Just over 85 years ago, on June 6, 1937, the lawyer, diplomat and politician Carlos Saavedra Lamas became the first Argentine and Latin American who received the Nobel Peace Prize. The distinction was awarded to him in June 1936 and became effective in 1937, when he held the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and … Read more
Iton Gadol On September 30, 1928, one of the most recognized Jewish personalities of the 20th century was born in Transylvania, more precisely in Sighet, a city that was part of Hungary between 1940 and 1945 and currently belongs to Romania: Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel. Outstanding writer, who made his testimony about the Shoah known in … Read more
NEWS THE SOUTHEAST SUN 09/29/202210:40 p.m.Author: WritingSource: Agencies Nobel Peace Prize-winning bishop accused of sexual abuse Two alleged victims, identified as Paulo and Roberto, accuse Belo of abusing them and other boys A bishop award-winning catholic Nobel Peace Prize has been accused of sexual abuse of minor boys in an article in a Dutch magazine, … Read more
The Vatican sanctioned Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, 74, accused of sexual abuse. The Prelate received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. The director of the Vatican Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said in a statement Thursday that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was the “first involved in the case in 2019” and … Read more
As in other subjects, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a village politician with an enormous disinterest in the world, changed his mind. Many times he repeated his idea that the best foreign policy was domestic policy and refused to attend the summits of world leaders. He sees world politics as an uncomfortable and expendable reference point … Read more
“Blessed are the peacemakers…”. Sermon on the Mount (Mt.5,1;7,28) According to the adage “if you want peace prepare for war”, attributed to Flavio Vegetius Renato, compiler of the “Epitoma Rei Militaris”, written in the fourth century and widely copied and printed for the first time in 1473 in Utrecht, sovereigns and republics they dogmatically accepted … Read more
In 2021, Colombia ranked 29th in the ranking of the International Association of Congresses and Conventions (ICCA, for its acronym in English) of the countries with the most meetings organized and the best results in indicators of this segment. With 156 events reported in the yearalso managed to rank third on the list in Latin … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa He arrived on Monday to visit Miami where he met with Cuban opponents and dissidents and stated that he wanted to visit the island when it was free. Walesa, former president of Poland and founder of the Solidarity Movement, was at the headquarters of Assault Brigade 2506 in … Read more
On Saturday, at the Moscow House of Trade Unions, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitri Muratov stood aside for a moment under the portrait that presided over the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms made possible the freedom that would allow founding Novaya Gazeta in 1993. This Monday, almost 30 … Read more
Photo: TW @CFKArgentina. Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received this Thursday in her Senate office the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, who expressed his solidarity and rejection of the complaints against him in the case for irregularities in public works. The official reported on the meeting through her Twitter account, in a … Read more