Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw
Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts

Sunday, August 19, 2012

A week in Cuba

Cuba is the emblem of the struggle between cultural identity and personal freedom. Can individual choice be submitted to restrictions to preserve national identity and local culture? Should multiculturalism be restricted to a defilé of tourists to allow money to pour down the veins of a country dependent on its own stereotype?

Some of these pictures have been taken by Laurette. Credits below

Murals in La Habana - by Laurette

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Quis custodiet custodes?

"The Central Intelligence Agency’s secret interrogation program operated under strict rules, and the rules were dictated from Washington with the painstaking, eye-glazing detail beloved by any bureaucracy".

The final question is: There could have been someone who really thought CIA was acting independently from the top? How can someone say he didn't know what was going on behind closed doors?

Related links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/opinion/26wed1.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/us/26prison.html?_r=1&hp