MexicoBlog Editorial: “Mayoreo y menudeo,” Big Stuff and Little at El Paso del Norte
A river winds through a desert valley. Coming in by plane, little of living nature appears as far as the eye can see outwards to the barren, surrounding mountains. This place, apparently in the middle of nowhere, was called El Paso del Norte, the North Pass, by the Spanish, who settled on the southern bank [...]
February 2008 riots (VIDEO)
In 2008, a constitutional amendment that unlimited presidential terms was adopted by the National Assembly. This decision caused an outcry in the international community and led to riots in February 2008 which were severely repressed; according to Human Rights organisations, more than 100 citizens were killed and more than 1,000 arrested. Blog this! Bookmark on [...]
The Zanzibar Revolution
On the night of January 12, 1964 a band of some 300 people violently seized the Island of Unguja. They were led by a little known man named John Okello, who had lived on Pemba, having come to the Islands some years earlier from Uganda. In Zanzibar he developed a popular following among a core [...]
So, what’s new?
A lot actually. More than we care to know sometimes. There are so many new things around us that we sometimes fail to grasp the change. World is changing. Inside out. Literally, because every 4 minutes synaptic networks of our cerebral cortex renews – like refreshing your PC – and every couple of months you [...]
Cyber-Eco Bourgeoisie: Part IV
PART IV After analyzing Cyber-Eco Institutions: Social Identity in the first of a four-part essay in order to establish the thesis for arguing the transformation of the existing social order, in the second part there is analysis of Institutional Challenge that the CEB will be posing to the social order during the 21st century. Ideology [...]
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