Myanmar

February 6, 2008

American sanctions put pressure on Myanmar since a violent government crackdown, and imposed more financial sanctions against the military rulers.

February 10, 2008

Myanmar announced a timetable for the elections that are going to be the first ones since 1990. In the junta a top member mentioned that the peace and stability has been restored in the city and the democratic elections is going to be in 2010.

May 5, 2008

A tropical cyclone destroyed thousands of homes and with it more than 300 people and with this ask for an international help. This could be a democratic problem that whom already say the government has ruined the economy.

May 6, 2008

The canal and inlets are the most affected part by the cyclone that could make difficulties for helicopters for giving food, clean water and other supplies but many villages are accessible only by boat that make the work much harder. Many rural people could be very affected that could affect severely the country.

May 6, 2008

Now if the numbers are accurate (the cyclone killed 15,000 people and another 30,000 are missing) the death toll could be highest from the tsunami of December, 2004. And in some regions (delta) the death toll could reach the 10,000.

May 7, 2008

Yesterday, some lands were in very bad conditions and could pass by boat or helicopter but now bad roads and without telecommunication the distributing of food is very difficult and it is possible that it couldn’t reach the people stranded.

May 8, 2008

The last weekend cyclone made many people take the decision to go away in a dangerous journey in rickety wooden boats with makeshifts sails, from horror to misery for most start a journey of days waiting for aid to arrive, mostly because of losing homes and family.

May 9, 2008

A powerful, a very big city is still in crisis past five days, even without energy or electricity, this because many tree fell and really seems far that the country come back to the normal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/asia/12myanmar.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/world/asia/09yangon.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/world/asia/08scene.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/world/asia/06myanmar.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/world/asia/05Myanmar.html