Comics en Democracia : 1er concurso !

A Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Guest of Honor of the Alternative Channel

Forum Alternative Channel Tv, international Web TV on sustainable development and humanitarian causes, created by Hugues Cochard in France & Paul Allard in Quebec, is radiating throughout the world.

In collaboration with Iwith.org, Alternative Channel is organizing the first Alternative Channel Forum. An internatinal meeting point in Barcelona , April 30, 2008.

The subject is Social netwoking and responsible media, and the Guest of Honor will be Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Price Laureate.

Great causes, Great personnalities

About 200 participants are expected at the Alternative Channel Forum , during the day they will learn how to participate in the web 2.0, make videos for the Internet and improve their visibility. Among the lecturers, we can announced : Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Price Laureate for her dedication to the respect of the indigenous people rights in Guatemala, and UNESCO Ambassador of Good willingness, Virginie Louis, audiovisual producer for the International Committe of the Red Cross; Marc Tessier, France télévisions former President and President of the Alternative Channel Editorial Committee; Thierry Maillet, writer and blogger on consumption and citizenship.

Partnerships of trust

Since the launch of the website last autumn, the channel keeps on evoluting. Its creators are proud to start,on the web, a platformof debates opened to NGOs, citizens and companies, and to webcast in three languages. Weeks after weeks it is gathering more and more high level partners and contributors . Among them we can notice UNDP, Amnesty International, WWF, the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation.

In addition, Cart’Com and Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Humanity are associating with Alternative Channel to make NGOs participating in the operation “ Draw a tree” during the Forum.

Internet for a sustainable development

The meeting-point in Barcelona is an opportunity for companies, representatives of international organizations and NGOs, web 2.0 social networking experts and profesionnals from the communication and social sector, to exchange their point of view on the use of the Internet between the third sector actors (non-profi organizations, foundations, NGOs) in a context of sustainable development and humanitarian initiatives. During the event, two prices of 8 000 euros will be awarded for the Alternative Channel video contest on sustainable development. Videos submitted are between 1:30 and 6 minutes, they can be current news , awareness and information campaigns , initiatives linked with sustainable development and should match the Alternative Channel

Chile hope to join the O.E.C.D.

The Chilean government hopes to join the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development sometime in 2009, Finance Minister Andres Velasco said Tuesday.

"In 2009, President Michelle Bachelet's government will likely be able to sign its entry into the exclusive group of the OECD," Velasco said during a presentation at a local business leaders' conference.

five countries, including Chile
"OECD countries have given a green light for the start of accession talks with five prospective new members - Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia and Slovenia," said a statement from the Paris-based organization. The OECD groups 30 of the world's most industrialized countries and acts as a government-funded policy adviser.
better education programs and sustained growth.
In his presentation to business leaders, the Chilean Finance Minister said the domestic economy was well prepared to weather international market turbulences thanks to its counter-cyclical fiscal policy and floating exchange rate that allow the economy to buffer external shocks.
In a recent report, the OECD that despite a booming economy, income distribution continues to be one of Chile's biggest hurdles, like many other Latin American countries. But the organization said it can be overcome through better education programs and sustained growth.
copper exports representing about 22%
The organization praised Chile's macroeconomic policies, including the government's decision to save the windfall from rising copper prices in sovereign-wealth funds. Chile is the world's largest copper producer, with copper exports representing about 22% of the nation's gross domestic product. "As a result, economic activity is now much more resilient to the vagaries of commodity prices than in previous cycles," the OECD said in its recently released survey of the Chilean economy.

Valparaiso, from Osvaldo gitano Rodriguez !

En este fin de año, queremos recordar a un embajador de Valparaiso. Osvaldo "Gitano" Rodriguez quien fallecio el 16 de marzo de 1996 en Barlodino, mientras escribía una novela autobiográfica y pocos días después de que la ciudad le nombrara Hijo Ilustre.
Sus cenizas retornaron al puerto de Valparaiso en mayo del mismo año, donde fueron objeto de un homenaje que le rindieron varias generaciones de músicos, entre los que se incluían varios de sus compañeros de viaje como Payo Grondona o Inti Illimani,

Su disco "Los pájaros sin mar" publicado en Francia en Le Chant du Monde (Canto Libre LDX 74615) 1976 , el lo dedico a su "familia francesa" . Aqui encontraran las letras de su cancione mas conocida : Valparaiso.
Yo no he sabido de su historia,
un día nací allí, sencillamente.
El viejo puerto vigiló mi infancia
con rostro de fría indiferencia.
Porque no nací pobre y siempre tuve
un miedo inconcebible a la pobreza.
Yo les quiero contar lo que he observado
para que lo vayamos conociendo.
El habitante encadenó las calles
la lluvia destiñó las escaleras
y un manto de tristeza fue cubriendo
los cerros con sus calles y sus niños.
Y vino el temporal y la llovizna
con su carga de arena y desperdicio.
Por ahí paso la muerte tantas veces
la muerte que enlutó a Valparaíso
y una vez más el viento como siempre
limpió la cara de este puerto herido.
Pero este puerto amarra como el hambre,
no se puede vivir sin conocerlo,
no se puede mirar sin que nos falte,
la brea, el viento sur, los volantines,
el pescador de jaibas que entristece
nuestro paisaje de la costanera.
Yo no he sabido nunca de su historia...

Regular phone network at the local rate !

Are you using Skype at work? The control panel is a nice tool that will help you organize the different Skype accounts in your company.

Have you thought about the advantages of having SkypeIn numbers? Let’s look at an example. You may live in Chile, but talk to a lot of people in Sweden. With a Swedish SkypeIn number your friends and co-workers in Sweden could call you from the regular phone network at the local rate, even if you’re in another country. You can have up to ten SkypeIn numbers associated with your Skype Name, so wherever in the world you log on, and using whatever computer, people can always reach you on the same number.