Friday, March 25, 2011

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Activists and academics hope that the agreement does not turn into censorship

The rector of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Jose Narro Robles, expressed his hope that the agreement for coverage of violence does not become a mechanism of censorship or censorship while specialists and members of nongovernmental organizations relied on that this initiative will be useful, not to mention that the perpetrators of the attacks are "both criminals and the government." Narro

noted that the text of the agreement, the media should contribute to strengthening freedom of expression and not translate it in any way to diminish (perception) of safety problems and violence in the country, has claimed 36 000 lives in the past four years in the fight against organized crime.

"These are lives we have to hurt at all. No matter if it's the lives of criminals, because in a system of justice that should happen is that those who commit crimes do not end up riddled slaughtered or killed each other. At the bottom of everything, along with poverty, inequality, lack of education and opportunities, there is also a matter that has to do with impunity and can not stay like that, "he said in an interview after the event in The agreement was signed.

For its part, the researcher Alma Rosa Alva de la Selva, Faculty of Political Sciences of the UNAM, warned that the right to information and freedom of expression are at risk with the agreement for coverage of violence, it includes "forward ambiguous and limiting the social responsibility of the media."

Specialist said that over the right to information can not be anything. "People have a right to know, and if the media is clarified, it will never be in favor of freedom of expression."

Javier Esteinou, a specialist in Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, found that the covenant is a proposal incomplete and more "spectacular" a profound reflection of the problems that must be addressed for society. He added that the proposal should be supplemented by critical analysis prepared by independent researchers and not by the companies themselves.

Edgardo Buscaglia, an expert in national security and criminology agreed that the agreement "is aimed at reducing the social perception that the Mexican government is losing the war against crime." He said

always look with suspicion when oligopolies together to try to manage the flow of information to the public. "You have to let the media simply make judgments, based information, either through experts reasoned."

For his part, Omar Raúl Martínez, director of the Fundación Manuel Buendía, warned that "in the deal lies a mere desire to standardize the information and, ultimately, go inhibiting criticism of the strategy government in its fight against drug trafficking. The message seems to be that you want to win in the media that the federal government is losing the public eye. "

Now, he said, would be desirable "in the spirit in all the country's media commit themselves more clearly and in detail to take immediate and effective action to implement measures to protect and train their own reporters."

In contrast, Omar Rabago, a member of the group Article 19, held that the agreement is an "important step, since this is the first time that many of the media gather to discuss the issue of violence" and practice better journalism in this context, remembering that those responsible for attacks not only criminals but also the government.

Fabiola Martínez, Angel Cruz, Alfredo Mendez, Arien Diaz and Fernando Camacho, La Jornada, March 25.

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Je t'aime ... Moi non plus

Do you remember that song by Serge Gainsbourg? I love you, me neither. Or maybe I loved you. Some perceive the euro with the same bewilderment that a sense of passion. The contradictions of love. The word "plus" does not sound like French. In English it is a stale aftertaste. English is strong and positive. Since yesterday all heads of government of the EU are in Brussels at the top most anticipated of the century, or at least the most fun for observers, with the ingredients of that tension, deliberately unconcealed, between Sarko and Merkel, for his disagreement in the Libyan conflict. Although I suspect that the French will pleased go hand in hand with Cameron in the military adventure. Remember that there is a military alliance between Britain and two French ... But let's focus.

Noting that the cause of the economic difficulties of Europe is not the euro, but the slowness or failure of the reforms take effect, the incentives for the deal are more intense than ever. Poor Socrates receives pats on the back, while the diplomatic corps accompanying him is the perfect image of desolation. Sarko gets angry with the right high Portuguese, and threatens to impose even harsher restrictions than those proposed by Socrates in the Assembly on Wednesday in Lisbon. Meanwhile, Portugal's Barroso good deals to represent the guardian newsprint European bank shares with conservatives that sentence Socrates impotent, the opposition will see how far Portugal has to bear the costs of restrictive policies. This Council, with their dinners and lunches, is the recreation of the art of politics in its purest form.

Nothing will be easy, but the euro is still a "plus" for which everyone was willing to give up their national macroeconomic independence more than a decade. Not surprisingly, the political language was intentional, we have moved into two months of the pact on competitiveness, the pact of the euro, and finally settle into Euro Plus Covenant (adopted yesterday) that includes all chapters of the plan that they hatched a couple of months ago Van Rompuy and Barroso. It is a work that aspires to go beyond the structural adjustments due to tackle the financial turmoil, and leave behind once the paralysis of European growth. Eye, it would not be easy to be warned, that asymmetries would be left see, too ... Those naysayers who claimed that asymmetries would jeopardize the political arrangements in the euro area, and many end up leaving the euro, are far from seeing their wishes fulfilled.

the euro, and the reaction is generating centripetal-refutes those who claim to build a monetary union must be a prior political union, even refutes those who deny the political Europe that somehow, it is identifiable even for non euroentusiastas. Some complain that the single currency has been used as justification for implementing policies or to encourage liberal policies, not realizing that the euro has allowed encourage the competitiveness of Europe. Meanwhile, the ECB is an easy target for criticism. Of course, much easier for unions, the monopolistic enterprises or those who make a bad use of markets pure financial speculation.

