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The historical perspective of black people

Most men in the South Caucasus is dressed in black.

Maybe that's not so strange if one assumes that this is a classic color, that gets old and it feels good to most people. Better or for worse we all use black to wear.

What's different here is that the black dress in the Caucasus are two reasons, transcending fashion and therefore it is very interesting to analyze.

Taking into account the fact that these countries during the nineties were not secured and no potable water unlimited products such as detergents or soaps, and, indeed, not even enough money to buy clothes, begins to make sense that his only garment is a suit and pointed black shoes. The people there told us that this is ensured not to wash the garments often, since dirt is not so noticeable. Moreover, as it was pants and jacket, was functional for both formal and informal situations. Or so they thought.

Although the purchasing power of people in these countries has not improved substantially, increasing economic liberalization following the collapse of the USSR, has made capital of these nations are covered in stores like Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton, among others, broadening the supply of fashion. Those who can, have tended to put aside their old black dresses and if they can buy only a few articles each year, wear their T-shirts proudly Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger. Women taking the lead, and although many they can do with it held for several days in a row, have been detached from the functional black.

However, there are people who refuse to leave the black side. The black uniform, homogenised and the people feel part of a body in which all are recognized as equals. The Soviet regime that dominated the minds of these people is evident in such things.

In the Caucasus countries of black people represent the legacy of an era that permeated so deep that it causes 15 to 16 years is very little time to shake it. And even more, some people do not want to forget about that time, remember, and defend, longing for a past much better than now. Colors emerge

timid in the streets of these countries, and is a sign that things are beginning to see nuances and not from the perspective of black and white. Young people are called to start this movement, however, they idealize the West and the processes that live or lived in this part of the world, which can be very damaging if we assume that neither democracy nor free markets are unique and unique recipes, and we need to adapt and adopt with the flats for each situation. Even more, maybe there are things that just do not need these models for their development.

For Nando.

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2007

It was 2007. A year went by too quickly to my mind ... but not my idea, not more, as several people have told me the same thing.

Same must be said, a symptom of over the years is that every time the time go faster, but that's another discussion and can be mean depressive and best now.

In 2007 it was fast ... it was saying. And I mention because although it was a full year of work, with its 365 days, its 52 weeks, his 12 months Caucasus Project not see the light.

The impatient crowd, seeing that the year ends, he asks ... what?, When will we see something?, What are they, how will the project?

For that reason we wanted to tell you what.

TV program is more advanced than the documentary, especially since the completion of the first logic is more fluid than the second. The pace of the characters, the depth of the stories, and the narrative of the film without a doubt we have taken more hours of work.

wanted to tell you that we are also looking for opportunities to sell outside Chile Caucasus Project. We believe that the vision that gives both the TV and documentary, is interesting for an international audience.

So we had to work versions in English and English. But

Caucasus Project is on track, that's what matters. We are pleased with the progress so far, the results of the photographic exhibition, the first approach to project results that had people ", in which the public response was extremely positive.

Now that the year ends we would like to acknowledge the support we received throughout 2007. Support in our activities to raise funds: the festivals and classical guitar concert, support and participation in photographic exposure and support through the messages we have left on the blog.

To all who are part of the Caucasus Project network, I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas, and that next year 2008 will be successful and happy. We look forward to, as it will be the year that will see brand new Caucasus Project, documentaries and TV series.

Until then. Cata

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Goodbye Loneliness

what Christopher wrote last week I was walking around the theme of loneliness to the strides that appear to go along. Full humanity. All. Without realizing it.

In this search for distinct and separate and distance ourselves we lose what makes us human, what constitutes us in society. Separating and setting boundaries between us and the rest of us breaking this relationship that should exist between all of us to society. That is way to dialogue with others, dialogue is enriched by the difference, plurality, with different palettes.

But we moved away. Without realizing it. Because that distance is not only conscious set. It also occurs when we do not look at another, when we talk just because we need it. Becoming in-utilitarian relationship to some extent.

What's this? may be wondering.

comes to today I opened my mail and had a message from a friend that we did there. It was a salute to know how we were, what they had. And while reading I dropped the tile: he had never written!, Since we got back he did not write anything. And I felt bad, because it was a great help while we were there. We took a walk, calling us almost every day to hear from us, introduced us to his family. And I just removed it from my head when I arrived in Santiago.

And that is something that can not happen. It is not right. And I start the task from now on not to do it. Do not leave for another time contact with people. "People Matters" heard on a number of those to whom I am addicted, and as important as self feel important, it is up to everyone not to forget the rest. And do not forget, to not forget, we put a little grain to not be alone, to increase networking, so that globalization is not really stop being human.

