Articles by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

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(Castellano) Honrando a Eduardo Galeano
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Premio Nobel de la Paz – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Apr 2015

Cuando un amigo se va… Nos deja su abrazo solidario y la alegría de la resistencia en construir nuevos amaneceres junto a los pueblos. Así partió Eduardo Galeano hacedor de la palabra que camina, abriendo sendas de luces y esperanza a contrapelo del sistema de dominación.

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Bradley Manning Deserves Americans’ Support for Military Whistleblowing
Nobel Peace Laureates Desmond Tutu, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – The Guardian, 19 Nov 2012

16 Nov 2012 – Last week, PFC Bradley Manning offered to accept responsibility for releasing classified documents as an act of conscience – not as charged by the US military. As people who have worked for decades against the increased militarization of societies and for international cooperation to end war, we have been deeply dismayed by his treatment. Thanks to WikiLeaks, US citizens are better informed about wars prosecuted in their name. We owe Manning honour, not jail time.

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NBC’s ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ Continues an Inglorious Tradition of Glorifying War
Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi, José Ramos-Horta, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Rigoberta Menchú Tum and Betty Williams – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Aug 2012

As Nobel Peace Prize laureates, we call on NBC to cancel this reality TV show that likens military combat to Olympic athletics.

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From Nobel to Nobel – Open Letter to Barack Obama
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 May 2011

A day like today, 34 years ago, I came back to life after a flight with death during the Argentinean military dictatorship backed by the U.S.A. Thank God I survived. I had to get out of the maze by overcoming despair and discover the way in the stars above to say with the prophet, “The night is darkest before dawn”.

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(Castellano) De Nobel a Nobel: Carta Abierta a Barack Obama
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 May 2011

Un día como hoy, hace 34 años volví a la vida, tuve un vuelo de la muerte durante la dictadura militar argentina apoyada por los EEUU. Gracias a Dios sobreviví y tuve que salir del laberinto por arriba de la desesperación y descubrir en las estrellas el camino para poder decir como el profeta: ”la hora más oscura es cuando comienza el amanecer”.

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