Good show Hans, keep on trucking those Asian countries for the DR, diplomatic corps is the same way that Balaguer started his career.lol.
The future for Hans and DR is bright!

They have diplomatic ties with a shit country like sri lanka and do not worry about New Zealand, Australia or many African countries ..I guess another snout in the trough for someofficial who becomes a consul there ..It is like collecting stamps

Hans
If you have no problem with censored press, you're most welcome to Sri lanka:

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54308
Press Freedom Burns in Colombo By Kumudini Woolf, 31 January 2011;
At 2 a.m. on Monday morning, the headquarters of one of Sri Lanka's leading bilingual news sources, Lanka E-News (LEN), was burned down in the predawn darkness.

http://cpj.org/2011/01/united-nat....ntervene-to-protect-sri-lanka.php
United Nations must intervene to protect Sri Lanka's media, 31 January 2011:
‘’Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must press the United Nations to address the string of uninvestigated and unprosecuted attacks on journalists and media houses under the government of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.’’

Hans
If you have no problem with oppression of ethnic minorities, you'll have a nice time in Sri lanka:

http://www.minorityrights.org/104....hts-and-justice-in-sri-lanka.html
No war, no peace: the denial of minority rights and justice in Sri Lanka
19 January 2011:
With the end of the conflict between Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE or ‘Tamil Tigers’) in 2009, normality has returned for much of the population of Sri Lanka. But for members of the country’s two main minority groups – Tamils and Muslims – living in the north and east of the country, harsh material conditions, economic marginalisation, and militarism remain prevalent. Drawing on interviews with activists, religious and political leaders, and ordinary people living in these areas of the country, MRG found a picture very much at odds with the official image of peace and prosperity following the end of armed conflict.

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, 4 February 2011
SRI LANKA: Independence without civil liberties is a farce:
' ....Today's minorities are without any kind of protection before the law. They also do not have the protection that goes with the powers that should be provided to their local representatives. The weakening of the minorities has become a boast of the political party in power. ....''

UN seeks greater humanitarian access for S.Lanka, 21 January 2011:
" A top United Nations official on Friday called for greater humanitarian access to war victims in Sri Lanka. … Most of the returnees currently have limited access to basic services such as shelter, water and sanitation and health care. These communities remain extremely vulnerable and have critical humanitarian needs that we must address immediately," she said.

Nice job LF. Going to vacation there shortly? Be sure to bring 100 of your bums with you.

Just today a well connected business leaders told me exact quote "these trade mission junkets are followed with rowdy parties consisting of LF's drunken low class entourage and a score of h--kers"

I have observed EUREKA is copying and pasting propaganda of a terrorist organization called LTTE. Right now he has pasted two items published in their propaganda sites. But you will see he will copy and paste many items published somewhere else within a few minutes. He is obsessed on this propaganda work. Whenever this person sees a positive development related to Sri Lanka in the international arena, he has a habit of pasting items like this. E.g. Very recently there was a news item in an American cruise line web site saying they have planed cruises to Sri Lanka this year. As soon as this was published, this person was quick to paste dozen of items with hatred towards Sri Lanka and its people. This person is from third generation Tamil Diaspora, who will never come to Sri Lanka for settlements leaving their green pastures in the UK and Europe, Canada and the USA. Cont..

cont....As a whole, they have never helped poor people in the North and East, their own brothers and sisters, but just spread venom because the Sri Lankan government defeated the most brutal terrorist organisation in the world, which pioneered in suicide bombs and have transferred technology to other terrorist organisations in the world. Extortions, money laundering ATM rackets, drug trafficking, human smuggling and even legal businesses have filled the coppers of the LTTE. Even though the LTTE is defeated in 2009 within Sri Lanka, pro LTTE Diaspora is controlling big money and still associate with harmful activities and propagate false information against a democratically elected government of Sri Lanka. Therefore,we cordially welcome your ambassadors to Colombo and hope further strengthening of our bilateral relationships in every sphere. I have given you some information related this issue. cont...

cont...I hope bright future for every Sri Lankans irrespective of their creed caste, ethnicity and religion. I ask people to bring moderate views; we are ready to accept if they are factual. Reproduction or copy and pasting shows that he is not informed of the real situation of the country as in case of third generation Diaspora Tamils. They have never been to Sri Lanka, but they want to create a separate country for all Tamils throughout the world. But not only Sinhalese but also the Indian government will not allow the separation of country in the geopolitical context. Sinhalese are ready to co-exist peacefully. Sinhalese, an isolated and economically weak ethnic group in global terms, cannot help but in deed feel sorry for the situation of 80 million Tamil populations living in the world without their own country. This is the core of the issue. But it is concealed. cont...

