Speech given by Dr. Oscar Arias at the Rotary International Convention: Foundation Day. Monday 8 June, 2015, 10 am. Anhembi Palace, Sao Paulo, Brazil. My friends: It is a wonderful thing when life continues to surprise and to amaze us. Here I stand, a citizen of a small country in Central America, and a [...]

Speech given by Oscar Arias at the Rotary Symposium “Partnering For Peace: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Successes." Thursday 4 June 2015, 9 am, Sao Paulo Brazil.   My friends, I have been asked here today to share with you my thoughts and my experiences. However, I would like to begin with yours. That [...]

By Ashoka Jegroo, June 5, 2015, published in Waging Nonviolence. Over 30,000 people crowded onto the streets of Munich, Germany on June 4 to protest the upcoming meeting between leaders of seven of the world’s richest countries. “I’d say I’m here against the inequality that continues to prevail — that we [...]

By Jodi Rudoren, June 8, 2015, published in the NYtimes. JERUSALEM — Supporters of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict generally start with a moral argument: Both peoples deserve the rights of self-determination and sovereignty; one should not rule over the other. Lately, President Obama and liberal American Jewish leaders [...]

By Aminu Abubakar, June 8, 2015, published in YahooNews. Sumaila (Nigeria) - Health workers move from door to door in the rural Sumaila district of Kano state, northern Nigeria, administering oral polio vaccines to children under five. It could be any other vaccination drive but the programme has extra importance in Nigeria, [...]