Donnerstag, 5. März 2009
I tot prenent un café ...
Samstag, 21. Februar 2009
Moment
Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2009
Barack Obama : The New Hope ?
Many lines have been written since Barack Obama’s election.The majority of US society vote for a change that also the world is expecting from the most powerful president in the world. It doesn’t mean that the world will be safer now, because terrorism is still a real threat, but it will be less tension with the Arab countries. Some people want to compare him with Kennedy someothers that he will achieve MLK's dream.
One of the first decisions on office was to sign orders to close Guantanamo detention facility in one year, as well as ban torture from CIA prisons. This is a sign that the new US administration want to address the relations with the Arab world, but also with Cuba and most of the Latin-American countries. It also bring the US back to the Geneva convention.
Also concerning with foreign policy, George Mitchell, who has recently been appointed as Obama’s Middle East envoy, was taking conversations with the Palestinian Authority, Israel, and Egypt as mediator, to assure that Hamas would stop sending rockets in Israeli territory while Israel would withdrawn its troops from Gaza.
But not everything can be related to foreign affairs. Obama takes power in one of the most critical moments of modern history. The world financial crisis is putting in danger the capitalist system and the US administration needs to move fast.
Lately we have heard of a new phase of the global crisis, the term deflation, which was used in some manuals of many liberal economists, but now it is a fact.
Increase of unemployment rate -> less money to the families to expend -> reduce of consumption ->reduce of demand-> prices decrease -> reduce production -> companies release people-> increase of unemployment rate …. and so on…. This can develop into an endless loop that can bring the western economies into collapse. The market needs now new regulations. The era of neo-liberalism is coming to the end.
To avoid all this to happen, the US government designs a rescue plan which need the support of the republicans which intend to help the industry and therefore to save jobs and bring stability in the US market. Europe is having his own rescue plan, banks and finance institutions need support, which is unfair if in the end this is paid by the tax payers, but on the other hand it is done to save the whole system
Obama wasn’t elected to save the world, but it’s true that there a new opportunities that can’t be missed again. His social reforms will need to wait for a while and that can bring frustration to some Obama’s supporters, but the world needs urgent solutions. Maybe crisis can also bring new oportunities and this is what a government needs to do.
Montag, 22. Dezember 2008
I ara qué PSC ?
Torna la il.lusió
Fa uns mesos, al final de la temporada passada, vaig publicar al meu blog l'article "que torni la il.lusió". No crec que costi molt dir que dins del barcelonisme ha tornat la il.lusió. Després de dos anys nefastos on tothom va fer un paper desastrós, començant per la presidència. Tot pintava molt negre. Moció de censura, sortida de Ronaldinho per la porta del darrera, dimissió de la meitat de la junta, un entrenador sense experiencia al davant d'un equip ple de figures desmotivades. Va venir l'europeu on Xavi , a part de campió, va ser escollit jugador del torneig, per desgràcia de Casillas. Els primers partits de Lliga van ser nefastos, l'equip no tenia ritme i començava el nerviosisme. La premsa esportiva va acceptar donar una treba al Guardiola, pero estaven a punt per saltar al coll del president si allò no millorava. Poc a poc, però l'equip es va entonar, i vàren arribar les golejades, l'equip estava més compromés, els nous fitxatges rutllaven, a excepció dels lesionats. Si més no en Pep es mostrava humil en les declaracions i es dedicava a treballar-se l'equip. Cal dir que hi ha hagut algun cop de sort, com gols a l'últim minut, però es que abans ens els marcaven a nosaltres, i tot no pot ser sort. Tenim gent més comprosa i professional, a la Champions hem recuperat el paper de equip a batre, el soci torna a l'Estadi, som líders indiscutibles, Etoó es pichichi destacat, Messi pren novament la responsabilitat en moments difícils, la defensa més forta, desfent-se de tots els rivals directes, Sevilla, València, Villareal, Atlético i a tot això el Madrid en crisis.
Hi ha motius per ser optimistes, és cert, però com ja sabem com és el barcelonisme ara sembla que ho guanyarem tot. Al menys en Guardiola refreda qualsevol eufória injustificada, i això el dignifica. Pot ser em vaig equivocar en el meu analisi al Maig, pot ser el Pep pot tornar a crear el circle virtuós que ens va donar tants èxits. Cal esperar encara, els resultats acompanyen, com al Madrigal, però també es pot perdre, ell com a jugador va viure lligues guanyades al darrer suspir i sap que vol dir patir a la gespa. Vull creure que aquest Barça ens portarà a la Final de la Champions a Roma per guanyar-la, el Barça està designat a recuperar la corona europea, i amb això tenim tota la illusió posada.
