Agustin Velloso

Spain and Equatorial Guinea: development cooperation as fraud

Agustin Velloso — 2007-09-29T10:05:00Z

Translation copyleft Tortilla con Sal

Development cooperation between Spain and Equatorial Guinea is an exercise in political rhetoric, fine for soothing the consciences of sensitive citizens and useful to dissemble the policies of both countries' governments. The citizenry think they are "helping" the poor while politicians cover up the way cooperation is useless for the African country's development but good for increasing the scandalous wealth of the Obiang clan and to contribute to Spanish political and business expansion.

Should Spanish troops withdraw from Lebanon?

Agustin Velloso — 2007-07-24T23:39:00Z

Translation by Paulo de Rooij

It would be an irony of the eager Spanish imperialism that launched itself on Arab lands if it ousted the PSOE (Socialist Party) in 2007 just like what happened to the PP (the Conservatives) three years ago. The PSOE doesn't state the truth when it explains why Spain will keep its troops in Lebanon because they are part of a peace mission under a UN mandate. (...)

- / uruknet.info

Palestinians and the Gaza Experiment

Agustin Velloso — 2007-06-19T06:11:00Z

Faced with the fear that things may get even worse, one must not lose sight of the causes of the events in Gaza, their connection with the situation in Lebanon and Iraq and above all the lies the media use to defend the interests of the West and Israel at the expense of the Palestinians.

An editorial of June 13th in Spain's biggest circulation newspaper - probably a joint effort by Thomas Friedman, Victor Harel and Javier Solana - is a compendium of anti-Palestinian remarks, anti-Muslim feelings and racist arguments, whose use for university entrance examination should be obligatory as a means to judge the maturity of adolescents: "co-existence between the moderate Abbas and the government of Ismael Haniya has been a fiction from the very moment the radical Islamists, who waged a terror war against Israel, won the parliamentary elections last year." (...)

- / PalestineChronicle.com

Hamas, Mickey Mouse and other horror stories: those violent Palestinians again.

Agustin Velloso — 2007-05-28T21:31:00Z

The same thing applies to Palestinian violence as to United States democracy: all the news media talk frequently about it but none of them has ever seen it as it really is. The abundance of news aimed at reporting the intrinsic evil of the Palestinians is impressive. Last week one could see at peak viewing time Palestinian pre-school teachers using Mickey Mouse to teach kids they must wipe out Jews, make martyrs of themselves, fight to take over the world and so on. (...)

What solution for Iraq: a bad war tribunal or a good guerilla attack?

Agustin Velloso — 2007-03-18T09:05:00Z

English version reviewed by toni solo.

In March 2003, the acute suffering of the Iraqi people, due to the sanctions imposed by the international community in1991, was made worse by the US led coalition invading armies. The inhuman character of those responsible for the comprehensive blockade was made clear in the words of the then US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright in 1996. Journalist Leslie Stahl asked Albright on 60 Minutes: "We have heard that half a million [Iraqi] children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?" Secretary of State Albright replied: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it."

The blockade, the aggression and the occupation of Iraq are the pillars of a policy designed and carried out in a coordinated way by several Western countries led by the US. We are talking about untold and endless injustice. On the other hand, the rape of Iraq is not the only one to be condemned: Afghanistan, Palestine and Lebanon have also been attacked and Iran is in the list. (...)

Civil war or coup d'etat in Palestine?

Agustin Velloso — 2007-02-08T21:26:58Z

Originally published in Spanish on Rebelión

Interview of Agustin Velloso, Gijon, Spain; Translated for Axis of Logic by the author and revised by James Hollander, Tlaxcala*

Feb 7, 2007, 11:50

"Interview with Professor Agustin Velloso in the 11th Week of the Popular School Jose Luis Garcia Rua: The outcomes of fundamentalism,"

Gijon, Spain, from 2 to 10 February 2007

Is there a civil war going on in Palestine?

No, but this question and an affirmative answer is what pro-Israeli media are spreading all over the world. Hence, the average news consumer knows nothing of the reality of this “civil war.”

But aren't we seeing the Palestinians are killing each other in the streets of Gaza?

What we are seeing is that since Hamas won the last legislative elections of January 2006, which were monitored by thousands of foreign observers, Jimmy Carter amongst them, the Western powers have made all kinds of political and economic manoeuvres to oust the winner with the help of the losers, Abu Mazen and his Fatah party. (...)

