Ukraine loses embarkations in Crimea

After they formal inclussion of the Crimean peninsula to Russia, they russian army has dispossesed Ukraine of almost its entire navy fleet that was located in Crimea. They have threatened and sank Ukranian ships to cease its opperation in the newly added territory. In the lake were the events tooked place, russian militaries sank two embarcations to block the entrance of that lake into open water to prevent the flight of Ukranian ships out of the peninsula. They then proceeded to harass and approach the rest of the ukranian ships into surrender but the ukranian militaries resisted bravely for some days until it was inevitable for them to give up.

There have been information and rumours that the ukranian militaries were unarmed and could not reaist the attack appropiately. This was denied by the actual Ukranian Prime Minister. The Ukranian militaries continue to resist the action of the Russian militaries but into a peaceful way even though they have armament to repel the action. This is because according to the militaries, this would cause "a massive spilling of blood from inocent people". This reflects their patriotism for the sovereignty of Ukraine and their respect toward civilian population. The refusal of the ukranian militaries of taking action, was preceded by an order of the ukranian government to attack any kind of appropiation from Russia. This order was clearly disobeyed for good.

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Economic Hit Men consequences

Economic hit man are men hired by powerful countries and corporations to get the "inferior" countries into economical submission due to huge debt they can't afford. They trick a country into owing huge amounts of money in order for the country to "invest on its people", but the reallity is that they want them to enter into the corporatocracy. Corporatocracy us the system in which the companies, the economical submission and control of a territory are established by a foreign power. These system drags down much of our income in latin america, which is one of the main discontents that people have against actual government.

Some of this consequesces include the rejection toward the TLC here in Colombia. Many people, including local merchants and manufacturers agree that this agreement with the US government is not beneficial for them. They know that if foreign companies come here, people will buy their more especialized product. By this, this companies will be drilling the money out of the country. Other consequence might be the US military bases that are in Colombian territory. This  bases were established in 2011 but people might say they are a sort of "payment" from Colombia to the US as part of their debts.

Another main consequence might be that the US government is the one that regulates our prices of oil. Thse is because they have private oil companies here and they impose their own prices. That is obe reason why the oil prices are so high. 

Power Privileges

History has always teached us that the people who control society and all what we know are because of their amount of power. Power may be defined as the ability to influence someone or something. Power can be political, economical, physical, ideological and such. Power is dependent on many factors that influence our life. This aspects include gender, money, race, culture, strength, intelligence, nationality, language, education, and many other factors. This is why some peoples have more power than others, because they have external factors that fix their perception of society and how society sees them. 

One of the most used powers nowdays are the power of fear. This can be demonstrated when a state oppresses its own people and marginate them from the rest of society, as in the case of North Korea. However, power can also be fundamented in popular will, for example the situation lived in Venezuela and Ukraine earlier this year. The people organized themselves to protest against governmental measures. During these protests, even though the government had more military power the people were able to achieve their objectives through popular power. 

The power privileges give the powerful people a chance to manage the situation as they please. Power is the main relation that has governed our lifes through our lifetime. Everything that we do and experience is a result of powers that move around us. Achieving power can be very difficult, specially if you don't have any of the prior mentioned abilities. Some people may have influence on some areas but been restricted in others. This means that one does have to influence everyone in society but you can have some power and lack some others.

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Race reflection

Race has oftened been relationed with biological and genetic aspects of the human body. It is commonly believed that  determined races have some special abilities and that those abilities condition the person. For example, it is believed that black people are destined to be poor and thiefs because of their race. This is proved to be a biological myth because the characteristics that influence someone's life is shaped by society. This belief starts from the 17th century where whites were seen as the superior race. This idea conditioned the other groups to submission, which made them their subordinates and entering poverty. 

This is the reason why some groups are considered dumb and poor, because they were conditioned by society, not by their genes. Thats why a group that wanted to secure white dominance through biological selection was created, called eugenics. This group of people wanted to restrict relation between whites and other groups because they thought the other groups would bring civilization down. They believed they will damage and harm the human existance through their "bad genes".

However, race does not have a biological existance, it includes the social part. Race only exists socially, it can be denied that race exist to difference people. People can be identified socially, but not by their genes. It is more different two people that are from the same "race" that  two people from different "races". Genetically, a black person is more different to another black person than to a white person. That is why race is only of social concern, not scientifical. 

Photo via: http://www.darkmoon.me/2012/world-iq-figures-with-brief-notes-on-ashkenazi-jews-and-the-khazarian-thesis-of-koestler-by-lasha-darkmoon/

 

Situation in Crimea

The situation in the crimean peninsula has turned critical after the celebration of the bicentenary of the poet Taras Shevchenko, an ukrainian national day, when the gathering formed into a discussion between prorussians and ukrainian nationalists. The ukrainian first minister has anounced a visit to the US to solve the conflict. Thousands of people protested in Kiev and other cities such as Sebastopol to support to sovereignty of Ukraine, at a time when Russian troops control the Ukrainian Crimea.

