India

[P. K. Liulba]

Trad é google mesmo Rodrigo e o autor é anti-capitalista. A foto é imolação do jornalista. A bandeira eu não sei, mas deve ser alguma representação da Tamil, mas quem sabe até na Índia tem torcedor do flamengo.

Então fazem muito bem em exterminá-los.

[marcelo l.]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/world ... ml?_r=1&hp

Dwarka, Índia - Shubhrangshu Barman Roy e seus amigos de infância estão entre os vencedores em ascensão econômica da Índia. Eles ganharam pós-graduação, começou a pequenas empresas e se estabeleceu na classe média em expansão da Índia. Às vezes eles tiram férias juntos e se encontram para jantares ou festas, talvez para comemorar um novo bebê ou um negócio novo.

No entanto, em agosto, o Sr. Roy e seus amigos vestiram branco Gandhi bonés, embarcaram em um trem Metro no subúrbio de rápido crescimento da capital indiana e montou em Nova Delhi como um bando de revolucionários para se juntar às manifestações contra a corrupção grandes liderada pelo ativista rural Anna Hazare . Eles acenaram bandeiras indígenas, distribuídos de água para as multidões e desabafou sua indignação com quo da Índia estatuto político.

"Eu podia sentir que as pessoas realmente queriam mudar", disse Roy, 36 anos, recordou com orgulho.

Pode parecer improvável que indianos de classe média que desejam mudar. Eles vivem principalmente em cidades que crescem rapidamente e podem comprar carros, eletrodomésticos e outras conveniências que permanecem além do alcance da maioria dos índios. Deles é o grupo demográfico que mais cresce no país, e seu poder de compra deverá triplicar nos próximos 15 anos, fazendo da Índia um dos mercados consumidores mais importantes do mundo.

Mas o poder de compra não é poder político, pelo menos não ainda na Índia. A Índia tornou-se mais ricos, os politicamente muito mais desiludido dos beneficiários têm crescido - um paradoxo indiano. A classe média tem grande influência econômica ainda permanece muitas vezes politicamente marginalizados em uma grande democracia, onde as massas rurais ainda dominam o resultado das eleições e da classe magnata tem a orelha dos políticos.

Na Ásia, classe média emergente, uma vez ajudou a derrubar governos autoritários na Coréia do Sul e Taiwan, como aumento da renda trouxe demandas por maiores direitos democráticos - uma equação ainda latente na China. Mas a Índia havia democracia antes de ter vasta riqueza, ea insatisfação da classe média aqui tem incidido sobre as falhas das instituições democráticas do país.

Durante vários anos, a questão do que, se alguma coisa, pode despertar a classe média tem pairado sobre política indiana. Muitas vezes visto como apático para a política eleitoral, a classe média, por vezes, parecia ter se separado de fato da nação - que vivem em ambientes reservados, com escolas particulares e hospitais, e mostrando pouco interesse em votar - minimizando, quando possível, seu contato com o estado .

"As pessoas perderam completamente a esperança em todos os partidos políticos e personalidades", disse Arvind Kejriwal, um proeminente ativista e conselheiro chave para Mr. Hazare. "Eles acreditam que a cada cinco anos, você apenas mudar os rostos e as partes, mas nada vai acontecer. Houve um enorme sentimento de desespero. "

Uma geração atrás, a classe média indiana era menor e centrado em torno de funcionários públicos que viviam em habitação do governo e enviou seus filhos para escolas do governo. Classe média de hoje é uma criatura das reformas econômicas da década de 1990 e está firmemente comprometido com o setor privado. Seu sucesso é comemorado em filmes de Bollywood, e os meios de comunicação indianos servir como um megafone para seus pontos de vista.

Se a classe média viu anteriormente alguns políticos como heróis, idolatrar Gandhi e Jawaharlal Nehru, esta classe média que diz respeito principalmente os políticos com desdém, colocando mais fé nos líderes de negócios ou, em alguns casos, em organizações não-governamentais. Governo não é mais considerado como um prestador ou facilitador, mas como um obstáculo.

"Essa classe média é menos sobre" o que o Estado pode fazer por mim "do que" o Estado está me impedindo de fazer o que eu quero fazer '", disse Devesh Kapur, diretor do Centro para o Estudo Avançado da Índia na Universidade da Pensilvânia.

cont.