Palestine and the long arm of the Occupation

Agustin Velloso — 2007-01-23T20:10:00Z

Translation copyleft by Tortilla con Sal

The Palestinians, as they have been for so many years, are these days once again the protagonists of news involving violent events. Most recently, the Palestinians are killing one another other, which, according to newspapers and TV reports, just confirms their extremist, bloodthirsty, aggressive nature and that of Arabs and muslims in general, since the Iraqis are immersed in a bloody fraticidal struggle as well. (...)

Recent developments in Equatorial Guinea

Agustin Velloso — 2006-12-31T07:39:00Z

United States sponsored secret flights and clandestine detention centres in Europe and elsewhere have received plenty of comment recently. Politicians and journalists tell us the "war on terror" demands extreme measures. At the same time, in countries which have nothing to do with that "war", detainees are held incommunicado, without effective judicial protection and routinely tortured in carefully ignored prisons. Reports about conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan are widespread, but almost little appears about what is going on in Equatorial Guinea, a country friendly to the West. One of Equatorial Guinea's prisons, surrounded by a tropical sea, has the same name as a relaxing California beach : Black Beach. In spite of this, it is not a sunny spot in a lost paradise. It is an ugly compound in Bioko Island, near Malabo, Equatorial Guinea's capital. (...)

- / CounterPunch

Political change in the United States? As in Israel, just different faces.

Agustin Velloso — 2006-11-12T10:33:00Z

In spite of what political commentataries and editorials say, there is not such a big change in US -and Israeli- politics concerning Middle East issues: Same war, same oppressioon, same human rights violations here and different senior officials there.

Palestine 2006 : corpses on the ground, minds in the clouds

Agustin Velloso — 2006-07-14T08:22:09Z

Translated from Spanish into English by toni solo, a member of Tlaxcala (http://www.tlaxcala.es), the network of translators for linguistic diversity. This translation is copy left

In these moments of death and destruction the Palestinians are the ones who should be asking questions of the observers, not the other way round. What are you going to do so my children are not murdered from the air by Israeli combat aircraft and so my sisters and brothers don't stay for years imprisoned without trial by the Israelis? What are the "pacifists" and "democrats" of the Western world going to contribute to the cause of human rights and peace in Palestine?

All against Hamas? No, all against the Palestinians

Agustin Velloso — 2006-05-05T17:26:02Z

Translated from Spanish by Ernesto Paramo and checked by Nancy Almendras

both members of Tlaxcala the network of translators for linguistic diversity.

Western double standards in Palestine are exposed once again after Palestinians elect a Hamas led government. Palestinians, as usual pay the price.

Congratultions, Palestine. Welcome, Hamas.

Agustin Velloso — 2006-02-28T21:40:00Z

Last update - March 2, 2006

Hamas victory should be welcome by Palestinian suporters in the West, as its victory means the end of the mockery of the "peace process" and a fresh start for Palestinian national aims

Day after day, unabated since the victory of Hamas in the Palestinian elections that took place last January, the usual anti-Arab and pro-Zionist elements, disguised as journalists and analysts, forecast a bleak future for the Palestinians under the rule of Hamas. At the same time, the usual Mafiosi, disguised as political leaders in favour of the ‘peace process', threaten and blackmail the Palestinians for choosing a political project that does not fit Israel, United States (US) and European Union (EU) agendas in the Middle East. (...)

The West adds cartoons to injury

Agustin Velloso — 2006-02-07T21:36:00Z

To cap the ongoing Muslim and Arab Holocaust, it is the time of cartoons. It seems the West thinks it can go on damaging souls and bodies as long as it likes.

Samson returns to Gaza

Agustin Velloso — 2005-09-30T02:16:03Z

This article tries to explain the current shelling of Gaza (end of september 2005) by the Israeli Army, using some key Jewish texts.

The dos and don'ts of the good victim of "suicide" attacks

Agustin Velloso — 2005-07-27T14:45:00Z

Rules and advices for Europe's and United States' citizens who face the growing wave of the so called suicide attacks in their own cities.

First. Smile if you supported wholeheartedly your government aggressive policies against Arab and Muslim countries. The attack is an unsurpassable opportunity for you to reconsider your racist views towards their inhabitants. Were not for the punishment this attitude would continue to increase the number of victims relentlessly.

Second. Keep on smiling if you were duped to vote for presidents who lead or support the war against Arabs and Muslims, who had made no harm to you and your family before: you will not be deceived again. (...)