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¶ … IO and NGOs: Socially and Economically Connecting us Globally
In September 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 50,000 deaths in Darfur since the conflict's beginning, mostly by starvation; in October, its head gave an estimate of 71,000 deaths by starvation and disease alone between March and October 2004. Even recently, though the conflict in Sudan no longer dominates the headlines, the conflict is far from over. From January to May 2005, the international humanitarian aid organization, Doctors without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) teams treated over 500 persons for violence-related injuries and 278 women for rape (MNT 2005). It is clear from these disturbing statistics that there is a humanitarian crisis happening in Sudan, while all governments, especially its own, are contributing to what is happening. With regard to the Sudanese government, "In April the UN Inter-Agency...
They have also been known to withhold vital documents such as visas and travel permits" (Smith & Walker 2004). Furthermore, in the United Kingdom, it is speculated that "pension money is helping to prop up Sudan's dictators" (WP 2005). The official stance of the UK government was echoed in the Queen's Speech on May 17th of 2005, "My Government will continue to push for a resolution of the conflict in Darfur" as well as the statement made by Baroness Symons of Vernham in February of 2005 who suggested, "The UK is committed to helping the Sudanese achieve a sustainable peace in Sudan,"(4Hansard 2005) but while the UK government has supported the Dafur situation monetarily, it has done little to affect change, as we presently see that the situation has not concluded.…
references to racist language in interviews with refugees. The following is just one example of many: You blacks, you have spoilt the country! We are here to burn you. Ethnic targeting is obvious. Arab villages stand unharmed within sight of destroyed African villages. USAID satellite imagery showed that villages were still being destroyed in large numbers during August despite the stated threat of UN sanctions (Smith & Walker 2004).
With regard to monetary contributions, the United Kingdom above other countries around the world has proved true to its word, delivering a total of £76.7 million since the crisis began to March 2005. Further, the total humanitarian response, as arranged by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) totaled an astounding £62.5 million. Military contributions to the African Union, in the form of equipment, such as "rope, tarpaulins, blankets, land rovers and a total of 140 vehicles" totaling £14.2 million with an addition £12 pledge by PM Tony Blair by October of 2005 (DFID 2005). With regard to
Since the nation gained independence from Spain it has been ruled by a chain of military dictatorships ("Guatemalan Culture and History"). Guatemala has also run into some territorial disputes with neighboring nations like Belize and in fact land disputes with Belize continue today. More recent political strife included a civil war that lasted 36 years and which took the lives of over 200,000 people ("Country profile: Guatemala"). In the wake
Antigua Guatemala Coffee Antigua Guatemala International (AGI) will be a manufacturer and exporter of Guatemalan coffee to Japan and the global. AGI will use a new system in the food and beverage industry to offer Antigua Guatemala coffee in a time-efficient and convenient way. AGI will provide vendors, retailers, and cafes with the ability to buy freshly brewed Antigua Guatemala coffee. It will be a high quality option to the institutional
Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu. Specifically, it will contain an interpretive essay regarding the book. Rigoberta Menchu's book is the story of a young girl coming of age in her homeland, and the story of her people, the Indians of Guatemala. It is not a tender story; it is filled with violence and oppression. Rigoberta's story is one of a determined people who will
Inspired by national liberation ideology such as that which led to the Cuban Revolution, the Revolutions in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador share some key features in common. All three of these Central American revolutions were anti-imperialist calls for social justice. They all presented serious challenges to the United States, which enjoyed a hegemonic power throughout the region. American foreign policy depended upon the very regimes the people of Guatemala,
It also talks about multicultural politics and demands throughout Central America. The article discusses the "cultural project" of the indigenous people that is helping their voices be heard. This reading relates to the others because it discusses many issues the other readings take on, such as politics and the indigenous people. This one seems to carry another cynical theme in politics, like the one before. Essentially, it is critical of
" In addition, Manz reports that, "It took more than a decade after the worst of the violence, but eventually the Catholic Church, the United Nations, and the president of the United States rendered a verdict about the horrors suffered by villagers in Santa Mar'a Tzeja and the rest of Guatemala." In fact, the verdict charged Guatemalan authorities with outright genocide, and the author emphasizes that, "No other country in