Drawing up a scorecard of winners and losers from the financial crisis and the resulting global economic downturn is relatively easy if we concentrate on straightforward economic effects, and if we think of them in the short term. Political ramifications, especially over the longer term, are more difficult to calculate. [...]
“Are there many Muslims in Cuba?”
“Why would a Cuban want to become a Muslim?” These are the two questions I am most frequently asked when introducing myself, or in the case of old friends re-introduce, by my Muslim name, Assad Jibril Pino. The answer to the first query is a simple yes. Several [...]
A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 20 nations around the world finds that Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is the most untrusted leader.
WorldPublicOpinion.org, a collaborative research project involving research centers from around the world, is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland.
WorldPublicOpinion.org conducted the poll of 19,751 respondents in nations [...]
By Carlos Alfonso Rojas Valdiri:
From the point of view of the Latin American people, it has been (and it is) a very misleading and abusive habit of the political, journalistic and academic circles of the United States of America (USA) and -by their influence- others, to call (name) that country ‘America’, and ‘Americans’ its citizens, [...]
