The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report highly critical of the situation in Colombia, which betrays the insecurity of human rights defenders and their stigmatization, including members of the government of Alvaro Uribe. "There continue to be in Colombia attitudes of harassment and persecution of human rights defenders and their families," wrote the High Commissioner Navi Pillay, who visited the country in September 2009 at the conclusion of the document, published on Tuesday.

11.03.2010
The French again have reasons to discuss the private life of their President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni. It is rumored that the couple is about to break up. It was also said that both Sarkozy and Bruni already have new partners. For the time being, Bruni, a singer and a former model, rejects the rumors. However, the rumors may eventually turn out to be true taking into consideration the passionate personal life of each of the famous spouses

10.03.2010
Has the policy of the United States of America changed substantially in Latin America? Judging by Washington’s close friend and ally, Alvaro Uribe of Columbia, no, it has not. Murder of opposition activists, disappearances, threats and of course torture are the modus operandi in fashion in Columbia, where the USA has built up a considerable military presence. So much for the USA’s “humane” foreign policy.

10.03.2010
Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych will find himself in a tricky situation. He will have to deal with the criticism from radical Ukrainian nationalists, who accept no compromise for the Russian language and want the Ukrainian to be the only one official language in the country. At the same time, the issue of the official status for the Russian language is one of the most important questions for those people who voted for Yanukovych