Pero ¿hay independencia en Birmania? Eso mismo se preguntan los jóvenes birmanos:
Asimismo, la Junta birmana va a aumentar la cuota para poder acceder a la TV por cable. Hay que señalar que la renta per cápita en Birmania es bajísima, que la revolución azafrán se produjo precisamente por la subida en el petróleo y en el gas, así como en los alimentos básicos y que la TV por cable es, junto con Internet, uno de los medios básicos para poder enterarse de las noticias sin que la Junta filtre los contenidos.Certainly, Burma’s 60th anniversary of independence will differ from that of India, which celebrated the same anniversary last year. A day before the Burmese celebrations, on Thursday, the authorities ordered a tighter security alert in the biggest city, Rangoon.
Security forces, both in uniform and plainclothes, have been deployed at bus stops and street corners, according to residents of the former capital. Ma Yu, a 28-year-old NGO worker said on Thursday that tighter security means Burmese independence is still a long way off.
“Even satellite TV is not available for ordinary people; just for the ruling class. So what if Burma is an independent country?” she complained, referring to the increase in satellite TV license fees from US $5 to $800, a figure that is three times the average Burmese person’s annual income.
Hay rumores de que también se va a aumentar el precio del fuel.
Mientras la Junta Birmana sigue sin querer dialogar con la oposición (uff, cuánto me extraña):
Y los monjes siguen pidiendo la liberación de todos los detenidos.Snr-Gen Than Shwe, the head of the junta, has shown no sign of honoring the commitment to meet with Suu Kyi himself that he made in September during talks with the UN Special Envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari.
The EIU (The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)) added that there is certainly no sign that the junta has heeded Suu Kyi’s recent call for preliminary confidence building talks with Aung Kyi to move swiftly towards substantive dialogue with senior members of the junta.
Otra manera pésima de empezar el Año Nuevo...
Otros desastres de Año Nuevo: