Gorbachov condecorado en EEUU con la Medalla de la Libertad
Nueva York, 4 de septiembre, RIA Novosti. Mijaíl Gorbachov, ex presidente de la URSS y Premio Nobel de la Paz, se condecora con la Medalla de la Libertad de 2008, informó hoy en su página web el Centro de la Constitución Nacional de EEUU.
El Centro adjudicó ese prestigioso premio a Gorbachov como reconocimiento a su "valeroso esfuerzo que contribuyó a poner fin a la Guerra Fría", se señala.
El presidente George Bush entregará la Medalla al ex presidente de la URSS el 18 de septiembre en Filadelfia, en el marco de una ceremonia dedicada al 20 aniversario de la caída del Muro de Berlín.
La entrega de la condecoración se realizará en un momento nada fácil en las relaciones entre Rusia y Occidente por el conflicto que se produjo entre Moscú y Tbilisi en Osetia del Sur. Mijaíl Gorbachov, quien goza de influencia en Occidente, de entrada se puso de parte de Rusia, intentando convencer a la prensa occidental de que los líderes georgianos uno tras otro pretendieron imponer su voluntad a Osetia del Sur y Abjasia.
En la noche del 8 de agosto, Georgia agredió contra la república autoproclamada de Osetia del Sur, sometiendo a un intenso fuego artillero su capital, Tsjinvali. Tras ello Rusia llevó a cabo la operación de imposición de la paz en Georgia, y el 26 de agosto reconoció la independencia de Osetia del Sur y también de otra ex autonomía georgiana, Abjasia.
Gorbachov censuró la posición que ocuparon varios países occidentales, al producirse el conflicto suroseta. En opinión de él, EEUU cometió un serio error, al declarar el Cáucaso zona de sus "intereses nacionales". "Aunque la paz en dicha región responde a los intereses de todos los países, el sentido común dice que Rusia tiene vínculos mucho mayores con el Cáucaso que EEUU", escribió el ex presidente de la Unión Soviética en el periódico The Guardian.
Gorbachov, Medalla de la Libertad
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Gorbachov, Medalla de la Libertad
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Re: Gorbachov, Medalla de la Libertad
Ya ha recibido la medalla, y lo mejor de su discurso ha sido el calmar a Condoleezza:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_ ... ty_medal_1
By JOANN LOVIGLIO
Thu Sep 18, 9:39 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to use more caution in her call for the West to stand up against Russia, which she said has become "increasingly authoritarian at home and aggressive abroad."
"I believe that the secretary of state should be more careful and should show greater calm and responsibility for her judgment in calling for the West to unite against Russia," Gorbachev said through an interpreter at a press conference held before the Liberty Medal ceremony at the National Constitution Center.
In an unusually scathing criticism earlier Thursday, Rice condemned Moscow for "putting Russia on a one-way path to self-imposed isolation and international irrelevance. She also denounced Russia for a "worsening pattern of behavior" that she said the U.S. and Europe must confront following last month's war with Georgia.
As U.S.-Russian relations become increasingly chilled, Gorbachev was in Philadelphia to receive the medal for his role in ending the Cold War.
He said that Russia had to respond to Georgia's military action in breakaway South Ossetia, and that the Bush administration's backing of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in the conflict has worsened already strained relations between the two countries.
Gorbachev received the Liberty Medal, which comes with a $100,000 prize, from former President George H.W. Bush, who was commander in chief at the time of the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
"Regardless of the dividing lines between us, President Gorbachev opened up new possibilities for the world to come together and solve its problems in the pursuit of liberty," Bush said.
The Soviet Union's eighth leader, Gorbachev transformed the country's political system in the late 1980s with reforms he likened at the time to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution "without the gunshots."
The key changes — perestroika (restructuring), which reduced central planning and allowed entrepreneurs to open quasi-private cooperatives, and glasnost (openness), which allowed candid discussion of social problems — released democratic forces that led to the Soviet collapse.
Gorbachev's energy and engaging political style enchanted crowds at home and fueled "Gorbymania" abroad.
Gorbachev, 77, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in arms treaties and ending the Cold War. Since leaving government, he launched Green Cross International, a nonprofit that works on global ecological law. He is also the president of the Gorbachev Foundation, a Moscow-based think tank.
The Liberty Medal was established in 1988 to honor individuals and organizations whose actions represent the founding principles of the United States.
Last year, Bono received the award for his humanitarian work in Africa. Other winners have included Afghan President Hamid Karzai, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_ ... ty_medal_1
By JOANN LOVIGLIO
Thu Sep 18, 9:39 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to use more caution in her call for the West to stand up against Russia, which she said has become "increasingly authoritarian at home and aggressive abroad."
"I believe that the secretary of state should be more careful and should show greater calm and responsibility for her judgment in calling for the West to unite against Russia," Gorbachev said through an interpreter at a press conference held before the Liberty Medal ceremony at the National Constitution Center.
In an unusually scathing criticism earlier Thursday, Rice condemned Moscow for "putting Russia on a one-way path to self-imposed isolation and international irrelevance. She also denounced Russia for a "worsening pattern of behavior" that she said the U.S. and Europe must confront following last month's war with Georgia.
As U.S.-Russian relations become increasingly chilled, Gorbachev was in Philadelphia to receive the medal for his role in ending the Cold War.
He said that Russia had to respond to Georgia's military action in breakaway South Ossetia, and that the Bush administration's backing of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in the conflict has worsened already strained relations between the two countries.
Gorbachev received the Liberty Medal, which comes with a $100,000 prize, from former President George H.W. Bush, who was commander in chief at the time of the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
"Regardless of the dividing lines between us, President Gorbachev opened up new possibilities for the world to come together and solve its problems in the pursuit of liberty," Bush said.
The Soviet Union's eighth leader, Gorbachev transformed the country's political system in the late 1980s with reforms he likened at the time to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution "without the gunshots."
The key changes — perestroika (restructuring), which reduced central planning and allowed entrepreneurs to open quasi-private cooperatives, and glasnost (openness), which allowed candid discussion of social problems — released democratic forces that led to the Soviet collapse.
Gorbachev's energy and engaging political style enchanted crowds at home and fueled "Gorbymania" abroad.
Gorbachev, 77, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in arms treaties and ending the Cold War. Since leaving government, he launched Green Cross International, a nonprofit that works on global ecological law. He is also the president of the Gorbachev Foundation, a Moscow-based think tank.
The Liberty Medal was established in 1988 to honor individuals and organizations whose actions represent the founding principles of the United States.
Last year, Bono received the award for his humanitarian work in Africa. Other winners have included Afghan President Hamid Karzai, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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