[marcelo l.]

http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/13- ... s_dowry-0/

Love. Youth. Marriage. Burning, suicide, death. Welcome to India's dowry killings. Yes, still in the twenty-first century Indian girls can be, and are, set on fire or forced to suicide because the husband or his family consider that the dowry she brings with her into marriage is not large enough.

Pravda.Ru interviewed Sheba Rakesh, Executive Director of Pankh, a Women's Empowerment Organization operating in India, and part of the Safe World for Women Campaign.

How important is the dowry in India in social and economic terms? And how come brides can be killed because of it?

A: In the Indian social set up, dowry or 'dahej' holds a rather important place. Simply stated it refers to the goods, wealth(moveable and immoveable) that a girl takes with her to the groom's household when she gets married.

The entire idea originated in the fact that earlier, women did not enjoy any inheritance rights in the paternal property. It was the male heir that stood to gain in the event of the parents' transferral of property/ death or any other such event. Since the rights were not equal the Indian culture (as well as that of other civilisations in the world) made it mandatory that the girl get a part of the father's legacy through what she carried with her at the time of marriage.

Gradually it came to signify the "Love" that parents had for their daughter and eventually the system succumbed to the growing greed in a consumerist society where instead of the emotional bonding between the families involved in the marital alliance, what came to matter is the amount of wealth she could bring with her. Since, these business negotiations like everything else have a shelf life, the exhaustion of dowry rings the trouble bell for the woman in question.

Sometimes, the problems can assume uncontrollable proportions, where the opposite party is not satisfied with the dowry that the girl has brought with her, it makes sure that the new member of the family is not accepted. The most miserable of all these situations is the collusion of the husband where because of the lack of personal interest or adhering to false notions of honour and ego, the relationship is not given the due importance and the woman continues to pay the price in terms of her poor existence and sometimes even her life.

You see, this is an extremely complex issue....and the human psychology and brains are at work....insecurities can wreck havoc with human relationships...we have cases where the brides have been driven to suicide or have been brutally killed. Apart from the fact that the groom and his family are to be blatantly blamed, it also has to do with the rigid social mentality where a woman's life is considered to be a waste in case the marriage fails to work. The social stigmas, the failure to respect individual identities and more importantly, the women's failure to appreciate their self-worth are reasons as to why lives come to desperate ends. Pseudo notions of honour, sexuality and the neat "dos and donts" wreck havoc...society wins..lives lose...
In a nutshell the entire issue is about a radical shift in priorities-Money over love and emotional well-being!

Do the groom's families have to contribute anything to the dowry?

A: No, nothing in material terms...just huge amounts of greedJ

How is it possible that such a barbaric practice is carried out?

A: As I said earlier, there isn't any fixed set of rules to perpetuate tortures. In most cases the brides are burnt alive, in yet some of the others the emotional, financial and psychological torture is so intense that the girl, finding herself emotionally alone is driven to despair and ultimately suicide. Apart from the social and psychological behaviour of close ones that encourages such behaviour it is the legal problems that force women to see nothing but a dead end...and this despite the fact that the law has quite some options to help the women in dire times. Also, with the increase in greed these crimes and associated criminal mindsets and activities (considering the girl child a burden and female foeticide) are increasing by the hour.

In some places in India, the bride is injected with poison so that she dies a silent death and the relatives escape scot free in the absence of sufficient evidence. In some cases Silence is the biggest killer. Also, as long as the social mentality associates the existence of a woman as that of a commodity the exploitation will continue. Sometimes, it is the parents themselves who pride themselves at being able to conduct these negotiations aptly, failing to understand that it is a big folly to assume that the girl will be "happy" if sent across to live taking huge money with her....when they should realise what is the big deal in buying a man for their daughter when like everything else, commodities do not last long....and that she can be better off without such selfish relationships in her life....

Could you explain what sort of legal loopholes facilitate this horrific behaviour? What other factors are involved in creating a scenario whereby dowry killings can take place?

A: The legal loopholes are not as many in terms of provision as they are on the level of implementation. Although, here I would like to state that in terms of the provisions also where there is the Anti-Dowry Act of the Indian Penal Code (section 498 A), Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961( Sections 3, 4,4A) and Section 304 B of the IPC regarding dowry deaths, there are within these sections some good areas which provide a lot of breathing space to the accused party.

