Stories written by Tito Drago
Tito Drago es periodista y consultor especializado en relaciones internacionales. Nació
en Argentina, país en el que comenzó su carrera profesional y vive en España desde
1977, tras su paso por varios países latinoamericanos y europeos.
Ingresó a IPS como corresponsal en 1977, abriendo la primer corresponsalía de la
agencia en España. A pedido de la dirección de IPS, en 1978 se trasladó a la sede
central en Roma para reestructurar la jefatura de redacción y elaborar el primer manual
de estilo y redacción de la agencia. Finalizada esas tareas retornó a Madrid para
continuar a cargo de la corresponsalía, lo que sigue haciendo en la actualidad.
En España es conferenciante habitual en universidades, el Círculo de Bellas Artes,
el Ateneo de Madrid, la Casa de América y la Sociedad de Estudios Internacionales.
También lo hace en América Latina y otros países europeos.
Fue presidente del Club Internacional de Prensa de España, del que es presidente
honorario desde 1999. También presidió la Asociación de Corresponsales de Prensa
Extranjera (ACPE).
Es autor de diversos libros, entre los que se pueden destacar ”Centroamérica, una paz
posible” (El País-Aguilar, 1988); “El futuro es hoy. Hacia el desarrollo sostenible”
(Cruz Roja, 1992); “El retorno de la ilusión. Pinochet, el fin de la impunidad” (RBA,
1999); “Allende, un mundo posible” (Ed.RIL, 2003); “Cara y Cruz, el Che y Fidel”
(Sepha, 2007). Asimismo, ha participado en numerosos libros colectivos, dedicados
a la realidad iberoamericana, la sociedad civil, el medio ambiente, la cultura, la
globalización y el periodismo.
Organizó y dirigió seminarios sobre desarrollo, comunicación, gobernabilidad,
relaciones Europa-Mundo Árabe, integración y relaciones Norte-Sur, Mercosur,
relaciones Unión Europea-Mercosur y la Comunidad Iberoamericana en quince países
iberoamericanos.
Entre 1989 y 2008 fue director general de Comunica, agencia de Comunicación y
editora, entre otras publicaciones, de la revista Mercosur y los libros y las webs de las
Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, que aglutinan artículos de
mandatarios, ministros, funcionarios internacionales, expertos y periodistas.
Desde 1992 dirige el portal sobre la Actualidad del Español en el Mundo
(www.unidadenladiversidad.com).
Ha dirigido y realizado campañas de comunicación y prensa para gobiernos e
instituciones internacionales, como la Organización de Educación Iberoamericana
(OEI), la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) o personalidades como los
presidentes argentinos Raúl Alfonsín y Carlos Menem; Vinicio Cerezo, de Guatemala;
Daniel Ortega, de Nicaragua; Carlos Andrés Pérez, de Venezuela; Alan García, del
Perú; el Dalai Lama, del Tibet, o el Premio Nobel de la Paz, Oscar Arias, de Costa Rica,
entre otros.
Entre sus pasiones personales destacan su familia, el asado y el tango, uno de sus
hobbies favoritos, que lo indujo a escribir el libro “DosEnUno: así nació, así se canta y
así se baila el tango” (Comunica, 2010).
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A Spanish court handed down sentences Wednesday totalling 345 years for five men convicted of involvement in the 1983-86 "dirty war" against the Basque separatist movement ETA, waged by the interior ministry under the socialist government of Felipe González (1982-96).
The Society for International Development (SID) plans to organise a global conference towards the end of the year to set lines of action that would enable the governing of the globalisation process.
The illegal Basque separatist organisation ETA (Euskadi ta AzkatasunaBasque Homeland and Freedom) has put all Spanish journalists in danger, declared Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSFJournalists Without Borders), Tuesday, as it condemned Monday's bomb attack against a radio programme director.
The international journalist organisation 'Reporters Sans Frontieres' (RSF, Journalists Without Borders) demands freedom of the press for Peru, appealing Friday to the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the US-based Carter Centre to apply pressure on the Alberto Fujimori government.
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is going before the European Union (EU) at its special summit, held Thursday and Friday in Lisbon, to demand the implementation of measures that ensure better distribution of the benefits arising from economic growth and greater respect for social and labour-related advances.
Mobilisation and organisation were key in conquering native people's rights in Bolivia, said indigenous leader Nicolas Montero as he received the prestigious Bartolomé de las Casas prize Thursday in Spain.
The centre-right's triumph in Sunday's elections in Spain marked the end of a period of transition from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939-75), and of the "Felipe Gonzalez era" in the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE).
The political debate leading up to Spain's general elections this Sunday has focused on the social question as candidates attempt to capture the decisive vote of retirees and pensioners.
A research team in Spain has found that tetrahydrocannibinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, is effective in curing brain cancer in laboratory rats, reported the scientific journal Nature-Medicina.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez received pledges of support from Spain Monday for the reconstruction and development of that South American country, parts of which were devastated by heavy flooding that killed tens of thousands in December.
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón is wielding the actions of Augusto Pinochet's defence lawyers as an argument for Spain to pursue extradition proceedings in London and to prevent the former Chilean dictator's release.
Expressions of racism in Europe, such as violent incidents that continued Tuesday in Spain and the recent arrival of a neo-Nazi party to power in Austria, have triggered alarm and a swift response from trade unions, politicians and other sectors.
A criminal complaint filed Friday against Spain's Foreign Minister, Abel Matutes, could open the way for appeals against the British Home Secretary's eventual order to release former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
An agreement between the governments of Chile, Spain and Great Britain improves the chances for former dictator Augusto Pinochet's prompt return to his home country, as official statements made Wednesday in London and Madrid seem to indicate.
Pressure is mounting in several European countries and Chile to try General Augusto Pinochet, currently under house arrest in London, for crimes committed under his Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990).
A Spanish army officer was killed Friday morning in a car bomb explosion blamed on the illegal Basque separatist group, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA, Basque Homeland and Liberty), triggering a rupture in the Basque nationalist front, which had included moderates as well as ETA backers.
Judge Baltasar Garzón, author of the petition to extradite Augusto Pinochet to Spain, reclaimed his right Friday to interrogate the former Chilean dictator in London, in the case that British authorities decide to release the elderly former general.
The families of victims of Argentina's 1976- 83 dictatorship and human rights attorneys in Spain applauded Wednesday the South American country's response to Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón's petition for the capture of 48 human rights violators in Argentina.
The Basque separatist organisation ETA is ready to renew its bomb attacks in Spain, concluded analysts Tuesday after the police frustrated what could have been the biggest bomb explosion in ETA's history.
Some of Spain's most popular music groups, together with their counterparts in Mexico, will perform a simultaneous fund-raising "Concert for Indigenous Peoples" this Saturday. The two shows will be broadcast live by Television Española (TVE), and available over the Internet.