12.17.2009
12.16.2009
12.15.2009
12.11.2009
12.10.2009
modern barbarisms as response to simple questions 1
Anemia de argumentos Un molote agredió el pasado 10 de diciembre a mujeres que sólo llevaban gladiolos en sus manos. Puños levantados -instigados por policías vestidos de civil- rodearon a esas madres, esposas e hijas de los encarcelados desde la Primavera Negra de 2003. Varios de los atacantes se aprendieron el guión a la carrera y mezclaban las actuales consignas políticas con los gastados slogans de hace casi tres décadas. Era una tropa de choque con licencia para insultar y golpear, otorgada –justamente- por quienes debieran mantener el orden y proteger a todos los ciudadanos. ... Yoani Sánchez, Generación Y
considerando... whereas...
que EL HOMBRE ya, oficialmente, pasó a SER HUMANO... sin más preámbulos...Considerando que la libertad, la justicia y la paz en el mundo tienen por base el reconocimiento de la dignidad intrínseca y de los derechos iguales e inalienables de todos los miembros de la familia humana;
Considerando que el desconocimiento y el menosprecio de los derechos humanos han originado actos de barbarie ultrajantes para la conciencia de la humanidad, y que se ha proclamado, como la aspiración más elevada del hombre, el advenimiento de un mundo en que los seres humanos, liberados del temor y de la miseria, disfruten de la libertad de palabra y de la libertad de creencias;
Considerando esencial que los derechos humanos sean protegidos por un régimen de Derecho, a fin de que el hombre no se vea compelido al supremo recurso de la rebelión contra la tiranía y la opresión;
Considerando también esencial promover el desarrollo de relaciones amistosas entre las naciones;
Considerando que los pueblos de las Naciones Unidas han reafirmado en la Carta su fe en los derechos fundamentales del hombre, en la dignidad y el valor de la persona humana y en la igualdad de derechos de hombres y mujeres, y se han declarado resueltos a promover el progreso social y a elevar el nivel de vida dentro de un concepto más amplio de la libertad;
Considerando que los Estados Miembros se han comprometido a asegurar, en cooperación con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, el respeto universal y efectivo a los derechos y libertades fundamentales del hombre, y
Considerando que una concepción común de estos derechos y libertades es de la mayor importancia para el pleno cumplimiento de dicho compromiso;
LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL proclama la presenteDeclaración Universal de Derechos Humanos
Preamble:
y sigue, sigue, sigue....
- Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
- Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
- Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
- Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
- Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
- Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
- Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
- Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
12.09.2009
12.08.2009
del pañuelo de la esperanza
Lit. Nobel 2009: Herta Müller
Every word knows something of a vicious circle
DO YOU HAVE A HANDKERCHIEF was the question my mother asked me every morning, standing by the gate to our house, before I went out onto the street. I didn't have a handkerchief. And because I didn't, I would go back inside and get one. I never had a handkerchief because I would always wait for her question. The handkerchief was proof that my mother was looking after me in the morning. For the rest of the day I was on my own. The question DO YOU HAVE A HANDKERCHIEF was an indirect display of affection. Anything more direct would have been embarrassing and not something the farmers practiced. Love disguised itself as a question. That was the only way it could be spoken: matter-of-factly, in the tone of a command, or the deft maneuvers used for work. The brusqueness of the voice even emphasized the tenderness. Every morning I went to the gate once without a handkerchief and a second time with a handkerchief. Only then would I go out onto the street, as if having the handkerchief meant having my mother there, too .... ... ...I wish I could utter a sentence for all those whom dictatorships deprive of dignity every day, up to and including the present—a sentence, perhaps, containing the word handkerchief. Or else the question: DO YOU HAVE A HANDKERCHIEF?
Can it be that the question about the handkerchief was never about the handkerchief at all, but rather about the acute solitude of a human being?
Full speech-Discurso completo en inglés© THE NOBEL FOUNDATION 2009
Cada palabra sabe algo sobre el círculo vicioso
¿TIENES UN PAÑUELO? me preguntaba mi madre cada mañana en la puerta de casa, antes de que yo saliera a la calle. Yo no tenía el pañuelo, y como no lo tenía, regresaba a la habitación y sacaba un pañuelo. No tenía el pañuelo cada mañana, porque cada mañana aguardaba la pregunta. El pañuelo era la prueba de que mi madre me protegía por la mañana. A otras horas del día, más tarde o en otras circunstancias, quedaba a merced de mí misma. La pregunta ¿TIENES UN PAÑUELO? era una ternura indirecta. Una directa hubiera sido penosa, algo que no existía entre los campesinos. El amor se disfrazaba de pregunta. Sólo así podía decirse a secas, en tono de orden, como las maniobras del trabajo. El hecho de que la voz fuera áspera realzaba incluso la ternura. Cada mañana estaba yo una vez sin pañuelo en la puerta, y una segunda vez con pañuelo. Sólo después salía a la calle, como si con el pañuelo también estuviera mi madre. ... ... ...
Me gustaría poder decir una frase para todos aquellos que, en las dictaduras, todos los días, hasta hoy, son despojados de su dignidad, aunque sea una frase con la palabra pañuelo, aunque sea la pregunta: ¿TENÉIS UN PAÑUELO?
Puede ser que, desde siempre, la pregunta por el pañuelo no se refiera en absoluto al pañuelo, sino a la extrema soledad del ser humano.
Discurso completo en español© THE NOBEL FOUNDATION 2009
12.07.2009
conjugando el futuro en presente continuo
¿cambiarán?
Iranian Student Protesters Clash With Police 12.7.09
Iran student protests bring out tens of thousands (AP)
Violent Protests in Iran Carry Into Second Day 12.8.09
Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos
12.06.2009
chucheando
Y otra Chuchería cubiche, dice El País:
Chucho Valdés denuncia el ninguneo oficial de Cuba a la obra de su padre
"Estoy indignado", dice (Chucho Valdés, padre de Chuchito, hijo de Bebo Valdés). "Siento una gran frustración. No entiendo cómo se puede omitir un nombre que ha dado tanta gloria a Cuba. Y además es mi papá... No lo voy a tolerar".
ellos... ¿cambiarán?
12.04.2009
12.02.2009
MaYamiArtYcitY boomboom
artBomBastic by Guerra de la Paz
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12.01.2009
contempulsitos
Inside Outside, 2009
Digital print, wax
pencil and dry pastel/
handkerchief
62.25 x 61 in.
Courtesy of Nina
Menocal
PULSE Miami 2009 at The Ice Palace
www.pulse-art.com/miami
Thursday, December 3 through Sunday, December 6, 2009
11.30.2009
tiME
Time/Tom Waits
Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street
And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws
And you're east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
His invisible fiancee's in the mirror
And the band is going home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails
And it's true there's nothing left for him down here
And it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget
That history puts a saint in every dream
Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?"
So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street
And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
So put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips
As the dish outside the window fills with rain
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
And it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
11.29.2009
en busca de alivio...
huyendo del pantano, los mosquitos y otras barbaries del trópico nuestro de cada día...hoy, mi opinión en
Penúltimos días, blog de asuntos cubanos
11.22.2009
deep-sea-cucumber?
At 1.7 miles down (2,750 meters) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, scientists found this transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at less than 1 inch (2 cm) per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth. The creature was discovered as part of the decade-long, international 14-project Census of Marine Life. Credit: Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutionmore @ livescience.com and check out this menagerie of weird creatures
