shocked to know that so many rich governments have given so little.

given what happened last week, and the tense situation we find ourselves in.

What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.

Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans.

Notwithstanding the embargo, Cuba's achievements in social development are impressive given the size of its gross domestic product per capita, ... As the human development index of the United Nations makes clear year after year, Cuba should be the envy of many other nations ostensibly far richer.

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.