cont..South Indian Tamils started the separation campaign in India in 1950s and it was brutally defeated by Indian forces when it was just a bud. Then only some opportunist Tamil leaders started to separation campaign in Sri Lanka as a first step of making a larger Tamil country by winning Thamilnadu finally. The most prominent person who started this separation ideology of traditional homeland as a mean for him to enter into parliament in 1948 was late S.J.V. Chelvanayakam. He was not even from Jaffna or Sri Lanka. He was from Malaysia. The main person who started the armed struggle to win a homeland for Tamil is V. Prabakaran. He was also a son of another first generation Malaysian settled in Jaffna. Tamils invaded the country since 3rd BC. All the time they were defeated by Sinhalese. Finally they were defeated in 1450. There was no problem until 1470s. But due to instability of the Kingdom at that time, A Tamil invader became a king in the Jaffna (only to Jaffna peninsula). cont..,

Cont...But in 1505 Portuguese came to Sri Lanka and they occupied soon all the coastal areas including infant Jaffna kingdom created by a Tamil invader. Then the Dutch and British occupied the coastal areas successively. Dutch brought Tamils for tobacco cultivation from Tamil Nadu of India. British brought Tamils for tea plantation form Tamil Nadu. Former group of these people called “VELLALA” i.e. “labourers of farms- not farmers”. Still they identified under Vellala caste. A recent research carried out at the University of Michigan, USA on genetics throughout Africa and Asia shows that Tamils in North are recent settlers and identical to their counterparts in the south India whereas there is no such similarity between Sinhalese any of the ethnicities living in any part of India (http://ns.umich.edu/index.html?Releases/2008/Feb08/migrate). cont....,

cont..This study shows Sinhalese genetic relationships with India have diminished because their separation occurred very long time ago. Furthermore there is no basis even biologically for traditional homeland of Tamils in the North and East provinces spanning over several thousand years old as in case of Sinhalese. It is very clear socially and linguistically, separation of Tamils in Sri Lanka and in south India spans only about 200 years. Exactly overlying with the time period when the Dutch and British colonial rulers brought Tamils to Sri Lanka. Therefore, it is not reasonable for demanding a third of the country for just12% of Tamils, 55% of whom live outside the so-called homeland. That is they live where the Sinhalese are majority. There is no any harm to Tamils in other parts of the country and they enjoy all the equal rights. cont...

cont.. Sinhalese responds irrationally to provocations of chauvinistic Tamil leaders before 1983 without analyzing the whole picture of the issue, but they learned good lesson and Sinhalese understood the modus operand of racial Tamil leaders. But they misguide international community that they were ill-treated. Some of the western countries whose main political game is weakening other countries for geopolitical purposes are more than happy to accept this lie for their own convenience and agenda. Here I have to emphasis that even though we know above facts and true history, as a Sinhalese who has experienced whole brunt of the three decade war from my birth, I do not want any more wars, even if the government army is capable of defeating any threat for territorial integrity and sovereignty. We are ready to live with every other community peacefully. cont....

cont..Indian Leaders know the secession programme of South Indian Tamil leaders and their Muppets in Sri Lanka very well. Therefore, India will not help to devolve power to north and east provinces that is going beyond the provincial state system in Tamilnadu. This is the conclusion of the recent bilateral meeting with President Rajapaksha and the Indian FM. We will have local government elections before April 2011. Then opportunistic Tamil Diaspora will lose opportunities to make all these agitations depriving the peace in metropolitan cities in the world. This is because we will have a new Tamil Leadership to tackle the existing issues. Even if a few governments are little bit hostile to the GOSL presently they will start communicating with new Tamil leaders of their own soils for addressing any remaining concerns. Unless foreign governments find a contradiction within themselves if they are entertain chauvinistic Tamil Diaspora anymore. cont..

cont..Now there is peace everywhere in the country. No incident reported for almost two years after the conflict ended in May 2009. Even though, LTTE supporters want to stop the country developing with this type of new opportunities. Many peace loving Tamils did not accept the brutally of the LTTE. But there was no choice for them other than heading to diktats of murderers. E.g. even during the war time, Tamils migrated to the south to escape from the LTTE who was said to be the freedom fighters of the very communities. If they were there, they have to give at least one member for the LTTE. They came mainly to Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. In fact, they became the majority in Colombo. If anybody has rational mind to think, how the capital city turns to be Tamil majority city, where Sinhalese were the majority until late 80s. It proves there is no such ethnic problem in Sri Lanka. But there is no Sinhalese or Muslims in north. This is due to ethnic cleansing by the LTTE. cont..