In Kiev, the prime minister said that Ukraine will not give "an inch of its territory" to Russia.Tension is intense in the Crimea, where the local parliament has challenged the authority of Kiev, by organizing a referendum to integrate into Russia. A commander of the Ukrainian guard recently indicated that 30,000 Russian troops were in Crimea.

Photo via: AFP.

Lemon tree

In the film Lemon Tree directed by Eran Riklis it is clearly exposed the abuse of the country of Israel toward the palestinians. Palestinians don't have rights compared to the Israelite necessities. This is expossed when the palestinian woman, Salma, can't protect her grove from the Israelite law and government to cut it. Israel have total control over the lives of the palestinians. Everyday, palestinians have right violations and they can't stop this from happening because the ones that dictates the laws are Israel and the international community that supports it, even if the decision has no justice at all. That is a land were it is not justice that flowrishes but influences that replaces it.

The film also exposes the situation lived by arab women in which they are discriminated by society. This specific gender is harshly attacked by society in their relationships and the veils they have to use to cober their hair. Women are marginated because, once their commitment to their husband has endes, they can't "dishonor" him by having another relationship. They are also seen as the weak gender and treated with inferiority.

This movie or event sets the precedent of a palestinian civilian wining a case against the Israel government. Violations against the palestinians before this event were often won by Israel. However, this case was not a victory of Israel toward palestinians, but a draw. Both parts had a divided decision from the international court. This is important because it does not show a complete abuse of Israel against the people of Palestine.

Photo via: http://thecia.com.au/reviews/l/lemon-tree-etz-limon/

Israel war crimes against humanity

I have searched and found the link to the Israeli war crimes against humanity: http://www.israelwarcrimes.com. This shows the little or no reaction the world has taken to stop the bloody campaign that Israel has created in the middle east. It shows how the Israeli government should be sanctioned for all its massacres and illegal occupations. Israel has also been protected by the US government, as well as justifying the world's complaints to be anti-semitism against Israel. This makes Israel unpunished so far. What do you think about this?

Photo via: www.israelwarcrimes.com

Photo via: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/08/12/crimes-against-humanity/

Venezuela today

Venezuela has been involved into an internal conflict based on the desire of destitution to the president Nicolas Maduro. People are protesting to drive out of the power Nicolas Maduro, due to the great level of insecurity, social discontent, and the economic crisis. The conflict has recently involved the national guard firing against students and civials that protest against the regime.

Link 1: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1E86WLDEM 

Link 2: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=00GHDqpqqoI

MLA citation: Protesta Venezuela, Valera, Edo. Trujillo 24 Febrero 2014. 2014. Web. 2 Mar 2014. <http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=00GHDqpqqoI>.

From my point of view I can predict that the opposition will eventually overthrow Maduro. This is because they are willing to maintain in the streets until they achieve what they want. Other prediction that can be depicted is the possible assasination of president Maduro if he is not willing to get out of power by his own. In order for maduro to get out of power he would have to be killed, because he is not going to resign his power.

The venezuelan conflict can be compared to the lybian conflict a few years back because the dictator would be thrown out of government just by violent means, or assasination, like Gadafi. Like the lybian conflict, civilians must assasinate the dictator in order for peace to be restored in the country. It is only a matter of time before civilians and the opposition to the regime can take action on Nicolas Maduro and restore the Venezuelan government.

Photo via: http://latinonewsonline.com/promote/el-presidente-de-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-acusa-al-gobierno-de-barack-obama-de-querer-derrocarlo/

Dining With Terrorists

In the show "Dining with terrorist", the host Phil Reese introduces the situation lived in the West Bank and Gaza in Palestine. There is also shown the abuses and injustice from Israel towards the palestinians. They have a lack of land and live in oppression because the Isralites are creating their own settlements in palestinian territory. They both have their points of views based on the bible and their legitimate territory. Israel says that the bible states that the land belong to them. However, palestinians have that land as dictated by the UN.

Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzNWCltcqdo  Part Two:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYsBRq5l0U

MLA citation:Dining with terrorist-fighting occupation 28 feb 09- pt1. 2009. Web. 2 Mar 2014.

In this serie of videos it is clearly reflected how the israelites have abused of their neighbors, the palestinians into assinament in their own territory. People have suffered this economically and politically. This is because they depend on israel decisions, because they are not allowed to have their own presidency, and habe few income because israel blocks most of their trade. Israel is slowly driving palestine into a smaller portion of land.

From my personal point of view I feel that the only way for the palestinians to gain their rights will be violently. This is because the Israelite government won't recognize the palestine state. Besides, it will continue its oppression toward the palestines to get the rest of their land. Israel won't rest until they obtain the rest of Palestine as their own.

Photo via: http://www.freerangelongmont.com/2012/04/28/palestine-is-still-occupied/