A sign in Santa Maria's beach

While I was walking towards Santa Maria's beach, on the island of Sal, Cabo Verde, I saw some colourful signs written on the wood.

I wish you a lovely weekend  🌷☀🌼

Goats in Cabo Verde

 

As requested by Alexandra, I share more photos of Sal, which is one of the islands of Cabo Verde in the Central Atlantic Ocean. It's the first time I publish an Instagram-style post on my humble blog. Thank you for asking me, Alexandra. 

While I was watching goats in the Island of Sal, I was amazed by their ability to survive and thrive in hersh environment. I noticed that goats can withstand prolonged drought in arid zone or areas with poor vegetation, such as sub-saharian regions.                               

I also saw many black crows on that arid island.

Sal Island has on average 350 days of sunshine per year, and the "rainy" season is from late July to October.

I found a huge variety of street art on different corners of the islands, which perfectly matches the already colourful houses.

Cabo Verde is now the world's largest nesting aggregation for Caretta turtles. Hunting and harvesting such vulnerable species and their eggs is illegal under Cabo Verde's law. In addition, sea turtles' protections are heavily enforced by international treaties.

Have a nice weekend ☀

Back blogging

 Hello everyone. Just to say I'm back blogging.

I was pleased to meet this marvelous peacock in Sal Island, Cabo Verde. I saw it at Pachamama EcoPark, which is a magical botanical garden surrounded by desert on the island of Sal 🇨🇻

There were many crows despite the scarcity of  water in that African country.

Have a lovely weekend :-)

Orwell's 1984 quote

After I had published my previous post, I noticed that some bloggers shared  interesting points of view about illegal immigration. Thank you to the blogging friends who left such comments. They mainly said that EU policy-makers would focus on creating jobs in those Sub-Saharian regions rather than encouraging migration to Europe.  

In my opinion, illegal and mass immigration in Europe has been encouraged with the aim of create political chaos, threatening social order and destroying the security of ordinary people. Street protests and civil society movements have been held to promote migration, multiculturalism and supranational solutions. In other words, the aim is to delegitimize nations and their identities in Europe. Actually, it is no coincidence that George Soros and other billionaires openly support progressive causes, such as migration, to engender social disorder in Europe.

The above photo was not taken in a town of North Africa or Middle East. I took it last week in the historic part of  Naples, South Italy.  

Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, recently delivered a speech in France while he was hosting at an Europe Convention. He said that illegal immigration is a "planned population swap". He also said that our continent is dragged into arms races,  wartime economies and unchecked immigration. 

His sentence reminds me George Orwell's 1984 quote: "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strenght". 

1 million asylum-seekers annually

In September 26, 2015, George Soros published a plan where he firstly said very clearly that EU institutions have to accept at least one million asylum-seekers annually.  He, secondly, said that adequate financing is critical. In this perspective, he proposed to issue long term Euro bond for financing the migration crisis and the migrant social and welfare taking care when they arrive to the EU. Obviously he and other billioners would be the buyers of those long term Euro bond. That was (and still is) a way to put more money into the pockets of richer people. Actually, it is not a coincidence the fact that George Soros is a pioneer of the hedge-found industry. 
Mr. Soros also said that safe channels must be established for asylum-seekers starting with getting them from Greece and Italy to other EU countries, such as Austria, Hungary, Germany, etc. 
To sum up, illegal and unchecked immigration, which we have seen in EU since 2015, is not an accidental fact known to have happened. On the contrary, it's a plan. It's a plan which is going on. And it was written. It was published. It is known. 
This explains how EU institutions are working and how George Soros was able to captive the main position of EU institutions in order to execute the plan. 

            (I took the above photo last year at Rome's main railway station) 

In the meanwhile, brainwashed people thought that who disagrees on human trafficking and unchecked immigration was a fascist. If we, EU people, were really interested in helping migrants who leave their poor countries, we would create special economic zones to attract investment and generate jobs in Africa. On the contrary, with the aim of allowing richer people to become richer, some EU governments had been stealing  human resources from the African continent. 