cont ...I have to accept that there is big livelihood and social issues in the North and East due to terrorism of the LTTE, as they did not allow the Sri Lankan government to those areas. But it is the most beautiful part of the country and there are unspoiled (due to the very reasons of conflict) beaches with infinite length. If we can encourage tourism and other industries, the first and main beneficiaries are the Tamil community living with abject poverty in these areas. Due to narrow mildness, if anybody discourages development and industries, tourism, tea plantation due to the hate against the government of Sri Lanka, such action would not help to solve the problems of Tamils in these regions. I am happy if there is an equal development of the country. For that matter Diaspora Tamils can help at least their own people. cont...

cont...LTTE supporters who got asylum opportunities in the western green pasture do not want return Sri Lanka. Therefore, they are engaged in a vicious campaign against Sri Lanka just to save their asylum status. Some want to continue the illegal extortions from majority Tamils who do not participated in these activities willingly. On the other hand, these vociferous Diaspora Tamils have not done anything so far to help innocent Tamils, their own breathen. Normal Tamil people are the main victims of the brutal LTTE terrorist campaign. They were forced to vacate their houses during the war time just to ensure megalomaniac terrorist leader had a "human shield". The LTTE killed fleeing Tamils. There may be co-lateral damages due to the fighting and there may be few cases of breaking military discipline as reported in every war situations. Probability of such situation was minimized by giving good education for the military with the help of the UN and the ICRC. cont...

cont...I accept there was no such education 10 years before. That is the secret of winning the war this time because we were able to bring innocent Tamil to our side. They crossed the NanthiKadal Lagoon amid the continuous firing to fleeing civilians by the LTTE. The intention of the GOSL forces was to finish the LTTE forever and bring the peace to the country. We have realized that much. Now we have to develop the country soon, so that every community will be benefitted. According to leaked Wkileakes reports, the Ambassador in Colombo has confirmed that normal Tamil civilians in the north or south do not fight for anything other than poverty and their livelihood issues. Only the Diaspora wants a separate country but they do not come to Sri Lanka by leaving the green pasture in the west. If you visit the country, you can see yourself how all communities peacefully live in Sri Lanka. All are welcome in particular all eco-friendly tourists are warmly welcome to the miracle of Asia. End

Diss

From what I can see, the one that's posting at alarming rate is yourself, member for 7 minutes.

Welcome to DT, but careful with the propaganda.

We've got enough on our hands as it is.

Hi WalterPolo; I wrote a comprehensive answer to EUREKA as I have observed his writing previously. I thought to write in detail as people in Dominican Republic know little about the true situation. He can give a big wrong picture at the beginning of our diplomatic relationships. That will not work better for people in two countries. If you read my post it is very much balanced view and I spend two hours in writing it (2 am). But then I found there is a word limit. Then I posted the essay part by part. You will find the rate is alarming as I have already written it. But it took sometime between two posts as I have to adjust each part to have its own meaning. I am a moderate person and I have many Tamil friends and I have taught them when I worked as an assistant lecturer at the University of Peradeniya. I have travelled to their areas with them for research even during the height of the conflict. I think I am the only person to do such thing in my University. Do not misunderstand.

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http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54308
http://cpj.org/2011/01/united-nat....ntervene-to-protect-sri-lanka.php
http://www.minorityrights.org/104....hts-and-justice-in-sri-lanka.html

LTTE propoganda?

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A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, 4 February 2011

LTTE propoganda?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110....p/srilankaunrelief_20110121170812
UN seeks greater humanitarian access for S.Lanka, 21 January 2011:

LTTE propoganda?

http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/....eligious_visit_their_ow.html#more
Young religious visit their own suffering brothers and sisters in Northern Sri Lanka, Rev.Fr.Lasantha de Abrew, 25 October 2010:
''... The high military presence in these areas makes the resettled persons more tensed, uncomfortable and uneasy. The regular visits of the soldiers to their half built houses and temporary sheds, frequent arrests of the young males on various justified and unjustified charges, and inviting the children to the camps to watch films make them uneasy.
… Easy availability of DVD shops, liquor, smoking even promoted by the soldiers could be the causes for lack of interest.
….We had an opportunity to visit Sannar in Mannar where the people are living in temporary huts donated by the UNHCR. They were told that they would be resettled in their own land but they are relocated in a jungle as their own land has been named a High Security Zone under the Sri Lankan Army...''

