Hiding Libya

Libya is a country that suffers with a crisis of hiding and adapting since its existence. It is a game of hiding and finding to fit every purpose at any time. Just like a chameleon does when, they need to feed themselves or when they need to hide from some predator. The Libyan government reacts and acts predictably, influencing each result, and manipulating whoever needs to be manipulated, as long as they end up with some benefit from it.

In 2003, Libya said for the first time, that they were getting rid of any chemical weapon that they had (BBC News, 2014). If at that time, there was a concern from any other country that having chemical weapons or producing it, could be bad, than at least these worried countries could relax a little bit. It sounds trick from Libya to say something like this, and the rest of the world do not actually know if any actions are being taken along this subject. It seems like a chameleon camouflage to outwit those too worried or to send them away, far from Libya’s business.

However, the country is always prepared to be attacked. It is an instinct extracted from the chameleon. At the same time that the country was planning to destroy or get rid of any chemical weapons, they were making agreements with Russia to buy their weapons, such as fighter jets, tanks and air defence systems (BBC News, 2014). If a country wants to be seen, or even wants to be a nonviolent place, it does not only get free from chemical weapons, but at the same time, does not make agreement on purchasing more weapons, even if they are not as dangerous as the first one. It shows that Libya is not a very good negotiator country, because they need guns to fight. If they disarm here, they have to be armed there.

So, what is the benefit for the government on destroying chemical weapons? Maybe the benefit is not on not having these types of weapons anymore, but instead, is letting the world know that they do not have it. Making such a big purchase, as the one that they did with Russia, and their weapons, is also something that has to be done, according to the appearance status. How do I look today? Or how do you see me or not? Libya balances itself at every decision made.

BBC News. (2014, January, 29). Libya profile. BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13755445

Libya's Single Option

Respect for The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations, 1978) is a basic concept that humans in the 21st century should be used to follow. In Libya, a country in Africa, the government is not pleased to offer these rights. During the 42 years that the country was ruled by Muammar Gaddafi, the citizens only witnessed an oppressive government. Even after Gaddafi’s ended in 2011, Libyan people still do not have their freedom back. There is no big picture for citizens from Libya. There is nothing right, nothing ethical. There is just one perspective of life provided by the government.

Gaddafi’s oppressive regime took control of the oil revenue from Libya, letting the citizens high and dry. There were, and still there are no investments made on education, health or security in Libya during this long government (Soguel, 2011). The full control of a country is already a violation of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, where the people should have the right to be free (United Nations, 1978). Controlling a whole country is also controlling its people.

According to Nawara Zeidi, a Libyan citizen “Freedom means they [the Libyan government] will meet our demands, improve our homes” (Soguel, 2011). What Gaddafi has done is nothing else than giving one option. Libya gives citizens the option of living without any benefit coming from their own country. It means that the population is not free. Today the country has more than one third of the population under the line of poverty (Rheannon, 2011). This number is not a choice of Libya’s people, but Libya’s old government.

The violation of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is so huge in Libya, that it affects not only one, but all the citizens at the same time. It is despotism leading the country. People from Libya need their rights back. No one can have the power of taking away the basic right of freedom.

References
Rheannon, F. (2011, March 04). Lesson from Libya: despotism, poverty and risk. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=US108205791820110304
Soguel, D. (2011, April 27). Libyans hope revolt will lift them out of poverty. