During the 80′s a group of scientists at McGill University and I started a company called Medicorp in Montrea,l who became known for being one of the first makers of AIDS tests and who also developed and AIDS treatment called Passive Immunotherapy. At that time, it was very hard to promote massive HIV testing, because [...]

I am seating at an interesting session called Poverty Alleviation at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference. Basically we are around 200 people divided into around 20 tables of around 10 people all answering the same questions. What are some powerful initiatives that will bring greater income and value to the producers at the bottom of [...]

I have been doing my mobile blogging lately with my Nokia N80, connecting to WiFi networks. It´s so easy and so fast. It´s perfect for events like the Clinton Conference as I don´t have time to write.

It was fun to see Bill Gates seating next to his buddy, Warren Buffet, stand up and explain his strategy. It is also interesting to see that Europe donates more money to LDCs than the United States, even if you add the donations by private individuals, but Europe, as usual, does these donations quietly and [...]

Musharaf is at times highly articulate and reasonable and at other times, like when he says that the Berlin wall came down because of the policies of Pakistan he seems simply out of focus. Then when he draws a distinction between terrorism and extremism he seems very reasonable. By the way there´s a very good [...]

For non Americans, United States is a difficult country to understand. Sometimes great, sometimes let´s say, not that great. For me today, witnessing President Clinton, a man who I greatly admire, lavishing praise on Laura Bush, the First Lady of a presidency I mostly disagree with, with was a real shock. I guess that in [...]

I am at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference, where Laura Bush just gave a speech about all these wonderful things that the Bush Administration is doing around the world (please feel free to read wonderful in whatever tone you feel comfortable with). As she spoke different pictures were shown. This one showing the Bush Family [...]

Follow the conference live by clicking here. I am presently attending this conference and there will be more posts related to it coming out soon.

I was thinking about the countries in the world that are the best and the worst governed and I elaborated this very personal list. I did it quickly, as a kind of a game, and I may have forgotten certain countries, but the idea was to make a personal ranking that reflected my vision of [...]