2011, one year shaken by "indignant"

Arab spring struck North Africa and the Middle East, overthrowing dictadoras in a wave of street protests. The European currency collapsed in crisis, causing the fall of first elected Ministers. An earthquake and a tsunami struck Japan, threatening the country with a disaster-spectrum nuclear.

Was a year that shook the established order. Even in an era of change and instantaneous communication across the globe, the 2011 was extraordinary. Week after week, month after month, from all sides, the news still erupting.

At times, the order emerged from World War II, postcolonial, post cold war, seemed to tremble under samples of popular power not seen in the 22 years since the fall of the Berlin wall. Towards the end of the year, at least three Arab leaders had fallen, and at least three prime European Ministers had lost their jobs in the crisis of the euro, the currency which was supposed to simbolizase one u000aEurope United.

The UN Atomic Agency renewed accusations that Iran worked secretly to produce a nuclear weapon, Western against that country sanctions intensified and a mob ransacked the Embassy British in Tehran as a reprisal.

Facebook and cell phones had an important role in the Organization of protests and the dissemination of dramatic scenes in TVs in the world, evading the censures premises.

They were crucial in the unhappy summer in Israel led to crowds into the streets to protest high prices and social inequalities, for demonstrations unprecedented Russians against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to move Ocupemos Wall Street, which began in New York and spread to other cities and countries in protest against those responsible for the collapse of financial of the past two years.

Economies in trouble
problems u000afinancial dominated the headlines in 2011, particularly in Europe, starting with the crisis in Greece which forced a rescue package for the country. While other weak economies were under pressure and faced severe budgetary austerity measures, the premiers of Greece and Italy were forced to resign, and the head of the Government of Spain lost in the elections

For Great Britain, the 2011 was a bleak year of street riots and looting that rocked towns in the summer, and revelations of electronic espionage by tabloids that outraged the nation. And as we approach the end of the year, the country was criticized by its European partners by not joining the Pact to save euro.

In Latin America, the war in Mexico between the drug cartels and Government marked its fifth year, having claimed the lives of around 150 thousand people.

The action of the drug trafficking, organized crime and gangs u000aHe kept the issue of insecurity as one of the main

12 highlights
01Túnez
escape 14/01/2011 President Zine Abidine Ben Ali, who ruled this country for 23 consecutive years, fled to Saudi Arabia under the pressure of the uprising that began in December.

02 Egypt
out of the power 02 11, 2011, Hosni Mubarak, in power since 1981, resigned on day 18 of the popular revolution and transferred power to the army. Currently it is judged for corruption and murder.

03 Syria
movement 03 15, 2011 start protests against the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. The demonstration were and are widely repressed (more than 5 thousand dead according to the UN). Cuba changes 19/04/2011 Fidel Castro leaves his last position of power, the head of the Communist Party, during the 6th Congress of the party, which approves socio-political reforms.

05 cancellation u000atrials against Zelaya
Honduras
two years exiled 05 03, 2011 the Supreme Court nullified all trials for corruption against the former President Manuel Zelaya, which favored his return, the May 28.

06 Obama Announces return of 1/3 troops
Afghanistan
return 22/06/2011 US President Barack Obama announced the return of one-third of its troops in Afghanistan service. The date is prior to the summer of 2012.

07 Extremist kills 77 young
Norway
killing 22/07/2011 Anders Behring Breivik attacked shot a meeting of the Young Socialists in the island of Utoya, near Oslo.

They also attacked the headquarters of the Government.

fire and corpses 08 25, 2011 the cartel's Los Zetas burned a casino in Monterrey, killing 52 people. 20, Launched 35 cadávers in the streets of Veracruz, in full light of day.

09 u000aA petition to the UN
Palestinians
recognition 23/09/2011 the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas, requested United Nations official income of Palestine to the Agency, during a General Assembly.

10 Cristina returns
Argentina
re-election 10 23, 2011 President Cristina Kirchner succeeds his re-election for another four years in power, imposing cun 54.11% of the vote in the elections, something historic.

11 The fall of a leader of the FARC
Colombia
guerrillas 04/11/2011 Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas (Alfonso Cano), maximum leader of the FARC since 2008, was killed by the army.