Besides, not very many such victimised parties have the courage and the resources to pursue their cases persistently. Odd as it may sound, sometimes a lot has to be faced before the crime can finally be registered. Oftentimes, it is the legal system that comes to the rescue and helps the victim fight the corruption of the system before actually the case becomes a legal reality. In case of interstate crimes and breaches of marital trust, the parties may end up losing too much time because of the factors influencing the dispensing of justice. Oftentimes, this becomes a tussle of power between the parties involved rather than being straightforward cases demanding justice...and this precisely can be one of the factors that encourages such crimes to be perpetuated time and again.

One of the 'other' major factors that help in creating a scenario for facilitating these horrific killings is the continual silence that tends to creep into relationships when crime is just about knocking at your doorstep. Pankh had been following this case sub judice at the court of law where the dead victim's parents have been fighting a case under section 304 B of the IPC; where they still refuse to come out in the open and comment about whatever went wrong with their daughter for fears that are absolutely individual in nature. It is to be noted that the victim had called her father before the gruesome incident and asked him to take her back, something which he failed to do and the sorry incident happened; personally I would not blame this party, because they have a younger daughter to be married off and they are blatantly scared that the "talk" would ruin her prospects of her marriage, so much for the desire for justice in the current social situations - despite the crime being non-bailable and cognisable under law the accused has been granted bail against an appeal in the higher court....and then there are debates in the country on the misuse of the dowry laws - these examples and incidents only tend to make the situation more serious.

How widespread is dowry killing?

A: Throughout the world these negotiations exist in some form or the other, yet according to a UN report it is just South Asia where dowry leads to deaths. Dowry being a business negotiation, woven around an emotional alliance....the breach of trust is assuming alarming proportions with every passing day...Dowry is safely touted as the biggest killer of women in India...and this within a relationship that is supposed to guarantee her social security and protection! Where such killings are not huge, dowry still remains a huge motivating factor for other crimes such as female foeticide, human trafficking, prostitution and most of all, loss of human dignity. The social cost of allowing such systems to exist is huge.

Could we conclude that if dowry killings are rife in India and that brides are driven to suicide or are murdered often with impunity, then women's rights per se do not exist in India?

A: This question again has a not so simple explanation to it. As I said, rights do exist but the implementation is at fault. The eradication of any social evil requires an active inbuilt participation from within the society, something that is still not forthcoming from the average Indian household. Thinking about women's rights and the way they are handled at personal, social, organisational and administrative levels needs even today to undergo a drastic change before something worthwhile can be achieved. I do believe that sorority cannot always spell magic if vested interests continue to rule the roost at the organisational level. This stands true to Women's issues also...however the times are transitional and women are gradually learning to face these issues but we still have miles to go....


....Women are raped and turned out in the name of marriage..or bonds are severed after years of marriage with the woman without any financial resources unto herself....yes Timothy, we have miles to go....

The Indian Government passed the Dowry Prohibition Act fifty years ago in 1961, which made the demands for dowries in wedding arrangements illegal. However, half a century on, there are reports that there are still thousands of such incidents every year. Is that figure realistic?

A: Unfortunately yes! As I said we are still waiting for the generation of true awareness in the masses. Like everything this needs a huge effort on our part.... we need women to appreciate the value of independence as much they appreciate the value of relationships in life and most importantly we need more men to be aware of this delicate issue....again a huge effort.

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[marcelo l.]

Um dos analistas o Guha "herdou" a cadeira do Niall Ferguson,a eu baixei os arquivos, mas ainda não li...

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news ... India.aspx

India is not a superpower and will not become one in the foreseeable future suggests a special report published by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

The authors argue that despite India’s rising power and wealth it remains shackled by weaknesses which include corruption and poor leadership, extreme social divisions, internal security threats and religious extremism.

The report – India: the next superpower? – features essays by nine experts which examine the nation’s economy, defence, government, culture, environment and society

While they acknowledge the country’s formidable achievements in fostering democracy, growth and cultural dynamism, they generally agree that its structural weaknesses mean that it cannot yet call itself a superpower or be considered a full counterweight to the influence of China (as some in the West have hoped).

Some of the report’s authors believe that India should not even aspire to be a superpower while it has so many internal problems unresolved.

Among them is Ramachandra Guha, chair in history and international affairs at LSE IDEAS, the research centre which produced the report.