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In Kosovo, the Caucasus and our loneliness

Those who have been aware of international news will know that tomorrow December 10th marks a milestone in the long process of seeking a mediated solution to the conflict in a small portion of land situated in the heart in the Balkans, and what happened in just a couple of years of international policy rather tragic fame: Kosovo. Tomorrow runs the deadline by which the EU, U.S. and Russia aimed at bringing the disputing parties reach a solution and let them try to comply.
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failed.
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And in a few months, probably the Kosovars, who until now part of Serbia, unilaterally declare independence.
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Serbia will not be very happy.
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Russia's historic ally South Slavic brothers, either.
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The UN did not jump for joy. The mission headed by the Finnish Martti Ahtisaari could not reconcile the parties and the international organization once again takes no account of joy in their efforts to deal in diplomatic and institutional regional conflict that caused thousands of victims. Ahtisaari proposed a sort of gradual independence, but Serbia would never support such a measure, for the most they were willing to give was to provide a high degree of autonomy to the province, the province's majority Albanians.
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The Kosovars, on the other hand, never accepted anything but total independence of their disputed region.
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United States and other Western nations, especially European Union, smile, if only slightly, because in the end were about to culminate in the independence of Kosovo.
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What will happen after tomorrow? We do not know.
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But, what is a reflection of a region of the Balkans into a blog about the Caucasus?
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No, not confusion (indeed, many people think that the Caucasus and the Balkans are the same.) The happens is that what is happening today in the Balkans can directly affect the stability of the Caucasian tinderbox.
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As aptly reflects the latest edition of the Economist, the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) is plagued by separatist regions could see what happens in the former Yugoslavia as a very useful background. Abkhazia and South Ossetia (in Georgia) and Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan, but currently under Armenian control after the war between the two countries in the years 90), are examples of areas that might in the near future, cry by a similar treatment to that of Kosovo.
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Under certain perspective, these regions have similar characteristics to those of Kosovo territory inhabited by a people or an ethnic group different from the rules: the Kosovars in Serbia, the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh in Azerbaijan, the Ossetians in Georgia, etc.
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A symbol such as Kosovo, will not go unnoticed in the South Caucasus. In fact, probably will not go unnoticed for Chechens living in Russia, the Basques and Catalans in Spain, Turks in Cyprus, and counting ...
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There are thousands, and in some cases abysmal-differences between each of the examples formulated. Still, the precedent that may occur after the outcome of Kosovo, can ignite fire wicks hungry many parts of the world.
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Laïdi, a French political scientist, in a meaningless world, he spoke citing Freud's "narcissism of small differences." We live in a hyper, where common interests, the homogenization of culture, and the ubiquity of the same references, make many return to their roots, their unique, original and exclusive references. Thus, the smallest details will excel, and also to mark the odiosidades, attempts to separatism, the anxieties of locking between equals, even among similar.
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And here, I wonder if we are constantly seeking out gatherings of equals, or finding the differences with the other (rather than meeting points) to make some degree of distance, to recognize ourselves in the midst of this global tribe ... will not it time, that man, in this senseless impulse to segregate, and ends up staying alone?
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"All alone?
. Christopher

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One comment I liked most of the recent exhibition of photographs presented in the UC Extension Center, was that it was a display which demystified the Caucasus area. Before leaving

could not deny my fear of visiting a zone of conflict " you have two countries with closed borders, such as Armenia and Azerbaijan, another country with an enemy so powerful and active as Georgia and its relationship with Russia.

Besides, I could do a blind eye to the known instability of this area. More than once I thought about the possibility of there being any conflict erupted. In fact almost happened in Georgia, when in October last year, weeks before we came to this country, he found Russian spies in Tbilisi. That itself was not anything close to the situation in Georgia today, where the repeated allegations of corruption led to citizen protests have become almost uncontrollable and intense violence for almost topple the current government. Apart from this I pressed a little stomach when I thought we should record and take pictures in Azerbaijan, where a dictatorship controls every citizen movement.

With all these fears and anxieties, but also with some ingenuity and confidence, we start to see with our own eyes this area steeped in myths and prejudices. Haber

Armenia was begun by a decision quite grateful, as not being a country completely controlled by the central government allowed us to gradually get used to the way they had to work doing journalism in the region. It seems cautious and tourists was one of the premises we try to keep the whole trip.

Thanks to the diaspora, Armenia receives a great influence around the world, in fact we were not at all difficult to find people who speak a very fluent English. Yerevan, the capital, had everything you need in a city. Conflict and war there was little that could be heard. Interestingly

I felt safer walking the streets of the capital of Armenia in Santiago. What it sounded, but mere declarations, was a strong resentment to the Turkish people.

When we got to Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, I thought the issue of Chechnya would be very important, I thought it would comment further mucho más lo que recientemente había ocurrido con los espías rusos y que llevó a que muchos diplomáticos abandonaran el país.

Lo que encontré fue una ciudad viva donde las preocupaciones de las personas era actualizar su celular, ir de cuando en cuando a comer a uno de los dos Mac Donalds que habían, y visitar las nuevas tiendas de calle Rustaveli. Obviamente estoy ridiculizando, pero creo que sirve para comprender que nuevamente de guerras y conflictos ni hablar. El único incidente que empañó la normalidad de Georgia fue cuando me detuvieron unos militares por estar grabando en una zona que aparentemente estaba prohibido hacerlo (digo probablemente porque en ningún lado decía que no se podía). Azerbaijan

represented perhaps the place where my apprehensions and fears were crystallized pre travel further. As you have seen in our reports and previous posts, was in this country where police came five times wondering what we were shooting. He was also the only country where local television interview gave us a KGB style and where I also took a tape recording in an oil field. Despite all that Azerbaijan did not smell of gunpowder or anything like that. Only oil and inequality was what was in the air, but this could be the scene of several countries in the world today. Where were

itself face to face war and the simmering conflict was on our visit Nagorno Karabakh, where the destruction and fresh memories of a recent war roamed every corner. Apparently

conflicts of these countries are not so visible as in other regions. The capitals at least show no signs of military tensions. It seems that the difficulties are rooted in the minds of people and a Soviet legacy weighs heavily at the time thought of as independent countries. NANDO