Apertura de la Campaña Electoral: Mentiras y Pucherazo
Por: Tiniebla Hoy, 10 de mayo del 2013, como en otras ocasiones, el auto-denominado “primer deportista,” “primer magistrado,” “hijo predilecto,” “alcalde honorifico,” “único magnánimo,” y sus acolitos, abrirán la campaña electoral. Durante los próximos catorce días por aquí se verán sombras que se esconderán bajo la bandera de la infamia y una vez más, harán llover...
Improvements in the Election Process?
Campaigning for the upcoming legislative elections in Equatorial Guinea officially started today, and the government’s Press and Information Office took the opportunity to portray the electoral climate inside the country in a positive light. It published a story on its website that featured statements made by President Obiang during a recent visit to the United...
Why Equatorial Guinea’s Low Ranking in the World Press Freedom Index Matters
The Reporters Without Borders 2013 World Press Freedom Index ranks Equatorial Guinea 166th out of 179 countries, a fall from its previous – and also low – ranking of 161/179. The Index ranks countries in order of their respect for media freedom, something Reporters Without Borders views as an indicator of whether the country protects...
President Obiang’s continued abuse and misuse of UNESCO
By Joseph Kraus Cross posted with permission from the ONE Campaign Blog. Reason and good sense do not always prevail. On March 8, 2012, UNESCO’s executive board voted 33-18 (with six abstentions) to award a renamed prize sponsored by President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. The divisive vote marked the first time in UNESCO’s history that a...
Brazil’s South-South Leadership Misses the Mark
By Meredith Varela In 2010, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea told visiting President Lula da Silva that, “For us, the Republic of Brazil is a country that serves as a reference development model.” Brazil has become a model for many developing countries as it continues to grow in economic and political power. It has...
The fight is on! Anti-poverty and financial transparency campaigners take on big oil
By Ian Gary Ian Gary is Senior Policy Manager for Extractive Industries at Oxfam America. Cross posted with permission from Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog. In the first Star Wars movie, Luke Skywalker and friends somehow blew up the Death Star. That’s a bit how we felt in 2010 when after years of fighting we got a...
The transparent hypocrisy of big oil
The yawning gap between the transparency rhetoric of companies and the reality of their actions has never been more apparent than it is now. By Ian Gary Ian Gary is Senior Policy Manager for Extractive Industries at Oxfam America. Cross posted with permission from Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog. The oil and gas industry loves to...
By the numbers—the fight for oil and mining company transparency
By Ian Gary Ian Gary is Senior Policy Manager for Extractive Industries at Oxfam America. Cross posted with permission from Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog. 1504 Section in Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act requiring companies to disclose taxes, royalties, and other payments made to the US and foreign governments 1.5 billion People living on less than $2 a...
The UNESCO-Obiang Prize: Battle won but the fight is not over
UNESCO has allowed the charade known as the UNESCO-Obiang prize to go on long enough. It distracts the organization from its core mission and threatens to tarnish both its reputation and credibility. In the coming months, let’s hope that the delegates on UNESCO’s executive board heed Ms. Bokova’s advice and find the courage (and common...
Independencia Sin Libertad
Tutu Alicante “La esencia de la coerción psicológica consiste en que aquellos que actúan bajo su efecto tienen la impresión de que están actuando por iniciativa propia. La víctima de la manipulación mental no sabe que es víctima. Las rejas de su prisión le son invisibles, y cree que es libre. El hecho de que...
Diez Razones por las que UNESCO deberia cancelar el Premio UNESCO-Obiang
Creemos que le sobran razones a UNESCO; pero por si acaso, aqui hay diez razones mas… Articulo en Ingles
Vendedores de Cinismo
¿Tiene legitimidad para hablar en la ONU un jefe de Estado cuyos bienes estaban siendo investigados por haber sido adquiridos con violación de la ley? Si la ONU no fuera lo que actualmente es, no. No la tiene. Primero tendría que aclarar su situación con la justicia. Leer el articulo completo
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