Samstag, 29. November 2008
Trip to Peru
The trip had to be organized in a record time and I couldn't miss this great oportunity. I've started in the Loreto region in the Amazonas rain forest. This department is bigger than Ecuador and is the begining of the Amazonas river, the most caudalous of the world. A great trip where the sounds and colours of the jungle captivate my soul. The rain forest is continuosly under pressure of the civilisation. The farmers want to expand their lands, timber is a business , and ilegal traffic of wild species is still visible. Only the tourism can save this still paradise. Then visiting Cusco, with his precious Plaza de Armas on my way to Macchu Picchu, one of the most wonderful places in the world, where the high altitude didn't affect my senses to enjoy and that paradise of the former Inca empire, I could stay there for ages if the nasty flies did not try to eat my legs.
No time to rest, train , bus, airplane, all at the last minute, problably a luck to travel alone because man can fit everywhere. Then to the Titikaka lake, a peaceful place with the highlight of the Amantani island. The Colca Valley with the astonishing look the the condors flying by, the amazing desert planes of the altiplano (high lands) on the way to Arequipa, which keeps one of the most beautiful Spanish abbeys of the "new world", Santa Catalina. The misterious Nazca lines with their bizarre forms, still a mistery to the archaeologists. The Ballestas islands, a refugee for see lions and pinguins. A last stop in Lima to finish this anazing tour was a must.
Peru has an advert in every corner, "El Peru avanza", Peru goes forward, at this is true. Just 10 years ago the criminality was everywhere, the terrorists of Sendero Luminoso, threaten the goverment, corruption. Today Peru has a better situation, though corruption and criminality are still present, a country of contrasts, many rich people, los blancos, driving luxus cars, and on the other side I have seen though many poor people, in Lima and in the country, very sad to see so many children begging on the streets. Education and public healthy system are still an issue. But I have seen some good signals of recovery, it is not that dangerous as many people told me, though a certain level of self protection is always needed. They need more time to improve but probably under the influence of the eternal rivals, Chile, the fact is that Peru has developed an industry, is exporting oil, minerals, food. Their people has good potential, they are proud of their culture, their music, their gastronomy. But still I think that among all Tourism is the best value that can take this country of the inestability, and also I wish Peru will soon on track to reach estability and progress, and that the neighbours will take example and forget the imperialist socialist ideas of left wing dictators which don't care at all about their people. I have to say I met wonderful people during this trip, hard workers, polite, a bit slow but fairly honest most of the times. and the peruvian people have won a new friend. Hasta pronto !
Samstag, 18. Oktober 2008
L'Economia al Dragon Kahn
Aviat fara dues dècades que amb la caiguda del mur de Berlin i del pacte de Varsovia es va enterrar, per sort nostra, el sistema comunista. Així doncs el capitalisme triunfava com a model econòmic hegemònic i s'exportava als païssos de l'est d'Europa. Les grans multinacionals i lobbys corporatius pressionaven als governs occidentals per ampliar la Unió Europea i així eliminar les traves per obrir noves vies de negoci. Païssos com Slovàquia, Hungria, Polònia eren els destins ideals i començaren a produir-se les primeres deslocalitzacions d'empreses. A Espanya la construcció passava al primer lloc del rànquing econòmic en detriment de la producció industrial. La construcció creava riquesa i es creaven llocs de treball, la inmigració augmentava i afavoria l'avaratiment dels costos de producció. La febre de la construcció juntament amb l'entrada de l'Euro i l'avaratiment dels preu del diner, va fer que els bancs no donessin l'abast en la concesió de prèstecs hipotecaris. Els inversos deixaven la Borsa i buscaven la rendibilitat en el sector inmobiliari. L'escalada de preus semblava imparable mentre que el govern de torn no prenia cap iniciativa per garantir habitatge adaptat al poder adquisitiu real. La construcció i el turisme eren els principals motors de la economia. Bancs i constructores lideraven els índexs borsaris sovint per sobre de les empreses tecnològiques i energètiques.El Estats privatitzant empreses i recursos, nous mercats i menys fronteres, autoregulació , el neoliberalisme en estat pur, recordo un col.lega meu alegrant-se per la compra d'Endesa per part de l'alemanya EON, per sort finalment fallida. L'anomenada "bombolla inmobiliaria", negada i sovint fruit de burles per part de governs i analistes econòmics de pacotilla, anava creixent sense parar.
Ara el govern vol aprovar uns pressupostos desfassats que no tenen en compte la actual crisi, un suicidi en tota regla, amb el beneplàcit de socis de Galeusca a canvi de recursos adicionals , com si no tinguessin prou amb el concert econòmic, mentre a Catalunya tothom ha de rascar-se la butxaca, però sobretot gràcies als 25 diputats catalans del PSC que segueixen redint pleitesia a Madrid, una tradició de més de un quart de segle.