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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Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón on Friday barred two small Basque country parties, considered political arms of ETA, from taking part in politics for three years - thus leaving the armed separatist group without voice or vote in parliament and without being able to hold public rallies or produce political ads.
In the campaign for Spain’s Mar. 9 elections, there are two opposing positions on the question of immigration. On the left, the predominant viewpoint is that immigrants must be accepted, and that comprehensive global solutions are needed, while on the right the attitude is at best to cold-shoulder, and at worst to harass them.
The First Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations sponsored by Turkey and Spain concluded in Madrid with concrete commitments, including generous funding, and the announcement that the second forum will be held in Turkey in 2009.
Renewable energy sources enjoy excellent prospects in Spain, but there are complaints about business practices in the energy sector and the lack of effective enforcement of environmental standards.
The Spanish Catholic Church "has strayed from the fundamentals of democracy," said the governing socialist party (PSOE) Wednesday, in response to harsh criticism from the Church leadership.
A high court in Spain sentenced 14 leaders of political groups to prison Wednesday on the grounds that they also held positions of responsibility in the Basque separatist group ETA.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has achieved a general consensus with respect to the report presented at its 27th session this week in Spain, but it must still overcome discrepancies raised by some countries.
Climate change is not inexorable, if measures are adopted immediately, said scientists and government officials as the 27th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began Monday in Spain.
A court in Madrid Wednesday sentenced three men to up to 42,000 years in prison for the Mar. 11, 2004 train bombings that killed 191 people and injured nearly 2,000 in the Spanish capital, although it failed to identify the masterminds behind the attacks.
Authorities and civil society organisations in Spain have roundly condemned an apparent case of trafficking of children from Chad. But they defend the innocence of the seven Spanish crew members of a plane chartered by the French charity L'Arche de Zoe (Zoe's Ark) to remove 103 children from the country in north-central Africa.
A book of the collected writings of over 100 women who were political prisoners during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship, a symbol of what it means to fight for freedom and justice from inside a prison, was launched in Spain.
Several popular Spanish rock groups helped collect 600,000 signatures and delivered them to the government Tuesday in support of an international campaign calling for the Spanish government to modify its trade policy towards Africa and eliminate restrictions on imports from that region.
Four well-known Venezuelan folk musicians were deported when they arrived to perform at Spain’s Canary Islands, where the community reacted with anger and pointed out that the South American country took in tens of thousands of Spaniards during the 1939-1975 dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
A Romanian immigrant set himself alight in Spain Tuesday, in a state of despair over his inability to take his family back to their home country. The man, who said he had been the victim of a false job offer, is in a serious condition in hospital.
Concrete, firm and effective steps need to be taken by governments at the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, inaugurated in Spain’s capital Monday by the prince and princess of Asturias.
A boost for renewable energy, a growing sense of corporate responsibility for the environment, and the decision to create a large offshore wind park are news items that have had little impact in Spain.
Although greatly weakened, the Basque separatist group ETA has stepped up its pressure on businesses in that northern Spanish region with a view to raising funds through extortion, while it has become increasingly radical in its political demands and is preparing a new attack, according to the police.
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of Spain's first free elections after the end of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939-1975), they remain an outstanding example that transitions from de facto regimes to democracy can be peaceful and orderly.
A new wave of African immigrants has left a number of victims behind on the route to Spain's Canary Islands, where 1,300 undocumented immigrants have arrived in the last five days.
The conditions faced by immigrants in Spain, who despite their contribution to the economy are the most vulnerable when it comes to labour rights, have not even been mentioned in the demands and grievances voiced by the country's trade union federations as they prepare for May 1, International Labour Day.