“No hay nada más divertido que alguien de fuera de Estados Unidos diciendo a los americanos lo que son”.
Prof. Chuang, 23 de Enero de 2008.
El semestre pasado asisití a una clase sobre Comunicación Internacional. Más de un tercio de los estudiantes éramos extranjeros y la profesora nos pidió en varias ocasiones que describiéramos la visión que nuestro país tiene de la postura de Estados Unidos en distintos asuntos. Los estudiantes de ese programa estaban aprendiendo a resolver conflictos de diferentes países y la profesora les aconsejó que aprendieran a comprender su …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda
The Art of Living Foundation is the largest volunteer-based non-governmental organization in the United States. Just a short walk from U-Street station in Washington, the organization works closely with the United Nations. The foundation’s volunteers have assisted victims worldwide after events like Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Beslan tragedy in Russia while helping develop rural villages in India.
They have programs focusing on personal development, human-values education and community service to create a stress and violence-free society. With a special interest in helping youths, the foundation …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda
Diamonds have become a symbol of love. According to Amnesty International, few customers can be guaranteed that their precious stone has been obtained legally.
According to a report from the organization, only 37% of the companies contacted could guarantee that they obtained their diamonds without violating human rights. This report was published two years after the diamond sector created regulations to prevent the trade in conflict zones.
Angola, Liberia, Sierra Leona and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are all diamond exporters. They are also among the poorest countries …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda 
It’s easy to find salmon; look in any supermarket. It comes to us from Chile, where it is mass-produced. They produce it in the South and we consume it in the North. The same is true of the Argentinean soy, the Columbian flowers or the sugar from Latin American countries.
These four products will be controlled at the retail level by the creators of the project, No Te Comas el Mundo (Don’t eat the Entire world)—an initiative put forth by Veterinaries Without Frontiers, Ecologist Action, and the International …

By Cristina Fernandez Pereda 
Guaranteeing environmental sustainability is one of the Millennium Objectives that 189 countries have agreed to reach before 2015. Until now, the agreement of the countries consisted in promoting social and political awareness to better the environment.
The current problem is rooted in the depletion of natural resources. Moreover, soil renewal and the CO2 absorption in the forests have decreased. The earth is no longer able to assimilate our wastes or repair the destruction of its biodiversity.
According to the Live Planet Index, presented by ecological association, World Wide Found, …

By Cristina Fernandez Pereda 
Buenos Aires just held the tenth Climate Change Summit. Delegations from 189 countries began the meetings with optimism believing that Russia would ratify the Kyoto Protocol and permit its implementation. However, enthusiasm has given way to doubts about whether Kyoto is the best weapon against climate changes.
The international community pushes for the implementation of the Protocol which must be in effect by 2012. Meanwhile, countries like England, Australia and the United States, announce that they will not fulfill the demands of the protocol. They will not adopt the …