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Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Africa, Italy: Religion & Politics

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 @ 14:49 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Kenya, Zimbabwe, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A., Italy
Topics:: Ideas, Cyber-Activism, Elections, Law, Religion, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: English

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mg:: Trinite sy Tôbagô , USA, Afrika, Italia : Fivavahana sy Pôlitika...

Notes from Port of Spain weighs in on everything from the Pope's visit to the US: “It's not enough for the Pope to be ‘ashamed' of his American paedophile priests…he also has to do something about them” to international politics: “It's a lesson to every crook in office or aspiring to it: just brazen it out long enough and the world will lose interest.”

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