The Cocktail Party
Our staff did a great job and these events are turning perhaps more into annual college reunions. All your compliments to the staff are greatly appreciated. Everyone feels that they are contributing something rather than just a job, and although these events are a lot of work, they are also rewarding for everyone.
We are all now looking forward to Berlin!
Catalonia votes to Separate from Spain by 2017
The regional parliament of Catalonia has now approved a plan to set
up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017. This is in direct
defiance of the central Spanish government. The question will be: does
this lead to civil war given the history of Spain? Additionally, this is
a rejection of Brussels and the polls indicate that the British people
will also make a decision to leave the EU.
Burma Ousts Prime Minister
Our models have targeted this period as a rise in the people clashing with government. Now, the emergence of separatists and third parties on a global scale is making its presence felt around the globe. Now Burma (also known as Myanmar; population of 42 million) has ousted its Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt, 65, by his hardline army colleagues.
The ousted leader, who was also a military intelligence chief, seems to warn of an end to a power struggle between moderates in the junta and a faction uninterested in negotiating reconciliation with democracy activists or with nations critical of the regime.
Khin Nyunt was taken into custody late on Monday and charged with corruption, according to officials in neighboring Thailand who were the first to publicly break the news. At the end of a day that saw rumors about Khin Nyunt’s demise swirl through the Burmese capital, Rangoon, the country’s state radio and television confirmed his removal last night.
Burma has been ruled by the military since 1962. Dictator Ne Win was replaced in 1988 by another group of generals who crushed a prodemocracy movement that left thousands dead. General Khin Nyunt was a major junta figure and the powerful head of military intelligence. Considered a pragmatist, he never prevailed over other generals to reach a settlement with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner whose party won an election in 1990, but was never allowed to take power. She is under house arrest. There is hope that Aung San Suu Kyi could come to power now.
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