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). | Web

COMMUNICATIONS: A New ‘Global Strategic Alliance’

Executives from top telecoms firms from Spain, Portugal, Great Britain and the United States announced the creation of "a global strategic alliance" at a press conference here Friday.

IBERO-AMERICA: Ombudsmen Call for Social Justice and Development

Ombudsmen from the Ibero-American Community closed a conference Wednesday in Spain with a call for social justice and development, which they underlined as essential for establishing the conditions for peace and respect for the fundamental rights of citizens.

/IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ SPAIN: Will Love Conquer All In Same-Sex and Sibling Marriage Row?

Siblings Daniel and Rosa were separated as children and grew up in different orphanages. Eighteen years ago they met as strangers in a Madrid discotheque and fell in love, broke up when the truth came out, but could not stay apart.

SPAIN: Will Love Conquer All In Same-Sex and Sibling Marriage Row?

Siblings Daniel and Rosa were separated as children and grew up in different orphanages. Eighteen years ago they met as strangers in a Madrid discotheque and fell in love, broke up when the truth came out, but could not stay apart.

SPAIN: The Olive Tree, between Landowners, Subsidies and Fraud

Traditional Spanish olive farming and its derivate industries are facing drastic changes reliant on the attitude of the large landowners, European Union (EU) subsidies to producers and fraudulent claims.

ARGENTINA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Spanish Court Cracks Down on Ex-Dictator

A Spanish court ruled preventive detention for former Argentine dictator Leopoldo Galtieri for the abduction, torture and "disappearance" of 330 Spanish citizens in Argentina.

SPAIN: Prison for Conde, the Socialist Era Banker

Mario Conde, the Spanish lawyer who became a leading banker under the government of Socialist President Felipe Gonzalez (1983-96), was sentenced to six years imprisonment Thursday.

SPAIN: Security Sackings follow Mistreatment of Basque Separatist

The mistreatment of a member of the Basque separatist organisation ETA detained for murder led to the sacking of two high-ranking security personnel in the Basque city of San Sebastian, Northeast Spain, Monday.

SPAIN: Basque Separatist Strike Call Fails

The general strike called by the Basque separatists failed to gain support and was harshly criticised by the majority of political and social organisations in the Basque country and the rest of Spain, Friday.

SPAIN-ECONOMY: Unions Slam ‘Just in Time’ Production System

The truckers strike that has brought Spain's economy to a standstill and pushed 60,000 workers onto unemployment insurance has led unions here to criticise a production formula known as "just in time" adopted by many businesses.

LATIN AMERICA: Poverty and Exclusion Unbalance the Region

The poverty galloping over Latin America needs to be tackled by fair wealth distribution and the re-incorporation of the poor if regional societies are to be stabilised, concluded a meeting of experts in Costa Rica.

SPAIN-MEDIA: More Than Sports at Stake in Digital TV Tussle

Digital television is about to take off in Spain and football clubs determined to join the revolution have engaged the government and opposition in noisy debate over control of the new medium.

SPAIN-OUTLOOK: ETA Still a Thorn, But Overall Picture not Bad

Spain's economic situation is expected to be healthy and calm in 1997. Not so its politics: the new year begins with the Basque Separatist group ETA still a thorn in the side of the authorities.

GUATEMALA: The Truth Will be Known /RPT/

The Guatemalan government and guerrillas agreed Thursday in Madrid to create a Truth Commission to record and recognise the human rights violations committed during 36 years of civil conflict.

GUATEMALA: Peace Accords are a Beginning, not an End

Guatemalan guerrilla leader Pablo Monsanto underlined Wednesday that the signing of a final peace accord on Dec. 29 will not be the end, but merely the beginning, of the long road to peace.

GUATEMALA: Madrid Once Again the Scenario for Peace

One more big step on the long road to peace in Guatemala, which is nearing its end, is about to be taken in the Spanish capital, where talks began nine years ago.

IBERO-AMERICA: One Democracy — Many Forms

The heads of State and government of 19 Latin American nations plus Spain and Portugal meeting Monday in the Chilean resort town of Viña del Mar agreed that democracy can take a variety of forms.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ SPAIN: Monster Garbage Tip Comes To Lethal Life

Urban garbage 'lives' -- it moves, contaminates and kills. A trash-slide at a million tonne waste dump in Spain has already claimed one life. Yet effective action is still not being taken, despite the protests of environmentalists.

ENVIRONMENT: Monster Garbage Tip Comes To Lethal Life

Urban garbage 'lives' -- it moves, contaminates and kills. A trash-slide at a million tonne waste dump in Spain has already claimed one life. Yet effective action is still not being taken, despite the protests of environmentalists.

SPAIN: Gonzalez Justifies ‘Dirty War’

Spain's former head of government and the leader of the socialist party, Felipe Gonzalez, justified the "dirty war" carried out under his government against Basque separatists from 1983-87.

SPAIN: Communist Chief Invokes The Ghost Of The Republic

The ghost of the Spanish republic, supposedly laid to rest by unanimous support for King Juan Carlos, has been reinvoked by Communist (PCE) leader Julio Anguita's call to scrap the monarchy and recreate a Spanish republican state.

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