The good news is that since the new government took office in Rome, illegal and unchecked immigration in Italy decreased by 60%.

COP 29

On November 24 the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, concluded with a not binding agreement to protect lives and livelihoods from the worsening impact of climate change. Unfortunately, the latter term is not interchangeable with term "global warming", although there are evidence that since 1800s human activities have been the main driver of the heating of earth's surface.  

Climatic variations can be regarded as the main cause of desertification. This factor is increasingly turning our world's drylands into deserts. 

Africa is the driest of the world continents with 45% of its landmass falling into dry mass. 

The two photos have been just took by my daughter, Laura, who is visiting the Eastern part of Morocco right now.

Western-centrism

In my opinion there is a biased view that favors, inconsciously or consciously, Western civilization's interests, norms and narratives. In the implementation of international law's principles we can still see that practice of privileging Western interests.

For instance, with regards to the self-determination principle we can easily see some inconsistencies. 

According to the Western media's narrative, Catalonia has NO right to secede from Spain, but Kosovo HAS a right to secede from Serbia.

The two Ukrainian provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk have NO right to secede from Ukraine.  But Taiwan has a right to secede from China.

That behaviour is still strictly related to a worldview centered on Western civilization.

The good news is that India Prime Minister has just invited African Union to join G20 as a permanent member. The head of Africa Union has already took seat.

1st week of August

I don't want to bore you with political comments about what is happening in Niger and other African countires. But I would like to mention just a few words spoken by Eritrea's president, Isaias Afwerki. He recently said that neocolonialism is a continuation of classical slavery. Neocolonialist powers will control the world for coming fifty years without anyone challenging them. Now we are at the crossroad, as a better world await people of the two continents of Africa and Asia, the largest and wealthiest landmass.

                                 (Picture of the main port in Tunisia taken in 2018)

The following pictures have nothing to do with African people who are tired that colonialists are always around.

On this sunny Sunday the first week of August goes to an end ☀️

In the early week of August I have noticed that beaches are not crowded as they should, although we are in the middle of the summer ⛵

My dinghy boat, is ready. It is powered by a low-horsepower outboard engine  ⚓

Sorry to see that some uncivilized people, who come here on holiday from Rome's worst neighborhoods, are still leaving waste on the street.

A cricket was looking for supper in my mother's garden 🦗

Meanwhile, a beautiful sailing ship has just docked here at the Italian port of Civitavecchia. 

Enjoy the rest of August!

Saint Peterburg's Russia-Africa summit

Russian President promises grains, debt write-off, as Russia's government seeks Africa allies. Moscow also promotes joint fight against global "neocolonialism".

African leaders, who are attending a summit in Saint Peterburg, agree on this.

Tunisia's departure point

Since 2022 the coast near the Tunisian town of Sfax has become an important departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in Africa. In this context, the EU is ready to give Tunisia 100 million euros for border management.

Italian Prime Minister and EU Commission Chief visited the North African country later last week, as they wanted to offer aid. The problem is that before they went to the North African country, Tunisian President had already said that Tunisia's government would not accept becoming a border guard for other countries. 

In my opinion, Tunisian President doesn't want to accept money from Western countries. I think he is afraid that if members of Tunisian government were to accept money from EU and Western countries, their country would lose its neutrality. As it is well known, many Africa's countries are going to join the BRICS. In addition, they  disagree on Washington's policy to support Taiwan and Ukraine.  

Meanwhile, according to Italy's National Institute for Statistics, around 9 out of 10 rape have been committed by people with an immigrant background. I'm afraid that the big surge in cross-Mediterranean illegal immigration will increase sharply in the second  half of this year. 

The photos above were taken in Tunisia two months ago. 

Italian Republic Day

Yesterday I went to Rome for job, once again on a sunny morning. During a coffee break I enjoyed a beautiful corner of the town. 

I don't know what exactly means the English word "impolite". Maybe it is a synonym of "uncivilized" ... I was sorry to see some impolite people leaving scooters on the sidewalk.