He lists seven reasons why India will not become a superpower; armed unrest from the Maoist Naxalite movement, extreme Hindu religious chauvinism, the degraded quality of leadership, a trivializing media, over-consumption of resources and incoherent policy caused by political coalitions. He concludes: “We need to repair, one by one, the institutions that have safeguarded our unity amidst diversity, and to forge the new institutions that can help us. It will be hard, patient, slow work.”

Echoing this theme, D. Rajeev Sibal analyses India’s economy to conclude that its political systems are still managing productivity and should shift instead to a regulatory role to achieve the full benefits of liberalisation. He writes: “It would be difficult to imagine India asserting its economic dominance in international markets any time soon. The rise of India as an economic superpower will only occur over a long period of time.”

Nor is India likely to become a global military power argues Iskander Rehman, because of “the uneven nature of military modernization, an apparent dearth of grand strategy and perennially dysfunctional state of bureaucratic paralysis.”

India’s potential to wield ‘soft power’, the mix of cultural and intellectual leadership which influences other nations, is considerable thinks Nicolas Blarel but its politicians and diplomats have not consistently capitalized on that potential. Similarly, the country must be ready to take a lead on big global issues to match its growing might if it is represent the interests of developing countries suggests Oliver Stuenkel in his assessment of India’s foreign policy.

And both Harish Wankhede and Mukulike Bannerjee see the inequalities of Indian society as powerful brakes on its further development even though enthusiastic participation in democratic life is widespread. Indians, suggest Bannerjee, do not have the politicians they deserve. This is underlined by recent nationwide protests against corruption, examined in a piece by Andrew Sanchez which concludes that: “The global authority the nation is likely to wield in coming years is only to be lauded if power and prosperity is distributed more evenly with India: a challenge which requires a serious engagement with the problems of state corruption.”

In the report’s final contribution, Sandeep Sengupta looks at the management of the environment in India, a growing problem in a nation which has quadrupled its GDP in recent times and seen population growth of 40 per cent in just two decades – in parallel with rapid deterioration in its air, land and water quality. Environmental pressures remain immense, though the author sees a glimmer of hope in the awareness of the Indian people to these pressures.

India: the next superpower is published by LSE IDEAS, the centre for diplomacy, international affairs and strategy, as part of its series Global Shifts.

[marcelo l.]

Mais críticas...



http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5e880566 ... z1pUqYjXP6

[marcelo l.]

Amartya Sen sobre o modelo indiano.


http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?278843

Putting Growth In Its Place
It has to be but a means to development, not an end in itself
JEAN DREZE , AMARTYA SEN


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[marcelo l.]

Uma jovem anulou legalmente um casamento arranjado quando ela ainda era uma criança, no que seria o primeiro caso do tipo na Índia.

Laxmi Sargara, de 18 anos, se casou com Rakesh no Estado do Rajastão, no norte do país, quando ela tinha somente um ano de idade e ele, três.

Ela cresceu com sua família e só descobriu que estava casada quando seus sogros foram 'exigi-la' esse mês.

Casamentos forçados de crianças são ilegais na Índia, mas ainda são comuns em muitas regiões do país, especialmente em comunidades rurais e mais pobres.

'Deprimida'

Depois de apelar para seus pais sem sucesso, Laxmi procurou a ajuda da ONG local Sarathi Trust.

'Ela ficou deprimida. Ela não gostava do garoto e não estava preparada para cumprir a decisão dos pais', disse o funcionário da ONG Kriti Bharti à agência de notícias France Presse.

'É o primeiro exemplo que conhecemos de um casal que se casou na infância querendo a anulação do casamento e esperamos que outros se inspirem', afirmou.
A ONG diz que, no início, Rakesh queria seguir adiante com o casamento, mas mudou de ideia.

Laxmi e Rakesh assinaram uma declaração juramentada de que o casamento é nulo na presença de um tabelião em Jodhpur.

Narayan Bareth, um jornalista na capital do Rajastão, Jaipur, diz que segundo uma pesquisa recente, 10% das meninas do Estado são casadas antes de completarem 18 anos.

De acordo com correspondentes, há casos raros no país de meninas que se recusaram a casar.

A Unicef afirma que 40% dos casamentos forçados de crianças do mundo acontece na Índia, mas que os esforços recentes para acabar com a prática diminuíram esse número.


http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2012/ ... -pais.html

[marcelo l.]

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/1094 ... ndia.shtml

Uma mulher da casta "intocável", a mais baixa do sistema social hindu, morreu nesta quinta-feira assassinada em público pelas mãos de um vizinho que a acusou de bruxaria, informou uma fonte policial citada pela agência indiana "Ians".

