César Chelala
Dr. César Chelala is an international public health consultant and a
winner of several journalism awards.
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Views Sunday, December 28, 2014 Education: The Global Antidote to Poverty, Disease, and Terrorism Despite enormous technological advances, humanity continues to grapple with three enormous burdens: poverty, disease and terrorism (both individual and state-sponsored.) Although the policies aimed at solving those problems are different, there is one approach that can help lower the negative... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 25, 2014 Ebola Threatens West Africa's Economic Survival Just as the African countries were overcoming the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic, Ebola’s most recent epidemic is causing tremendous damage to the countries were the infection by the Ebola virus is spreading most rapidly: Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. In addition, another serious... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 06, 2014 New Sanctions on Iran are Detrimental to an Agreement Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave instructions to his top military commander to cooperate with US, Iraqi and Kurdish forces in their fight against Islamic State. Khamenei’s decision comes days after the US announced new sanctions on Iran, sanctions that can hider current negotiations with that country... Read more |
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Views Thursday, August 21, 2014 The ICC Should Live Up To Its Mandate The 1998 Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court’s founding charter, states that one of the critical ICC’s tasks is that “the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole must not go unpunished.” However, under pressure from the US and the European Community, the... Read more |
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Views Sunday, August 10, 2014 Use of Barrel Bombs in Syria and Iraq Devastate Civilians' Lives UN Security Council Resolution 2139 of February 22, 2014, ordered all parties to the conflict in Syria to end the discriminate use of barrel bombs and other weapons in populated areas. In spite of that, both the Syrian and the Iraqi governments continue using them against civilians. Human rights... Read more |
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Views Friday, July 11, 2014 Gaza's Heavy Price The new Israeli attacks against Gaza, which have already resulted in more than 80 deaths, will prove, once again, to be counterproductive. Violence against Palestinians will not diminish their rightful demands for freedom from occupation and for a normal, peaceful life. Why, then, if Gazans want to... Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 28, 2014 Messi or Maradona? Two splendid goals by Lionel Messi against Nigeria (which Argentina beat 3-2) prompts this question among many soccer fans. Who is a better player, Messi now or Maradona then? To answer that question it might be useful to seek help from a Greek oracle, since both are, or were, in Maradona’s case,... Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 21, 2014 Gaza Will Live As Gaza reaches seven years of occupation the situation continues to deteriorate, causing enormous and unnecessary civilian suffering to a population whose main sin is to want to remain alive and proper in their own land. As a result of the Israeli government actions, a “separation policy” between... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Why Bush and Blair Should Be Prosecuted for War Crimes Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently stated that air strikes and drones should be used once again on Iraq to stem recent gains by extremists in that country. Mr. Blair is oblivious of the responsibility he shares with former U.S. president George W. Bush on account of one of the most... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 04, 2014 Netanyahu Is Running Out of Excuses The formation of a new unity government between Fatah and Hamas, although strongly resisted by the Israeli government leadership, may offer some hope for eventually leading to renewed peace talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s government. For Mr. Netanyahu to resist this union is a... Read more |