ENGLISH CLASS - JOURNALISM / Topic: Concert - Charly García

About an hour and forty minutes of rock, memories and present. "Charly Garcia, the largest return of" praying the persistent advertising in the days before the concert on Saturday 21 November at the Coliseum Rumiñahui Quito. And on the stage musical remains showed that the largest.

A very controlled Charly, just a chair and a microphone to the floor, marked Charly distance that can destroy the big picture if the sound did not match their music. This happened in the last visit we did, which was even arrested and held for several hours in the pretrial detention center. Argentine rocker did not forget that episode, and in his few interventions with the public commented that she is back, this time off.

Why Charly Garcia is one of the main role of Argentine and Latin rock? If there were still enough questions go to the concert and attend a concert with great power, with neatness in interpreting the force on guitars and keyboards, with its lyrics echoing as present later this 2009.

Charly moved slowly, with care for the stage, the image of that unbridled rocker lacked some of the attendees, who reminded those out Charly's own follies, but satisfied with the recital. The music tour discography most Argentinean multi-instrumentalist, even one of the fundamental Serú Girán. But as mentioned in the steps of Rumiñahui, if we want to hear everything from Charly, we would need more than ten concerts.

The largest return was sealed with two returns to the scene of Charlie and his band closing with recent issues, most chanted one, the "Deberías Saber por qué?." In our audiovisual room hanging from the weekend we record the concert, to relive those moments a little for those who were privileged to attend, and to enjoy a little bit, they missed.

ENGLISH CLASS - JOURNALISM / Topic: Assignment 5 (2)

Liberal !

Mention the word "liberal" politics in our country and leads us to make an analysis of the entire region, at this time the word “neoliberalisim”, takes power in our continent and begins to take a confusing way of politics-state
Is “neoliberalism”—the foundation for civil liberties, markets, and democracy —sputtering in Latin America? Are populist dictators and closed economies making a comeback? Senior policy analyst Stephen Johnson argues that progress toward democratic rule and free markets needs to go beyond the adoption of elections and openings to international trade in most of the region’s countries. His article, “Is Neoliberalism Dead in Latin America” was featured in the June 2003 edition of Perspectiva, a Latin American magazine on politics, economics, and society published by the Instituto de Ciencia Política-ICP (Colombia), Centro de Divulgación del Conocimiento Económic-CEDICE (Venezuela), Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economía Política-IEEP (Ecuador), Fundación Libertad (Argentina), and the Center for International Private Enterprise-CIPE (United States). The article is reprinted below
Premature obituaries are nothing new. Even the great American writer Mark Twain read an erroneous account of his own death and was inspired to write “reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.” And so it is with the popular supposition that neoliberalism has run its course in Latin America. Not only is it alive, but core aspects of it—political and economic freedom—have yet to be fully implemented.
Unfortunately, “neoliberalism” is one of those catch-all terms that means different things to different people. To Marxists looking for a new cause, it means policies that enrich multinational corporations as they trample over the world’s poor and the environment. To anti-globalists it is western expansionism. To economic fundamentalists it is the infallibility of the market.
Since none of these definitions allows for nuance and nobody agrees on what is “neo” about the term, it may be better to examine the status of liberalism in Latin America with its supporting pillars, democracy and economic freedom. After all, neoliberalism derives from the classic liberalism of 18th century moral philosophers who proposed that individuals should be free to do as they see fit and own and dispose of property as they wish with minimal state interference.

ENGLISH CLASS - JOURNALISM / Topic: Ab. Abadala Bucaram Ortiz

This week, for reasons of political thoughts of the past, reminded the Ab. Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz, and I want to do a little tribute to a charismatic leader of the Ecuadorian politics

Family political background

Bucaram is the grandson of Lebanese immigrants. Abdalá is the Spanish of `Abdullah. He grew up playing football in the streets of Guayaquil and later went on to become a successful athlete and earn a degree in physical education. He was also a sprinter in the 1972 Olympic team, the police chief of Guayas and the president of Barcelona Sporting Club, a Football team from his hometown. Besides being a gym teacher, he earned a degree in law and soon began his political career. He used to live in Kennedy Norte, a neighborhood next to the former Simón Bolívar International Airport before he escaped to Panama. He was the nephew of the politician Asaad Bucaram Elmalin, who was mayor of Guayaquil. His sister, Martha Bucaram, was married to former President Jaime Roldós Aguilera, both of whom were killed in an aviation accident.

Early political years

He was the Mayor of Guayaquil, and the founder and member of the Partido Roldista Ecuatoriano (PRE).

1996 presidential campaign

Candidate Abdala Bucaram Ortiz was elected as President of Ecuador. Although Bucaram defeated Social Cristiano Party candidate Jaime Nebot by a margin of approximately 20,000 votes, he managed to win all but one of the 21 provinces.

Time as president

Abdalá Bucaram was President from August 10, 1996 to February 6, 1997. His cabinet was put together by the Vice President Rosalia Arteaga. Within months Bucaram embezzled millions of dollars of public funds. Massive protests led to his dismissal from the Ecuadorian Presidency. He was dismissed by the congress on grounds of alleged "incapacidad mental" (mental disability). Congress passed the measure (44 votes in favor and 34 against) with a simple majority instead of the two thirds required by the Constitution, and appointed congressional leader Fabián Alarcón in his place, bypassing the sitting Vice President Rosalía Arteaga.

This caused a constitutional crisis, during which both were simultaneously sworn Presidents. Finally, Congress requested that the army assert Alarcón's power.

Present life

He fled to Panama City after the corruption charges were laid. He returned Saturday, April 2, 2005, after the corruption charges were lifted the previous day. He stayed in Guayaquil for about two and a half weeks. The corruption charges against him were reinstated after Lucio Gutiérrez was forced to leave to avoid the charges.