I am pleased, however, that the governments of the Member States are not falling into the rhetoric of blaming the ECB or Brussels in crisis and the consequent adjustment measures. Could. Are more ruthless ideologues still obsessed with the demand in the economy, bypassing everything points to the EU on economic problem has to do with supply. There is something of Keynesianism in the view of demand, a short-term approach. The euro has been beneficial to eliminate exchange rates, increased price transparency, to reduce interest rates or to avoid financial crisis countries saw the overnight revalued its public debt (Italian or Greek debt came to be regarded as German debt), but has become an obstacle when economies were unable to maintain an adequate level of growth, have ; indebtedness, the bubbles have burst, something that is often accompanied by obvious signs such as low productivity, ie lagging economies that are not productive and generate high rates of unemployment. In any case, rather an apparent obstacle, because it forces adjustments, which (otherwise) would be inevitable, or is that somebody believes that competitive devaluations can be a smart strategy? The crossing of the euro in our destination has freed us from having to prove it.

The newly formed Covenant is the work of Barroso, although Berlin is the leading voice in this milonga. It is he who pays most of the bill to € 40 billion stability fund account (FEEF), which runs until 2013. Spain and Italy have had to give in and made five annual payments of € 16 billion from 2013 and 2018. This translates to an availability of 500 billion euros for the whole eurozone, where the famous FEEF expires. Plus Euro Pact was signed by non-euro members, leaving out only the United Kingdom, Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Although bargaining has not been easy.


The "plus" that brings this agreement is that it reinforces a soft mattress designed to protect the risk of death to the clumsy trapeze artists, bad managers, those responsible for the crisis, governments are not sighted , yes, they are clumsy trapeze artists, but, fortunately, no stickler suicide. Brussels is finally changing the landscape of European economies, so far so prone to over-protection of certain sectors and groups. The reform is aimed at an overall reduction of public spending, greater permissiveness and economic flexibility. The twenty-three of the undersigned twenty-seven, and might even admit that Europeans utilitarian reasons. I do not know if Europeans and romantic in the traditional sense. This new Euro Compact Plus seals a love interest and, therefore, durable, placing each in its rightful place.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Nueva Esparta University in the Social Outlook 2011 event

UNE through the Services Division Community took on Wednesday March 23, in Social Perspectives 2011 event, held at the Quinta La Esmeralda. The same was organized by the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Venamchan) starting from 7:30 am extending until 1:30 pm. The speakers on this activity were: Victor Guédez, president of the State Board of Corporate Social Responsibility (CER) who spoke on Corporate Social Responsibility as a bridge between ethics and sustainability. While Lorenzo Mendoza Giménez, CEO of Empresas Polar and Thony Da Silva Romero, director of business strategy and Strategic Communications Pizzolante, provided information about leadership. Burgazzi Angelo, president and Maickel DBAccess Melamed, Peace with All introduced the topic of entrepreneurship. In contrast, Giovanna Bruni, general manager of Fundación Telefónica, Antonio Lopez, vice president of corporate relations and Andreina Vogeler Farmatodo Perez, executive director of the Venezuelan Foundation Against Infantile Paralysis, discuss management. Based on the framework Reference this event, organized UNE afternoon in the Salon The Trinitarias "a lecture attended by over 100 students of Community Service, with the aim of raising awareness of the University Contest VII: Promoting Socially Responsible Leaders . This year the University through the Community Service participates in this contest with the aim of launching an appropriate space for the various initiatives of the students in the social field.


Friday, March 18, 2011

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Closer to European tax harmonization

tensions suffered by the euro and the effects of the crisis has strengthened the economic coordination in the EU, have resulted in initiatives such as the Competitiveness Pact driven by Germany and France in early February, but was received with hostility by the European Parliament and some Member States (especially the constitutional constraints) and finally stay in the middle, ie restricting the borrowing limits in line with what was established at the time Maastricht, with a threshold requirement something soft "for my taste.