A woman with her baby stroller and a couple of tourists from Scotland could't walk through these scooters. So I had no choice but to collect the scooters and take them on the right side of the street.

 

I didn't take the picture below in North Africa or Central America. I took it yesterday, after I had finished work. I was walking in a neighborhood close to one of Rome's railway station (Roma Ostiense, that's ist name). This photo shows a market that is completely illegal. People who come from North Africa run that market. 

A question comes to mind: why Italian governments continue to tolerate illegal immigration in my country?  This is senseless, as  those people need our help on their country, directly. 

Most illegal immigrants are working (illegally) in the countryside. They are hired to harvest tomatoes and watermelons. But the main problem is that we, Europeans, haven't the right to steal human resources from Nigeria, Cameroun, Senegal, etc. ... we have to help them by creating jobs in their countries.

 

We get a day off on June 2nd, as Italian Republic Day is public holiday in Italy. This day commemorates 1946 referendum, when Italians decided the form of their government after World War II.

Peace mission

Maybe it's so simple, but I don't understand. On Monday, 15 May, Ukrainian president went to Britain, as London government promised to give Ukraine hundreds more missiles and attack drones. The Ukrainian president says such weapons are needed to protect Ukraine from Russian air strikes.

This may change the course of the war. Maybe don't. We don't know. But this certainly means that, firstly, the UK and other countries are the staunch allies of Kyiv, and,  secondly, we don't know how long such Western powers could fund the war. 

At the same time, there is a great concern among UK and other Western allies, as they are reluctant to provide Kyiv with weapons that can reach Russian territory. Not to mention of armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium. 

In the meanwhile, Russian and Ukrainian governments have agreed to meet an "African leaders peace mission", which includes South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal and Republic of Congo. Consequently, I think it's easy to see which countries and governments aren't interested in peace deal and cease fire agreement between the two belligerents.

We wait and see!

Fueling the Ukraine-Russia war by sending weapons to Kyiv

With regards to the ongoing armed conflict in East Europe, I think that opposing the horrible hypocrisy of fueling the Ukraine-Russia war by sending weapons to Kyiv's government is not anti-EU. It's not anti-Ukrainian. It's not pro-Russian. The European working class have nothing to gain from this war, and everything to lose.

 

Not to mention of a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world. There are wars in Ethiopia and Yemen, and an humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan and Myanmar.

Wheat shortage crisis

 

There is a great talk about global food crisis fueled by the war in East Europe, as Ukraine plays a major role in the global food system. So while the Ukraine-Russia war directly threatens global food security, wheat prices hit record high in recent days. According to Wionews.com, Russia and Ukraine are two of the top wheat exporters, with respectively 17% and 10% of global export. 

The big question is when will wheat prices come down? Russia and Ukraine have been exchanging accusations over obstructing the movement of wheat shipment through the Black Sea. In my opinion this is a false problem rather than a real barrier, which can't be solved thanks to Intermodal transfer. 

With regards to Ukraine, the wheat could be shipped from the two ports of Costanta (Romania) and Varna (Bulgaria), considering there is an efficient railway system from Odesa (Ukraine) to the two towns just mentioned. Intermodal transfer may involve rail and ship, due to the fact that the four biggest wheat importers (Egypt, Sudan, Turkey, and Yemen) are located close to the Mediterranean area.

Omicron

Just to say that yesterday, the 26th of November, while the news about the big concern (as mentioned by the WHO) of the South African variant and its multiple mutations was spreading across the world, the stocks of one of the biggest biotechnological company, Moderna Inc, were rising by more than 20% .

In this context, the Botswana government has just officialy said that the new COVID variant, named Omicron, was first detected in four patients who were fully vaccinated for COVID.

From the Nuremberg trial (1945) Hermann Goering to the question "How did you convince the German people to accept all this?", he replied: "It was easy and has nothing to do with Nazism. The only thing a government needs to turn people into slaves is fear. If you can find something to scare them, you can make them do anything you want".

Surplus vaccine doses

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear global inequality of our time, as only two percent of people who live in the African continent has been fully vaccinated.

