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La vida cultural de Iván Acosta en Nueva York

• Iván ha escrito 16 obras teatrales, tres de ellas llevadas al cine: El Súper, Amigos, y Rosa y el ajusticiador del Canalla. Entre otros aportes destacados a la cultura, Iván estrenó Detrás de mis ojos, el documental sobre el ataque terrorista a las torres gemelas filmado desde su balcón en el piso 42 del Manhattan Plaza.
  

La cultura iberoamericana en las grandes urbes de los Estados Unidos se ha desarrollado en los últimos 50 años gracias a la contribución desinteresada de escritores, actores, dramaturgos, productores, técnicos, comentaristas de la prensa hablada y escrita y el público que con su interés, amor y energía mantienen vivas las diferentes manifestaciones del arte.

Iván Acosta ha sido uno de los impulsores y guardianes claves de esa cultura, no solo con sus talentos como escritor, productor y director de cine y de teatro, sino por su habilidad de galvanizar a toda una comunidad alrededor del teatro y de la música.

Democracy Needs Dissenters, Critical Thinkers; but Academic freedom index Reveals Eroding Academic Freedom

In recent years, we have seen many such examples of the government intimidating the scholars working in the knowledge sector into silence. While academic freedom is being challenged, defamation lawsuits are becoming tools of harassment.

July 8.– In 2022, India’s academic freedom index was in the bottom 30% among 179 countries, according to an analysis by the V-Dem Institute. It flagged 22 countries, including India, China, the US, and Mexico, where institutes recorded a slide in academic freedom over the past decade.

United States: Record 853,955 Foreigners Overstay Legal Visas in Fiscal Year 2022

June 30.– More than two decades after Islamic terrorists exploited the U.S. government’s inefficient system for tracking foreigners who overstay visas, the problem is only getting worse with a startling 853,955 visa overstays in fiscal year 2022. A new report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tries to downplay the severity of the situation by shining a light on the positive, that the overstay rate is a mere 3.67% compared to 96.33% of over 23 million nonimmigrants that departed the country on time in accordance with the terms of their admission.

The reality is that the latest available overstay figure is an alarming record-breaker for the U.S. and it indicates that national security is not being taken seriously by the government. At least four of the September 11 hijackers were in the United States with expired visas and all these years later the government—under both Democratic and Republican administrations—has not found a way to track visa overstayers adequately.

Strasbourg, July 3.– On the occasion of the 25^th anniversary of the entry into force of the Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints (ETS No. 158) in 1998, the Department of Social Rights will host an event to discuss effective social rights protection in the European space on 6 July, at Strasbourg and online (2-6 pm).

The event will provide space for a diverse range of leading stakeholders (governments, social partners, civil society, academia, and other national and international bodies) to share their experiences, challenges, and good practices in using the collective complaints procedure to signal situations of possible non-implementation of the Charter in the countries concerned.

Opening remarks will be made by Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Tiny Kox (tbc), Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović among other high level participants.

The event will be streamed live (in English and French) on the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) website and via the Council of Europe Facebook account.

Contact: Dušan Vojnović, tel. +33 3 90 21 56 99

Corruption = The "legacy" of Morales and Arce in Bolivia

Institutional devastation and corruption scandals: the dark legacy of MAS in Bolivia.

La Paz, June 28.– Only a few years ago, when Evo Morales was still in power, his government boasted of facts such as that Bolivia ranked first or second in terms of economic growth in the region, or of having one of the most 'guaranteed' constitutions. of rights in the world, but things have changed.