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Hoy 14 de abril los pueblos americanos celebramos el Día de las Américas.

El Día de las Américas es una celebración anual que tiene lugar el 14 de abril en todas las naciones americanas, como símbolo de su soberanía y de su unión voluntaria en una comunidad continental. Cada año, ya sea por promulgación presidencial o legislativa, esta efeméride es conmemorada en ciudades, pueblos y comunidades.
El primer Día de las Américas fue celebrado a lo largo del Continente Americano en 1931. Se eligió el 14 de abril por ser la fecha de 1890 en que, mediante resolución de la Primera Conferencia Internacional Americana (celebrada en la ciudad de Wáshington <capital de la República de Estados Unidos de América> entre octubre de 1889 y abril de 1890), se crearon la Unión de las Repúblicas Americanas y su secretaría permanente, la Oficina Comercial de las Repúblicas Americanas. Estas dieron paso a la Unión Panamericana y, finalmente, a la actual Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) en 1948.
Las Repúblicas de Honduras, Guatemala y Haití declararon el 14 de abril como fiesta nacional. En estas y otras naciones de la por entonces Unión Panamericana hubo recepciones diplomáticas, celebraciones públicas y civiles, programas en las escuelas y una gran cantidad de proclamaciones promoviendo los principios del Panamericanismo.
Una de esas declaraciones aseguró que en el Espíritu del Panamericanismo, las naciones de América podrían “reafirmar los ideales de paz y solidaridad continental que todos profesan, fortalecer sus lazos naturales e históricos y recordar los intereses comunes y aspiraciones que hacen a los países del hemisferio un centro de influencia positiva en el movimiento universal a favor de la paz, la justicia y la ley entre las naciones”.

Juan Montalvo - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Juan Montalvo - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre


"¡Ay del pueblo cuyos jóvenes no hagan temblar al tirano!"
"No hay cosa más dura que la suavidad de la indiferencia."
Pensamientos del insigne escritor ecuatoriano Juan Montalvo.

DÍA DEL MAESTRO ECUATORIANO, ESPOL, ICQA, GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, 2010.04.13 « RED DENTRO Y FUERA ESPOL

DÍA DEL MAESTRO ECUATORIANO, ESPOL, ICQA, GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, 2010.04.13 « RED DENTRO Y FUERA ESPOL

HOY 13 DE ABRIL SE CELEBRA EN NUESTRO PAÍS EL DÍA DEL MAESTRO ECUATORIANO.‏

Henrique Capriles Radonski - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Henrique Capriles Radonski - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre


"Yo no odio a nadie
porque tengo a Dios en mi corazón."
Pensamiento de Henrique Capriles Radonski.

Alec Baldwin Uncovers Elephant Abuse Under the Big Top | RinglingBeatsAnimals.com

Alec Baldwin Uncovers Elephant Abuse Under the Big Top | RinglingBeatsAnimals.com


With a quarter-century of  experience behind him, Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin has enough big- and small-screen hits under his belt to speak with authority about the entertainment industry. So when this card-carrying PETA member reports that a show-biz act appalls him, audiences everywhere should listen. In his shocking exposé, Alec reveals what circuses' bright lights and colorful costumes cannot hide: that elephants who are forced to perform are confined, whipped, and beaten for each show. Watch the video now.
Alec, who has hosted Saturday Night Live a record 16 times, knows how to earn laughs without endangering lives. But circuses like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus peddle cheap tricks to unsuspecting audiences by tearing baby elephants away from their families and striking their sensitive body parts with a bullhook—a sharp metal-tipped rod that resembles a fireplace poker. A lifetime of violent training tactics will eventually break elephants' spirits, forcing them to live in constant fear, sometimes for nearly half a century long. After the show, Ringling Bros. elephants travel the country for 11 months out of the year in poorly ventilated boxcars, putting them at high risk for foot problems and arthritis, the leading reasons why captive elephants in the U.S are euthanized. But the show must go on: Night after night, they are still forced to perform the same excruciating tricks.

WWF - Gabon to Burn Entire Ivory Stockpile in Effort to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trafficking -

WWF - Gabon to Burn Entire Ivory Stockpile in Effort to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trafficking -

As a symbol of its commitment to tackling illegal wildlife trade, Gabon will burn its entire ivory stockpile in the coming months, at a date to be announced shortly. The move is an acknowledgment by the country that ivory from illegal sources has no recognized commercial value, and could leak onto the black market if not destroyed, said WWF and TRAFFIC, which are supporting Gabon’s efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade.

The news came during a major international meeting in Libreville to address the growing poaching crisis across Central Africa. Thousands of elephants are killed each year for their tusks, which are in demand as carvings and ornaments in Asia.  An estimated 5,000 to 12,000 elephants are killed each year for their ivory. Data submitted to CITES, the UN body regulating international wildlife trade, shows that law enforcement is poor or non-existent in many Central and West African countries. 

Cameroon, for instance, is still dealing with the massacre of hundreds of elephants in Bouba N’Djida National Park this January. Soldiers responding to the slaughter are also believed to have been killed.  Just weeks later, more elephant deaths occurred in Boumba Bek National Park in southeast Cameroon, where 12 suspected poachers were arrested and 14 elephant tusks confiscated.

To address this upsurge in poaching in the region and increase international cooperation, over 150 experts from Central African, US and Asian governments, together with specialized UN agencies and international organizations such as CITES, INTERPOL and the Kenya Wildlife Service, are meeting this week in Gabon.

To verify that all Gabon’s tusks are accounted for before being burned, an independent inventory and audit of the country’s stockpiles is currently taking place by the government, with support from TRAFFIC and WWF experts and other independent observers.  The audit will determine the quantity, weight and origin of the existing tusks, and help establish protocols to ensure that any future seized ivory is properly documented and securely managed.

“Gabon is demonstrating how domestic ivory supplies can be regulated, given the political will to do so,” said Stephane Ringuet, TRAFFIC’s Central African Director who is conducting the audit.  “If Gabon's lead is replicated region-wide, we could see real progress being made in tackling elephant poaching and putting the criminal syndicates behind it out of business.”

Biodiversidad en América Latina | Revista Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas N° 71

Biodiversidad en América Latina | Revista Biodiversidad, sustento y culturas N° 71


Amigos:
Tenemos el gusto de compartir con ustedes el último número de la Revista Biodiversidad en formato electrónico.
 "La apicultura es central para la economía de muchas familias en todo el mundo, y el cuidado de las abejas fomenta a su vez el cuidado que éstas ejercen sobre la polinización general de los cultivos y del universo vegetal “silvestre”.
Por esta razón resulta grave que ahora salten las evidencias de que los transgénicos están contaminando la miel de los apicultores mexicanos por el descuido y la irresponsabilidad de las autoridades que menosprecian las evidencias y siguen campantes promoviendo los cultivos genéticamente modificados de soya [o soja] y maíz, los cuales tarde o temprano inundarán México.”