According to Airinfinity Ltd, a science information company headquartered in London, western developed countries could have 1.2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year. As a matter of fact, surplus COVID-19 vaccine shots in US, UK, EU and Japan will not be shipped to poorer countries.

As said by the WTO spokeperson, Keith Rockwell, if we were to delocalise part of vaccine production in developing countries, more shots would go into arms in Africa and Andean countries. Not mention of Israeli data which shows vaccinated people are becoming ill with COVID-19, but that's another story. 

Human trafficking and migrants smuggling

This week I was sorry to hear, once again, that many migrants from Africa died in the Central Mediterranean. All this took place just a few miles from European countries. Instead of helping African underdeveloped economies, they continue to steal young people from Sahel countries, pretending not to see the cemetery that the Mediterranean sea has become. Not to mention of human trafficking and migrants smuggling. 

Since 2013 some EU leaders have issued political asylum to African migrants who are not forced to escape armed conflict or persecution. This is a crime against humanity, as those governments are stealing young men and women from territories who would need economic support, because of drought, climate change, flooding, epidemic, etc. 

As it is known, illegal immigration can help developed countries, as many of them are now grappling with the challenges posed by rapidly aging population. Actually, the share of older persons in the EU's total population will increase in the coming decades. This will, in turn, lead to an increased burden on those of working age to provide for the social expediture required by the people aged 65 and over for a range of related services. 

That's the main reason why EU leaders continue to bury their heads in the sand.

Combination of epidemic, conflicts, economic crisis, and drought

According to Oxfam, an estimated 122 Million people could face starvation due to coronavirus epidemic, as many as 12,000 people could die a day from hunger before the end of this year.

As a result of Coronavirus, most people in Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan, and Yemen are facing famine. In those countries, informal laborers are suffering the most, because hundreds and hundrends of people have lost their job. Many people have been displaced, and many of them have been living in places where world  powers have triggered regional conflicts. We also have a combination of two or more problems, such as conflicts, economic crisis, and drought related to climate change. This is not something that the poorest countries can deal with.

In this context, the Coronavirus crisis shows that we have a broken food system, millions of people live in those countries above mentioned, identified by the World Food Program as "hunger hotspots", where travel restrictions have disrupted global food supplies and incomes. That's the main raison why the World Food Program has been supporting farmers in West African Sahel, helping them to consolidate their land and environs, supplying food with the aim of find a solution. But while Covid-19 crisis is growing around the world, with infections rising by the day, experts say the solution is not just in donating to charities. 


As mentioned recently by "Millionares for Humanity", a collective of 83 wealthy people, permanent tax increase on the wealthiest people on the planet is the right choice.  In 2013 a French economist, Thomas Piketty, already said in his book, that the implementation of a more progressive tax system at the global level is the only choice. 

Still human trafficking

After the Dutch vessel "Sea-Watch" had been seized by Italian authorities, because of illegal immigration and human trafficking, its German commander, Carola Rackete,  was  defined as another communist with a lot of money.  Actually, Ms. Rackete, who is also a  veteran of a German NGO, is looking for the opportunity of being admired. She's looking for popularity. In addition, she is backed by criminals at a global level, people who are interested in business related to illegal immigration. 

If Ms. Rackete really wanted to help people, she would go to Africa. I know Italian volunteers who have been building orthopedic centers in Madagascar and sewage systems in Uganda. That's what some African countries need. We haven't to steel their human resources.  And those unscrupulous people who exploit any opportunity to steal human resources from Africa present them selves as communist, socialist or democrat.    

With the aim of trying to stop human trafficking through the Mediterranean sea, Italian Parliament recently adopted a decree pledging fines up to 50,000 Euros for captain and owner who take vessels in Italy without authorisation. The decree was criticised by the United Nations, which called sea rescue a "humanitarian imperative".

As we have seen, policy makers who want to stop human trafficking are defined as populists, and sometimes as fascists by the media establishment.  I hope people began to understand who are really fascists. it's time to understand who really are criminals in our country and in the EU.