http://www.un.org/children/confli....uments/SriLankavisitReport09.pdf/
Mission Report: Visit of Major General (ret.) Patrick Cammaert, Special Envoy of the Special Representative for Children & Armed Conflict, to Sri Lanka, 05-11 December 2009:
‘’It should be noted that the problem of accessing camps for humanitarian personnel persists throughout the country. …. child recruitment and training for armed combat continues in Sri Lanka, despite the end of the war.’’


http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/....funds_to_meet_needs_of_near.html/
No funds to meet needs of nearly 200,000 Northern IDPs due to govt refusal to endorse 2010 action plan, 13 March 2010: ''The funding crisis follows the government’s refusal to endorse the 2010 Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP)…. The UN and other humanitarian agencies are running out of resources to meet the urgent needs of internally displaced persons in the North. ...''

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8142550.stm
Sri Lanka orders cuts in aid work, 9 July 2009: ‘’The Sri Lankan government has told international relief agencies to cut back their activities in the country. … But it(ICRC) says an estimated 300,000 displaced people still need food, medicine and help to return home.’’

http://www.msf.org/msfinternation....pressrelease&method=full_html
‘Top Ten’ humanitarian crises: Aid blocked and diseases neglected, 21 December 2009: ‘’… Three distinct patterns dominated in 2009: governments blocked lifesaving assistance to trapped populations, including in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Sudan’’

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/..../2011202630_guest28mountford.html
Sri Lanka's human-rights and free-speech problems need international attention, Seattle Times, Peter Mountford, 26 February 2010: ‘’ In post-civil war Sri Lanka, where democratic institutions are more imperiled than ever, the international press has a vital role to play — even more important than the diplomatic efforts of our governments — in forcing greater transparency and accountability. ... Since the Sri Lankan press can't speak up for itself, it's the duty of the international press to speak on its behalf.’’

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Vanni,-northern-Sri-Lanka,-where-war-has-never-ended-18558.html
Vanni, where war has never ended, June 2010:
''The area is still actually in the hands of the military, which allowed the return of the population but force them to live in absolute poverty. The military blocks any attempts to improve their lives, but does not stop abuse and violence. … On most roads inside the Vanni, whether on the A9 or interior roads, I felt as if we were traveling within a military camp. Military camps and check posts were along all the roads. In Pooneryn, the main road literally ran through a newly built Army camp. In several other places including the A9 road, army camps occupied the main tarred road and we as civilians were forced to take a roundabout route, on muddy dusty makeshift pathways. In the more bushy and jungle areas, sign boards on the roadsindicated military camps inside the jungles. Soldiers were everywhere with uniforms and with weapons....''

http://www.groundviews.org/2010/0....d-freedom-in-sri-lanka/#more-3587
Celebrating war victory and banning commemoration of dead civilians: this is “home grown & indigenous” reconciliation and freedom in Sri Lanka? Ruki, 18 June:
‘’... A Catholic priest in Jaffna told me that he had got several threatening calls asking him to cancel a religious event he had organized in Jaffna to commemorate civilians killed in the war.
... In Vanni, an army officer had told a villager that he will shoot a parish priest and drag him behind his jeep, because he (the priest) was organizing prayer services for those killed in the war. Another priest was prevented from celebrating a holy mass to pray for those killed in the war on 19th May in the Vanni.’’

http://www.unitingworld.org.au/20....lanka-seek-asylum-a-need-no-more/
''..... In 2009, we all cried and opened our hearts to over 280,000 Tamil civilians that were interned in detention centres run by Sri Lankan security forces. Humanitarian aid was severely restricted and ‘unexplainable disappearances’ were frequent. …. My recent journey(June 2010) to the north of the island gave a chilling insight into the issues that thousands of Tamils continue to face. …My experience left me questioning whether Tamils are truly safe from harm today. ... We have a responsibility to the many thousands of Tamils who face danger in Sri Lanka today. During the one week trip to assess the situation, I visited several holding centres for Tamils who have been released from detention camps and await permission from security forces to return to their homeland. These holding centres are extremely dire places. Food is scarce and access to basic health care is minimal. ...''

I try not to quote any Tamil website as far as possible even if they are neutral.
Those who shout ''LTTE propoganda'' when non-Tamil websites are quoted, what will they do when Tamil websites are quoted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11328159
Young Tamils in Sri Lanka 'being held without charge', 16 September 2010:
''A retired senior diplomat in Sri Lanka says several thousand young people of the Tamil ethnic minority are being held in custody without any charges being brought against them. Nanda Godage said some had been incarcerated in this way for years.''

http://www.groundviews.org/2010/1....al-amnesia-in-sri-lanka/#comments
Allergy to analysis and historical amnesia in Sri Lanka, Dayan Jayatilleka, 17 October 2010:
''The Bandaranaike administration sowed the dragon’s teeth and it took Mahinda Rajapakse to slay the marauding dragon, with all the corollaries and consequences that entailed. ... Dozens of Tamil youth were imprisoned under Emergency for years, for the crime of hoisting black flags against the promulgation of the ’72 Constitution.''

