César Chelala
Dr. César Chelala is an international public health consultant and a
winner of several journalism awards.
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Views Sunday, November 06, 2016 I Am One of Your 'Bad Hombres' Señor Trump During the last presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Trump said, “we have some bad hombres here,” in clear reference to the Latinos coming to the United States. As CNN commentator Van Jones explained, “The only time this man has used Spanish in the entire election was used... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 15, 2016 Donald Trump’s Droit Du Seigneur In medieval Europe, droit du seigneur referred to a legal right which allowed feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women. This tradition, however, had older origins. The Greek historian Herodotus (484-425 BC) claims a similar custom existed among the Adyrmachidae in ancient Lybia... Read more |
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Views Monday, August 08, 2016 A Young Syrian Woman of Valor Resilience is the capacity that allows some people to bounce back after being knocked down by life. Instead of becoming a victim of adversity, they find a way to come back from the ashes. Yusra Mardini, an 18-year-old Syrian woman swimmer, who just won the opening heat of the 100m butterfly at the... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 17, 2016 Military Regimes Shouldn't Be Recognized The military upheaval in Turkey, whose final consequences are yet to be seen, highlights a major weakness in worldwide efforts to promote democracy. This event underscores the need to establish binding international legal principles to ban the recognition of military regimes as a result of coups d’... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 20, 2016 Children Pay the Highest Price in Global Refugee Crisis The world is witness to a rapid increase in the number of people forced to flee from wars, conflict and persecution in countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It is estimated that approximately half of the 19.5 million registered refugees at a global level are children and youth. They are... Read more |
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Views Saturday, May 07, 2016 A Lesson from Auschwitz At the main entrance of the Nazi camp at Auschwitz one could read: “Arbeit macht frei” (Work makes you free). The current trial of Reinhold Hanning, 94, a former SS guard at the camp, brings to mind one of the saddest ironies in that most tragic place. He is being tried in the court city of Detmold... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 26, 2016 Declassifying Records Will Shed Light on US Role In Argentina In 1979, with Paul Heath Hoeffel, I wrote “Missing or Dead in Argentina: The Desperate Search for Thousands of Abducted Victims.” For this article, published as a cover story in The New York Times Magazine , we received the 1979 Overseas Press Club of America award for the best article on Human... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 12, 2016 US Should Stop Making (and Selling) Cowards' Bombs The continuous use of cluster bombs -many of them manufactured by the US- in several conflicts around the world, shows a disregard for human rights and tarnishes the image of those countries that make, sell, and use them. Because of the high number of civilians who are frequently their victims—... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 01, 2016 In Yemen, a Humanitarian Pause is Urgently Needed As war continues to rage uninterrupted in Yemen, a humanitarian pause is badly needed as the country spirals down to chaos, leaving the majority of the population in urgent need of medical care. Restrictions on access to medical supplies and care are key impediments in improving the situation of... Read more |
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Views Saturday, February 20, 2016 Environmental Degradation Takes a Heavy Toll on Women and Children’s Health In 1975, at the Mexico City First World Conference on Women, Vandana Shiva, the Indian scholar and environmental activist, introduced the issue of women’s relationship to the environment. At the time, concern was raised about the depletion of forestry resources and women’s role in agriculture, and... Read more |