“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 
Ask anyone in the streets of Paris what they are first: French or European? It is more likely that they consider themselves French. But if the person you run into happens to be an Erasmus student, it is more likely he or she will tell you they are first European, then French.
The European Union is now expanding but the evolution of a European identity has just started. Cafebabel.com has become a forum where Europeans can share, reflect and analyze current affairs across borders, with different views, in …

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 
Nearly half of Americans will be obese by 2015, the Obesity Society predicted at a panel session Wednesday. Public Health experts and congressional lawyers discussed at George Washington University what the next president should do to reduce obesity rates.
“It is an extraordinary difficulty that we face and will continue to face on this issue,” Dora Hughes, Health Policy Advisor to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said. Even though it is a problem affecting most countries, obesity has spread in the last two decades in the United States more …

By Cristina Fernández Pereda
If we want to address the challenges to global health, it is necessary to strength health systems. Without this requisite, we will not be able to give equal health conditions to everyone.
The lessons learned in the past, including aptitudes and strategies developed in the fight against polio and SARS can be used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and to obtain the Millennium Objectives.
The objectives consist good health conditions for everyone a priority, and making equality in health a part of the development of social justice and making …