On 26th, the FARC killed four hostages.

12 Death of Kim Jong-il
Korea of
North 17/12/2011 death dies at age 69 President Kim Jong-il, who led the Communist country with an iron hand since 1994. His son, Kim Jung - an, assumed the u000apower.

Conflict by freedom press
million dollar judgment against newspaper Ecuador Justice has ratified the sentence involving 40 million dollars and three years in prison for executives of daily El Universo and Emilio Palacio, in conflict with the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the September 21.

CHÁVEZ have of cancer
Venezuela
chemotherapy the President Hugo Chávez announced, on June 30, from Havana, Cuba, who has cancer, underwent a treatment of chemotherapy which ended in September.

CRISTINA has cancer THYROID
Argentina
surgery President Cristina Kirchner suffers a papillary carcinoma in the right lobe of the thyroid gland, officially reported from the Casa Rosada. Reports claim that the absence of metastasis. Doctors scheduled surgery for January 4 this year in the hospital u000aAustral.

DANIEL ORTEGA is re-elected
Nicaragua
win the Supreme Electoral Council proclaimed the victory of the sandinista President Daniel Ortega during the general election in Nicaragua, on 7 November. The leader reached more than 60% in the votes to govern for five years over the nation centroamericana.

changes in the Arab world
A popular mobilization forced the departure of the power of Tunisia President Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years in power.

Ben Ali was the first to fall with the Arab spring. Was sent into exile six weeks after a street vendor, discontent with an injustice carried out by a police officer who destroyed his post of fruits, concerned about sparking a rebellion after self-immolation is.

The fast revolution was in Egypt. Took just 18 days, and massive crowds gathered in the Tahrir square in the Centre of the u000aCairo to force the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, which had ruled the populous Arab country for almost 30 years.

The most bloody revolution was released in Libya against Moamar Gaddafi, that after 42 years in power was overthrown by a popular uprising aided by an area of the NATO campaign, and then killed in circumstances not enlightened.

The slower revolt was that of Yemen, extending from February to November, when President Ali Abdullah Salé agreed to abandon the post for the December 23.

Still burning were daily against Syrian President Bashar Assad demonstrations, despite a bloody government repression in which the UN says has killed more than 5,000 people.

The Kingdom of Bahrain faced shocks Street with their subjects.

Other monarchy, Jordan, was also street protests, but without sufficient strength to jeopardizing the throne of Abdullah II of u000aJordan

events in Spain 1. ETA
ETA announces a high fire "permanent, comprehensive and internationally verifiable in nature", on January 10, 2011.

Result
the Vice-President Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba concluded that "this is not bad news, but it is not the news".

2. URDAGARIN
the son-in-law of King Juan Carlos II, Iñaki Urdangarin, must declare on some charges for corruption

Result
in a year of economic problems, has fractured the Royal family Spanish.

13. Victory of the PP
El candidate Mariano Rajoy's PP, succeeds José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, PSOE.

Result
the Spaniards will suffer deeper cuts and hike in taxes by the crisis.

devastating earthquake in Japan
Japan was plunged into chaos after a devastating earthquake of 8.9 degrees of u000aRichter scale caused a tsunami that hit the northeastern coast and which caused hundreds of deaths.

The tidal wave has caused countless damage, swallowing houses, cars and everything that has found its way.

This violent earthquake effects extend far beyond Japan's Island and alerts have been declared by tsunami by the length and breadth of the Pacific Ocean.

The death toll was around of 10 thousand and hundreds of missing

The earthquake, followed by three aftershocks of at least 7 degrees, temporarily paralyzed transport in much of Japan, suspended rail service bullet or Shinkansen, and closed two airports in Tokyo.

In addition, the earthquake triggered a fire at the nuclear power company electricity Tohoku, Japan of city Onagawa.

Authorities in the Fukushima Prefecture, where the Tokío electric power company has a nuclear power plant, secured in principle u000athat the reactor coolant system functioned, refuting a previous information that indicated the contrary.

In the end, the authorities admitted that the information on issues in nuclear power plants were unsuitable, so they decided to declare emergency nuclear by leaks radioactive.

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