Saturday, August 2, 2014

Rendir Cuentas/Accountability

Por Elvira Arellano, Sanctuary Movement
22 de julio, 2014
(English Version Follows)

Mirando hacia el este, vemos que casi 300 personas fallecieron en el derrumbe del avión malasiano. El presidente Obama ha insistido que se lleve a cabo una investigación y sugerido que el presidente Putin sea el responsable de la tragedia.Dijo Obama “Rusia entrenó a los separatistas y les proporcionó armas….debe haber un rendimiento de cuentas”.

Tal vez Putin piensa que Europa oriental es su patio trasero donde puede hacer lo que le hace la gana.

Ahora bien, tomaremos una mirada hacia el sur. Sabemos que hay miles de niños hondureños detenidos en la frontera, niños que se dirigieron al norte por razón de la pobreza y la violencia que existen en sus propios países. ¿Quién debe rendir cuentas por lo sucedido a ellos? [...]

Lea el artículo:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sanctuarymovement/8ZWqZ1gWO1c

By Elvira Arellano, Sanctuary Movement
July 22, 2014

As we look to the east, nearly 300 people were killed when the Malaysian airliner was shot down. President Obama demanded that there be an investigation and strongly suggested that President Putin of Russia was responsible. “Russia trained the separatists. Russia armed them.” President Obama said, “There must be accountability.”

President Putin evidently thinks that the Ukraine is “in the Russian backyard” and he can do what he wants there.

Now, look to the south for a moment. We know that thousands of Honduran children are being held in detention at the border, children who came north because of the poverty and violence in their home country. Who is accountable for what has happened to them?

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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sanctuarymovement/8ZWqZ1gWO1c

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