It is never
too late to do a tribute and to change our perception about the life and
ideology of the most important ambassador that Colombia has had in all its history,
the Nobel prized writer Gabriel García Márquez. In the following article,
written by himself and shared by the independent group of journalists “Las 2
Orillas” in the last days, he explains the reasons why he had to leave his
country and seek asylum in Mexico. It is sad how many people criticize “Gabo”
just for the politic ideologies that he followed. We have to learn to respect
the other´s point of view and we also have to stop judging the life of a man based
on his thoughts, and not on his actions.
And the most important action that Gabo did in his life was to make
proud and to fill with honor this country with his oeuvre.
The article
is in the following link, in “Las 2 Orillas” website:
150 troops were deployed in Lithuania in order to reassure the control in the east part of the continent. Up to 600 troops will be deployed in the rest of the year in Poland and the Baltic Countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) is important to say, that these countries are the borders of the NATO “jurisdiction”. The objective of this deployment of troops is infantry exercises.
"As threats emerged, we see who our real friends are" said the president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite. She was very excited when the US troops finally arrived. According to her, their intervention was never more needed.
Something very interesting in this new is what Richard C Longo, (Deputy Commanding General of US Army Europe) said: “I don't think the deployment of troops is meant to be a message to Russia”, he also said, “Let me make this clear: should Lithuania need NATO, I guarantee NATO will be there”. As I interpret it, what he is trying to say is that Russia shouldn´t worry because, these actions are not supposedly related with the Russian invasion in Crimea. This is just a measure of control and a warning for any country who tries anything against any NATO ally.
According to RT
In this outlet, we find that there´s much more information about the military exercises that is doing the NATO. It says that besides the arrival of 150 US troops in the Air Force Aviation Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, the NATO has also deployed ships in the black sea. This situation worries Russia.
Another difference in the news is the temporality in which they´re telling the facts. The Guardian has said that these 150 troops are the beginning of the deployment of 600 troops in the eastern countries. However, RT tells us that in those countries, there is already the presence of US and NATO troops (in Poland and Latvia, they arrived the Wednesday and Friday, respectively). As I see it, I think that Russia is feeling the pressure made by the NATO allies and that´s why they reassure that all people knows that in those countries there is already NATO presence.
RT makes sure that all of their readers know the message that was sent from US to Moscow. “If there's a message to Moscow, it is the same exact message that we take our obligations very, very seriously on the continent of Europe”. The Guardian didn’t write anything about this “warning”.
In relation to the frigate in the Black Sea, RT has said that France will join them, sending a NATO vessel Dupleix. In addition to this military effort, France will also send four fighter jets in order to “supervise” the Baltics. The Guardian didn’t express anything about this “massive western arming movement”.
Finally, this new ends with the concern that Moscow. This worry is due to movement of Ukrainian troops in the east part of the country “… 11,000 Ukrainian soldiers, 160 tanks, 230 armored carriers and at least 150 artillery pieces have been deployed in the region.” This military measure has “forced” Russia to mobilize its troops to the border too.
The situation in these Ukraine’s cities is stressful. In Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkov, thousands of people seized the government buildings in the demonstrations that took place the last Sunday. After reading in two different ideologies outlets (RT and BBC), we can identify significant differences in the way these two communicate the acts.
According to RT
In Donetsk, more than two thousand people gathered in Lenin Square in the center of the
city where they demanded for an independence referendum like the one that Crimea had. They claimed that their right for self-determination must be respected.
The people also carried Russian flags and banners and they chanted “Russia, Russia”. In the top of the administration building, the protesters carried a giant Russian flag.
In Lugansk, around one thousand people rallied in front of the local Ukrainian security service office. Demonstrators took the security building as they demanded the release of 15 pro-Russian activists. 6 of them were released.
In Kharkov, demonstrators followed the example of Donetsk and Lugansk took control of the administrative buildings and clashed against far right activists. Around 10.000 people participated in the protests. Pro-Russian rallies are taking place almost every weekend after the dismissal of Victor Yanukovych.
According to BBC
The information that BBC has, is short and it doesn’t specify as much as RT does. However, the main idea is the same.
BBC shows demonstrations not as big as RT does. For example, it says that in Donetsk, around 1.000 people participated in the seizure of the building, by the other side, RT says there were 2.000. And also in the other cities, BBC didn’t tell any specification in the number of participants. RT did it. I think that BBC shows this story in a general way in order to decrease the impact of the new, and to show that these protests are not are “strong” as RT says they are.
BBC also said that the Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov accused President Putin and Mr. Yanukovych of "ordering and paying for another wave of separatist turmoil in the country's east". Obviously, RT didn’t mention anything about this, because this would make a bad image of Putin.
Finally, there´s an analysis from Bridget Kendall (a diplomatic correspondent from BBC) who says that these kinds of protests are not the first ones and that they are not that big. So, ¿who´s telling the truth? ¿is BBC decreasing the impact of the real new? Or maybe ¿is RT exaggerating the information in order to encourage a Russian invasion?