O assassinato ocorreu na região norte de Bihar, e a vítima, identificada como Lashki Devi, de 58 anos, foi brutalmente ferida antes de ser estrangulada, segundo a Polícia.

Os aldeães do povoado onde ocorreram os fatos, Chotki Kewla, explicaram às forças da ordem que o agressor, Kapil Bhuiyan, acusou à mulher de praticar bruxaria e bateu nela diante de todos.

"Quando ela ficou inconsciente, o acusado a arrastou até uma floresta próxima, onde a estrangulou", afirmou a Polícia.

A Polícia deteve Bhuiyan depois do marido da vítima denunciar o ocorrido.

Em áreas rurais de Bihar, uma das regiões mais pobres da Índia, ainda possui acusações de bruxaria e de vez em quando mulheres são torturadas ou maltratadas em virtude destas superstições ancestrais.

Há um mês, uma mulher foi forçada por uma multidão a comer excrementos humanos após ser acusada de bruxaria no distrito de Sitamarhi.

Vários governos regionais promoveram nos últimos anos campanhas para erradicar tanto os linchamentos de supostas bruxas como os sacrifícios humanos, embora esta última prática seja cada vez menos comum.

[marcelo l.]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spor ... 671379.cms

Viswanathan Anand beats Boris Gelfand to win his 5th FIDE World Chess Championship

CHENNAI: Viswanathan Anand lived up to his reputation as the best rapid player of his generation when he routed challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel 2.5-1.5 in the four-game tiebreakers in Moscow to win his fifth World Chess Championship title on Wednesday.

In Pics: Anand retains World Chess title

The 8.5-7.5 overall win (including 12 classical games) gave Anand Rs 8.6 crore while Gelfand took home Rs 6.4 crore ($1.02 million). By winning the title, Anand automatically qualifies for the next year's World championship to be played in India. Anand had won the WCC title in 2000 ( Tehran), 2007 (Mexico), Bonn (2008) and Sofia (2010).

Anand won the second game in the four-game rapid series after drawing with black in Game 1 and held on to the lead. The first game set the tempo as Gelfand was better until he pushed his queen-side pawn on move 19. After that the Israeli played wildly hoping that Anand would make a mistake and then in time trouble, Anand as usual held his nerve.

Anand played a new move in the second game in the Rossolimo and immediately got the desired result. Though the game went on for 77 moves, Gelfand fell in time pressure while trying to find the accurate moves. Anand won a pawn and then quietly used his time advantage to get what he wanted.

In Game 3, Gelfand looked at his best when he got the advantage but again he landed in time pressure. Anand used all his experience to neutralise Gelfand's advantage and drew the game.

Anand adopted the Rossolimo again in Game 4 and found the clock his ally as he almost got a four minute advantage when the rook and opposite-coloured bishop endgame arose. That meant, the World champion had used up only the incremental time and a minute for the 56 moves that he had made.

In the post-match press conference, Gelfand said he could not quite cope with the time control. "It's difficult to find the best moves in time pressure. That was how I made the blunder in the second game (tiebreak)." Anand said he was not unduly worried about his opponent's match strategy.

"I have been following Boris' games and I had the impression that it was going to be a tough match. But he wasn't getting anything going in any of those drawn games nor was I getting any clear-cut advantages," he said.

DECISIVE GAME Game 2 (Sicilian Rossolimo) Anand-Gelfand 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 e5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bh3 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 Nf6 18. Rxc5+ Kb8 19. Nc4 Re8+ 20. Ne3 Ng4 21. Nd5 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bg4+ 23. f3 Bc8 24. Re1 Rh6 25. Rh1 Rhe6 26. Rc3 f5 27. Kd2 f4 28. Nd5 g5 29. Rd3 Re2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 31.h4 Ree2 32. Rc3 Bb7 33. Rd1 gxh4 34. Nxf4 Re8 35. Rh1 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rxh4 Bf5 38.Rh5 Bxc2 39. Rb5+ Ka8 40. Nd5 a6 41. Ra5 Kb7 42. Nb4 Bg6 43. Nxa6 Rxf3 44. Nc5+ Kb6 45. b4 Rf4 46. a3 Rg4 47. Kd2 h5 48. Nd7+ Kb7 49. Ne5 Rg2+ 50. Kc3 Be8 51. Nd3 h4 52. Re5 Bg6 53. Nf4 Rg3+ 54. Kd4 Bc2 55. Rh5 Rxa3 56. Rxh4 Rg3 57. Nd5 Rg5 58. b5 Bf5 59. Rh6 Bg4 60. Rf6 Rf5 61. Rb6+ Ka7 62. Rg6 Bf3 63. Rg7+ Kb8 64. Nc3 Bb7 65. Kc4 Bf3 66. Kb4 Bd5 67. Na4 Rf7 68. Rg5 Bf3 69. Nc5 Kc7 70. Rg6 Kd8 71. Ka5 Rf5 72. Ne6+ Kc8 73. Nd4 Rf8 74. Nxf3 Rxf3 75. Kb6 Rb3 76. Rg8+ Kd7 77. Rb8 1-0