Aware of the opposition presented the always harmful to national interests or union pact merkeliano , the working poor Barroso decided to use the tide to concoct other covenants backstage with Van Rompuy. Because Barroso to control the deficit and budget cuts I know a little and is well aware that European competitiveness goes through further integration and the elimination of many barriers faced by companies within the Union in order to develop to the fullest. Its goal is economic governance, an environment in which businesses can operate without the intervention of national administrations and their respective interest groups. True, it is still early to confirm tangible progress in economic governance, even small successes are realized, some in the framework of barrosiana Strategy 2020, which emphasized in its design and the need to move towards a tax harmonization, typical workhorse of the Commission. Anyway, this battle crown its first victory with the draft directive tabled by the European Commission yesterday.

Whatever the merits of whether it is beneficial to establish a common taxation in the Eurozone, it seems appropriate to unify procedures in companies with operations in more than one Member State. Here we have a breakthrough and force throughout the EU. This is the announced and expected directive will establish a common basis for the corporate tax to all businesses operating within the Community, articulating consolidated tax base (CCCTB ), which involves harmonizing the tax base in the 27, so that companies operating in more than one Member State are not subject to different rules of calculation. This new directive will involve simplification and reduction of litigation. However, when the privileges of the type of deductions and the collection will remain under national sovereignty, since, as we know, the tax is shielded by the States.

The collection will be made once, although the total amount of taxable income shall be apportioned among the States concerned, and is broken down according to three basic factors known location, assets, employees and sales.

Alongside this single window system for corporation tax, the legislative proposal expected to be accompanied by small business initiatives, including improving funding for improved access to risk capital markets and promoting it big or small banks have easy access to loans from European Investment Bank and EU instruments. Another group of measures is aimed at facilitating cross-border debt collection and revision of the European standardization system, to promote standards for SMEs. Advice was also provided to SMEs in the implementation of the rules of origin labeling.

With the new directive, in practice, European companies will have a single window to file their tax returns in the whole EU, which will prevent up to 27 different tax procedures. It has been estimated that companies will save 2000 million per year in compliance costs of consolidation and they had to take so far. The companies have a single consolidated tax return to a single administration. Not daring to think that this unique foundation push some companies to expand beyond their national borders.

However, this consolidated system will be optional, so not all companies require their application, at least initially. To be seen what effect on European business, although possibly this will be more attractive consolidated basis the territory of the European Union for foreign investment. At the moment, it is expected that the European Parliament gives green light to this proposal from the Commission, and eventually be adopted in the Council where the veto could prevent Irish (remember you have a particular conditionality in the Lisbon Treaty which allows be outside tax treaties), and in any case not prevent this rule is binding for 27, and remember that the Directives are of binding throughout the territory of the Union, but insist that this rule will be of use optional on the part of firms.

As you know, companies will always appreciate the facilities, and this new standard eliminates a barrier and reduces costs, then you will get a good reception in the business world. No doubt the measure will be successful from the point of view of efficiency and competitiveness, and of course job creation as the basis harmonized corporate tax is an old complaint companies with transnational activity.

However, there should be discussion on the desirability of moving towards fiscal harmonization, at least in the eurozone, where there are serious imbalances, such as those that penalize the taxpayer on the basis of nationality and not their income, which no sense in a Union, precisely because the mobility remains very low. That leads me to believe that now is the time to make policy decisions that encourage mobility in European societies, as there is no courage to give state prerogatives.

Removing barriers and flexibility in parallel with a European harmonization legal standards would be an appropriate starting point for promoting a mobile citizenry, something that eventually will become key to boost the economy of the entire European Union, if indeed we all believe in this common project and we do not accept other open economies such as Asia, end up relegated.

As Alesina asked one of his books, is a Parisian prepared to see how Asian tourists buy luxury products in the Champs Elysees that he can not buy? I guess that is to be poor, and I imagine that anyone you like the idea. Is it an exaggerated scenario? Probably, although it seems that we Europeans are losing purchasing power in recent times, have more leisure but less resources. Companies do not have incentives to grow and hire new employees. The answer to the crisis is that our companies must become more competitive and offer something different and valuable. Many fear

tax harmonization because they interpret the tax burden will increase in many States, when in fact it could even be reduced both in individual and state, the first by increasing the number of taxpayers, and the latter by creating a European common fund many Member States would no longer be able to justify their strong fiscal pressures. In the meantime, tax harmonization eliminates distortions in the market and promotes transnational. I do not know if you just make sense to apply now the sole basis, while still taxed according to different criteria in each Member State, which distorts the business itself, clearly in the case of transnational corporations. The internal market would be more effective if the standards and laws to be uniform throughout the territory, which would eliminate the current distortions. I honestly believe the directive in question is a good start but insufficient.