictador, los equipos del Ministerio de Salud ligaron las trompas o castraron, asegurándoles que se trataba de simples vacunas or a measure that only temporarily prevent them from conceiving. How come nobody learned in Peru that the archbishop had found objectionable to these abuses? Because instead of protesting publicly simply do it in private, that is, quietly whispering their protest at the pinna of the dictator! ".

Vargas Llosa focuses on the theme of supporting the cause Fujimori receive from different characters associated with religious conservatism in the current election campaign. Considered a contradiction that the Cardinal told not to intervene in the political debate expressing your opinion (and inviting others to share their case) and - in their view - their own bishop to do the same, speaking on political issues from the pulpit or showing gestures that have a clear political reading of such election. Similarly, and in a different order of reflection, regret that some politicians who are both Catholic militants - specifically, Martha Chavez, one of the visible heads of Fujimori - to commit to a political perspective, contrary to the balance of power and autonomy the judiciary (which was rife in the nineties).

"The cardinal is not usually so discreet when it comes to protest against condoms and not to mention abortion, or, for that matter, against who in this second round of elections in Peru support to Ollanta Humala. For example, for having done it, so I was warned loud and all the way from the pulpit of the Cathedral of Lima, for a trade. He has asked me "more seriously" and has claimed that how dare I give advice on who to vote for the Peruvians. The cardinal is nervous and forget that there is still freedom in Peru and that any citizen can comment on policy without asking him or anyone else. (Of course things will change if elected Ms. Fujimori, the candidate for whom he blessed in that same office in which forbade me say).

not only the Archbishop of Lima is exceeded in these days of campaigning and dirty war in Peru. An openly Fujimori, also of Opus Dei, like Bishop Cipriani, Martha Chavez, the president has publicly threatened the judiciary, Dr. César San Martín, an eminent jurist who presided over the court that sentenced to 25 years in prison for Fujimori for crimes against human rights, with the prophetic phrase: "It will respond in due course."

The written exchange has been remarkably strong. On Monday, Cardinal Cipriani has responded tersely to the writer. He pointed to Trade that each should be kept in the area of \u200b\u200bits activity, and, surprisingly, has drawn attention to the agnosticism of Vargas Llosa. "I think everyone is in place. I am the Cardinal and the Archbishop of Lima, he is a Nobel Prize for Literature. If you leave our site, we were wrong. He says he is a believer and I think that's enough. Thank you very much. " Can not understand what mean invoking any of the two characters "dislodge" perhaps allude to what a novelist should deal only with literary fiction? Would you be suggesting that a non-believer should not intervene in an issue that has theological elements? None of this is unclear. Nor is understood in what sense could be relevant for this discussion the fact that Vargas Llosa does not believe, especially if the issue of truth is an issue that - as has been noted many times - of equal interest to believers and nonbelievers. The question of reconstructing the history of the conflict is not a religious issue , public ethics concerns and involve all citizens. Vargas Llosa, like any citizen, is entitled to make public their thinking and political actions - including supporting a candidate - as well as any other citizen to disagree with using the channels that a democratic society provides for it. And those who disagree with him, can do the same. That is the dynamics of a democratic society. This is a horizontal space, symmetrical, no one is excluded in advance of civic debate and the only authority that can be invoked inside is the best argument.

Anyway. What we do have clear is that it is highly likely that this debate will continue in other ways. Either way, this uneven exchange of opinions and reasons put back on the table - perhaps in some cases reluctantly, ethical and political importance of the issue of recovery of memory in our country. One issue that has been condemned to silence by an important sector of the self-styled "elite", who prefers to leave things as they are under the clumsy name of "look to the future."






Updated:


Aldo's comment Mariátegui against Vargas Llosa's article boasts a huge bad faith. For a change, attributed to writer "miscalculation."

Jules Favre's article published today in Mail (12 / 5 / 2011) does not deserve further comment. Confuses criticism with personal attacks. It is not news.



[1] Commission Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru), Final Report of the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation Volume III, p. 292.