[Boss]

A Índia é um inferno.

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[marcelo l.]

http://blogs.estadao.com.br/marcos-gute ... de-urinar/

Mumbai, a maior cidade da Índia, tem cerca de 10 mil banheiros públicos. Em boa parte deles, os homens podem urinar de graça, mas as mulheres têm de pagar. Contra essa discriminação, um grupo de ativistas começou uma mobilização para que as indianas possam urinar de graça – e que tenham banheiros adequados às suas necessidades, já que a maioria deles é imunda.
“Cada vez mais mulheres trabalham fora de casa, mas a maioria evita ir aos banheiros devido à sujeira”, explicou a ativista Minus Gandhi, da ONG Apnalaya, segundo o jornal El Mundo. “Elas são obrigadas a segurar o dia inteiro, com todo o estresse que isso provoca, além do risco de infecções.” Trata-se de um “direito humano”, disse ela ao New York Times.
Na Índia, país celebrado como modelo por sua economia em crescimento, metade das casas não têm banheiro. Boa parte dos indianos faz suas necessidades no mato ou nas ruas – as mulheres o fazem em grupo, para evitar eventual assédio sexual.

[marcelo l.]

NOVA DÉLHI - A polícia da Índia investiga uma aldeia muçulmana no norte do país que proibiu os casamentos por amor. Em Asara, valem apenas os laços planejados pelos pais. Segundo o conselho local, casamento por amor só traz problemas.
Entre outras medidas, os moradores de Asara também limitaram os direitos das mulheres, não permitindo que usem o celular em público ou saiam com a cabeça descoberta. Mulheres com menos de 40 anos também são proibidas de fazerem compras sozinhas no mercado aos domingos.


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[marcelo l.]

http://worlddefencenews.blogspot.com.br ... overy.html

[marcelo l.]

Não é india, mas não só os bolivarianos que atacam a comida do Império...

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDeta ... fault.aspx

Katmandu, 15 ago (AFP): Todos KFC e quatro restaurantes Pizza Hut em Nepal fechou na terça-feira dizendo que o pessoal atacou e ameaçou matá-gerentes de filiais. Devyani International, que opera lojas da KFC e Pizza Hut no Nepal e na vizinha Índia , escreveu uma carta às autoridades anunciando o encerramento imediato de seus restaurantes na capital Katmandu. "A fim de interromper nossas operações, alguns funcionários foram agredidos fisicamente e ameaçou matar os gerentes seniores", disse a empresa em uma carta vazada para a mídia local e visto pela AFP. "Esses atos têm colocado a vida de gerentes seniores em risco. Para manter a segurança dos nossos restaurantes e os funcionários, que fecharam os nossos serviços por um período indeterminado ", disse. As persianas estavam para baixo, para os quatro restaurantes na terça-feira, e Devyani Internacional ea polícia não estavam disponíveis para comentar o assunto. KFC e Pizza Hut, só internacionais do Nepal fast-food, abriram suas primeiras filiais no país há três anos, gerando longas filas de moradores que querem saborear a cozinha internacional. Sua chegada foi visto como um sinal de um ambiente de melhoria para as empresas estrangeiras no país devastada pela guerra civil sangrenta entre 1996 e 2006, quando um acordo de paz alcançado entre maoístas eo governo. Durante a violência, os rebeldes alvo empreendimentos estrangeiros, incluindo a Coca-Cola, Pepsi e Unilever, mas mais recentemente Kathmandu tem visto um crescimento rápido nos restaurantes, shoppings e supermercados vendendo mercadorias estrangeiras.