sexta-feira, 5 de março de 2010


CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. Genocide museum of Tuol sleng, situated in a school transformed into an interrogation center by the Khmer Rouge. Dismantling of a map made by Vann Nath, one of two survivors of Tuol Sleng, in 1979 and made of skulls collected from nearby Choeung Ek Killing Field.
The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, was blamed for one of the worst horrors of the 20th century. At least 1.7 million people - nearly one-quarter of Cambodia's population - died under the regime, from execution, disease, starvation and overwork.

The first accused, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, was in charge of the S21 interrogation center, a prison converted from a school. At the prison, men, women and children were shackled to iron beds and tortured before they were beaten to death. He is charged with crimes against humanity. His verdict will be pronounced within the next couple of months. Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, all the remaining top leaders of the 'Angkar' (the Organisation), are waiting in their cell for their trial to begin. They are charged with crimes against humanity and genocide

domingo, 28 de fevereiro de 2010

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC, 1983-1986
Vietnam Veterans Day in Texas. Dan Jordan, 36, Vietnam War veteran, and his son Chad Jordan, 10, after a speech about Agent Orange outside the Texas State Capital, Austin, Texas, 1981
Checking the rangeland, southwest Texas, 1974
A Moment of Relaxation, Municipal Auditorium, Savannah, Georgia, 1963
Family Decorating Cars, Pooler, Georgia, 1957
An American GI on a dawn patrol over the hill overlooking the capital. Kabul, Afghanistan.
Young women wearing loose headscarves outside a traditional café. Darakhé, Iran
Fundamentalist Christians display the Ten Commandments at the rally in front of the State Supreme Court. Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
A militant of the Islamist party Hamas with a face mask showing the Jerusalem Dome of the Rock. Gaza City, Palestine

sábado, 27 de fevereiro de 2010

"a vida diz respeito à atividadee sentido para os quais tanto a cidadania quanto a riqueza das nações são meramente uma condição " .
Ralf Dahrendorf,in  "conflito social moderno "

terça-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2010

Since 2007, Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony and one of the poorest nations in the world, has become the new hub for cocaine trafficking in Africa. Drug cartels from South America and the voracious appetite for cocaine in Europe has transformed this tiny country into a living hell.