THAILAND - A year later, the wounds remain open

Those in the ranks of the ruling elite, believed that by suppressing their opponents in the blood - the violence [of April and May 2010] that killed 92 people in both camps, but especially in the "red shirts", and having done more than a thousand wounded - they had achieved their purpose would do well to think twice.

For now, the red shirts are even more critical and more angry against the establishment they accuse of orchestrating all the political manipulation behind the scenes over the years, especially since the military coup of 2006 [which overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra]. The country has marked May 19 the first anniversary of the crackdown, and many red shirts seem more than ever determined to continue the fight, not only on behalf of their political idol Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister pursued by justice but also in memory of their fallen loved ones in the streets of Bangkok in 2010.

BRAZIL - deforestation Renewed

Deforestation in the Amazon state has increased 27% year on year, according to the same data from the Ministry of Environment, reveals A Folha de São Paulo. The satellite observations show Deter between August 2010 and April 2011, 1848 square kilometers of forest were destroyed, where a year earlier, during the same period, 1455 square kilometers of trees had disappeared.

The minister, Izabella Teixeira, finds the situation "worrying" and to convene a crisis, but it refuses to link this trend with the discussion on the Forestry Code, which should facilitate the right of landowners to exploit agricultural land and So to cut trees. The newspaper leaves instead hear that "many owners, knowing that the code granting them amnesty, early voting and have already begun to destroy the forest." The discussion should be on May 11 but was postponed due to strong opposition from environmentalists.

The advisers of the king of Saudi Arabia are a step towards women's suffrage

The Shura Council of Saudi Arabia, an advisory body, has said that he should allow women to vote in future local elections. Saudi authorities announced in March that half of the seats in the plenary sessions of the councils will be elected in the future, a radical step in a country ruled by an absolute monarchy that currently has no democratically elected government institutions.

Spain's debt crisis: calls for "energetic decisions"

The efforts of the government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain to consolidate public finances more vulnerable to resistance from the regions. Thus, the autonomous region of Catalonia refuses to comply with the central government in Madrid agreed deficit targets.

Turkey will not close the doors to refugees from Syria

Turkey "not close the doors" to refugees fleeing violence in Syria, as declared himself Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who confessed that Ankara is closely following developments in the neighboring country and you want Damascus show greater tolerance for their citizens. A member of the Turkish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that about 420 people have crossed the Syrian border since they began the bloody protests.

Gadhafi's daughter denounces NATO for war crimes

Aisha Gaddafi, Libyan leader's daughter has filed a complaint in Belgium against NATO on the grounds that the organization has committed war crimes by bombing civilians in Tripoli, according to Belgian media published. The lawsuit brought by Aisha Gaddafi Belgian Federal Court and the Court of Brussels also intends to cancel the blocking of assets of the Libyan regime that the EU decided to impose the Executive of Muammar Qaddafi, as reported on its website, the public broadcaster RTBF.

UNITED STATES - The new life of Michael O.

On the dock of his house overlooking the bay of Greenport [in Long Island, NY], Michael Osinski open a few oysters. "How is John Howard?" Asks the former Wall Street executive about Jean-Stéphane Bron, the Swiss director of Cleveland against Wall Street [2010] the film in which Michael Osinski confess the faults and excesses of a financial tempted by the profits offered by the mortgage, the famous subprime.