3 December 2005

Stories from 3 December 2005

Peru: Annual Conference of Executives

  3 December 2005

Juan Arellano describes the upcoming 43rd annual Conference of Executives (ES) currently underway in Lima where hopeful politicians shmooze with the business class. Comments are critical.

Israel: the political drama continues

  3 December 2005

For the third week in a row, domestic politics is the biggest story in Israel. The political landscape continues to change rapidly, with each day bringing a new and surprising development. However they feel about the politicians, the consensus seems to be that one thing is certain: these are interesting...

From the Jordanian Blogosphere

  3 December 2005

“Jordan Planet's first North American Meet-up” by Jameed “November Jordanian Blogger Meet-up” by Roba Al-Assi As an interesting forty percent of Jordanian bloggers don't reside in Jordan, meet-ups are occurring often all around the world. Jameed reports from the first North American Jordan Planet Conference, “held in Las Vegas, Nevada...

Turkey is Typing….

  3 December 2005

Welcome back to the Turkish Blogosphere! (or a small section of it anyway…) Phanja from The Need to Know posts this week about the radical shift of party viewpoints on the Turkish nationality issue. Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently announced that “We are all citizens of the republic of Turkey under...

Venezuela: Public Housing and Electoral Crisis

  3 December 2005

Oil Wars offers an interesting glimpse into new Venezuela public housing. Meanwhile, the electoral crisis continues heading into Sunday's election. Tomas Sancio and The Devil's Excrement argue that opposition voters were not given confidence that their votes would be counted. Pedro Camargo says it is up to the Organization of...