Eureka writes something from you own. There is no point of reproducing what others have already published. You are just doing cheap work of cutting and pasting because you do not know the ground reality. If you are paid for this cheap propaganda business, I do not worry much; in fact feel pity, because, I know, many earn their bread and butter of the day from such work. It is exactly the case of I/NGOs. But such NGO personnel enjoy very comfort life in the expense of humanity. We know very well these I/NGOs funded the LTTE, unless they could not stay in de facto territory of the LTTE. A sovereign government cannot heed to NGOs, especially, if the government understand there is a hidden agenda. Any action plan should be according to the needs of the GOSL and its people. We do not want to entertain either LTTE or their supporters. The western conspiracy is to destabilize India by allowing LTTE to get a foot hold in north and East. Then separation movement will propagate into India.

The LTTE did not take the opportunity given to surrender several times by GOSL. At least they should have taken the opportunity given after April 20th that was the day the Army entered to Pudumatalan and rescued about 140000 civilians used as human shield. Again the GOSL gave two days for surrender and release human shield just after visit of Indian foreign minister. But the LTTE were adamant enough not to understand that they were collapsed. If they have surrendered army would have saved some more LTTE carders and prevent some collateral damages to innocent civilians. In fact army saved about 11500 LTTE personnel and already 5500 of have been released after rehabilitation. Rest will also be released soon. Now people enjoy dividends of peace especially freedom of movement without fear. People in South do not have fear of bomb blasts. People in north and east do not have fear of child conscription as cannon fodder for LTTE frontline.

If you know the ground truth, there is no impact to normal citizens from these so-called news sites. They are not popular. There are no threats on press freedom as such. For instance, Prageeth Eknaligoda is missing by himself. He did this joke one year ago (2008) and then just appeared. He will again appear at an opportune moment in the future. On the other hand, LTTE propaganda mechanism has enough bankrupt media personnel to write for them. For instance, Marie Colvin from the UK Times was the last person contacted by the LTE leaders on the last day of the operation for making some arrangements for surrender, by then they were so late. She even came to Sri Lanka to meat LTTE leaders. On her return with LTTE armed carders, she met crossfire. The LTTE propaganda arm personnel have infiltrated into some organization like UN, media organizations and hypocritical Human Right Organizations. They could afford because they have collected enormous wealth form innocent Tamils.

It is exactly opposite situation in Sri Lanka compared to the picture painted by some of international media like BBC and Channel 4. Channel 4 needs to take revenge because their crew was deported from Sri Lanka. They showed a video saying it was taken on January 2009. Then after sometime, they showed the same clip saying it was taken in May 2009. They showed a female body saying it was of Dwarka, daughter of the LTTE leader, and they showed the same body again saying it was of Issipriya from the official LTTE radio. We can only laugh because they think we have forgotten their initial lie. LankaeNews has carried out a vicious hate campaign against the GOSL, just because their friends (LTTE) were annihilated. Press freedom is not about right to tell deliberate lies. Even the recent fire was contract given from abroad. If these NGO guys do not find anything to throw at the GOSL, they create incidents, especially, if there is an international event related to journalism in Sri Lanka.

Of course, we have to tackle economic issues because the LTTE did not allow the GOSL to do any development activities. Whatever building material sent by governments for construction of official buildings, schools and irrigation channels were used for building underground bunkers and tombs for dead cadres. We do not find any development work done by I/NGOs over the last three decade. It proves they had cheated donor organizations and had luxury life. Fertilizers sent by the GOSL were used for making bombs. Army found such stocks during the humanitarian operation. Now the GOSL spends huge sum of money for development, demining and for meeting other burning social issues. In fact GOSL expenditures in north and east are very high compared to government expenditures in other parts of the country. But we do not have problem in that regard as we understand the obvious humanitarian needs of innocent Tamil people whom did not have any say when they were under iron fist of LTTE murderers.

el diantre

la verdad que esta pagina atrae a los personajes mas pintorescos del mundo, pero hey!!
bienvenidos a DT , que gozen mucho y gasten poco.

btw
can we get los tigueres de tamil to play a game Vs. los leones del escogido en el estadio quisqueya someday , that will be cool