Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature an on-the-ground analysis of the Venezuela protests, a look to what the 2014 European Parliament elections may mean for the EU, and more.
 | Follow our new photography-focused Twitter account, @PhotoCourier! A picture is worth a thousand words. That's why we have started a visual reporting Twitter account, @PhotoCourier, to bring you the world's news through images. Follow us here. |
 | Looking Over My Shoulder: An American's Observations During the Venezuelan Protests Our Latin America correspondent landed in Caracas on February 12th, the day protests were sparked across Venezuela. He gives us his first-hand account of a country being closed off to the outside world by propaganda and heavy-handed security forces. Read about it here. |
 | Can the EU’s Political Parties Get Out the Vote? A century after the beginnings of the first World War, a peaceful and fairly integrated European Union will vote in May on representatives for the European Parliament from its 28 Member States. Whatever the results, this eighth EP election will be very different from all others before it. Read more about it here. |
 | The Skills Initiative of the German Embassy in Washington Many U.S. administration officials, business representatives, state governments, and experts view the German dual system of vocational training, with its distinct notion of cooperation, as a viable model for success in closing the skills gap. With this in mind, HE Peter Ammon, Ambassador of Germany to the U.S., writes about the German Embassy's launch of the Skills Initiative. Read more about it here. |
 | The Global War for Talent in Latin America: An Interview with Monica Flores Barragán Across the globe, we hear too many stories of high youth unemployment. Monica Flores, Regional Managing Director for ManpowerGroup’s Latin America division, is on the front lines of bringing talent to available jobs, as she oversees a continent-wide recruitment and training effort. Read more about it here. |
 | Tapping Into the Global Generational Talent Pool Companies that are prepared to go the extra mile and think out-of-the-box by making use of technological tools and managing remote teams of employees will be at the forefront of tapping into the best generational talent pool the world has to offer. Read more about it here. |
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Russia's anger at the perceived 'Western conspiracy' to wrench Ukraine out of the Russian sphere of influence boiled over this past weekend, as Russian troops were sent into Crimea, purportedly to protect ethnic Russians from violent actions from 'radicals' in Ukraine's interim government. World leaders, including President Obama, have called the move an violation of international law, and reportedly all of the G8 leaders have suspended plans for traveling to Sochi for the annual G8 leaders' meeting. Russia told the UN Security Council that it moved unilaterally due to the West's support and instigtation of the unrest in Ukraine, and would not back down until the international community agreed to help Russia enforce the February 21st agreement between Yanukovych and opposition forces and reinstate Yanukovych as Ukraine's President until the scheduled elections in December. The United States is considering implementing sanctions against Russia.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined U.S. President Obama at the White House on Monday, and President Obama planned to push more aggressively for action on an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. “If you see no peace deal and continued aggressive settlement construction—and we have seen more aggressive settlement construction over the last couple years than we’ve seen in a very long time,” Obama said. “If Palestinians come to believe that the possibility of a contiguous sovereign Palestinian state is no longer within reach, then our ability to manage the international fallout is going to be limited.”
This Week in History
1961: President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order creating the Peace Corps.
1991: President George H.W. Bush declares: “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated.” The allies' combat operations were suspended at midnight.
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Around the World!
March 3, 2014
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature an on-the-ground analysis of the Venezuela protests, a look to what the 2014 European Parliament elections may mean for the EU, and more.
| Follow our new photography-focused Twitter account, @PhotoCourier! A picture is worth a thousand words. That's why we have started a visual reporting Twitter account, @PhotoCourier, to bring you the world's news through images. Follow us here. |
| Looking Over My Shoulder: An American's Observations During the Venezuelan Protests Our Latin America correspondent landed in Caracas on February 12th, the day protests were sparked across Venezuela. He gives us his first-hand account of a country being closed off to the outside world by propaganda and heavy-handed security forces. Read about it here. |
| Can the EU’s Political Parties Get Out the Vote? A century after the beginnings of the first World War, a peaceful and fairly integrated European Union will vote in May on representatives for the European Parliament from its 28 Member States. Whatever the results, this eighth EP election will be very different from all others before it. Read more about it here. |
| The Skills Initiative of the German Embassy in Washington Many U.S. administration officials, business representatives, state governments, and experts view the German dual system of vocational training, with its distinct notion of cooperation, as a viable model for success in closing the skills gap. With this in mind, HE Peter Ammon, Ambassador of Germany to the U.S., writes about the German Embassy's launch of the Skills Initiative. Read more about it here. |
| The Global War for Talent in Latin America: An Interview with Monica Flores Barragán Across the globe, we hear too many stories of high youth unemployment. Monica Flores, Regional Managing Director for ManpowerGroup’s Latin America division, is on the front lines of bringing talent to available jobs, as she oversees a continent-wide recruitment and training effort. Read more about it here. |
| Tapping Into the Global Generational Talent Pool Companies that are prepared to go the extra mile and think out-of-the-box by making use of technological tools and managing remote teams of employees will be at the forefront of tapping into the best generational talent pool the world has to offer. Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
Russia's anger at the perceived 'Western conspiracy' to wrench Ukraine out of the Russian sphere of influence boiled over this past weekend, as Russian troops were sent into Crimea, purportedly to protect ethnic Russians from violent actions from 'radicals' in Ukraine's interim government. World leaders, including President Obama, have called the move an violation of international law, and reportedly all of the G8 leaders have suspended plans for traveling to Sochi for the annual G8 leaders' meeting. Russia told the UN Security Council that it moved unilaterally due to the West's support and instigtation of the unrest in Ukraine, and would not back down until the international community agreed to help Russia enforce the February 21st agreement between Yanukovych and opposition forces and reinstate Yanukovych as Ukraine's President until the scheduled elections in December. The United States is considering implementing sanctions against Russia.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined U.S. President Obama at the White House on Monday, and President Obama planned to push more aggressively for action on an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. “If you see no peace deal and continued aggressive settlement construction—and we have seen more aggressive settlement construction over the last couple years than we’ve seen in a very long time,” Obama said. “If Palestinians come to believe that the possibility of a contiguous sovereign Palestinian state is no longer within reach, then our ability to manage the international fallout is going to be limited.”
This Week in History
1961: President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order creating the Peace Corps.
1991: President George H.W. Bush declares: “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated.” The allies' combat operations were suspended at midnight.
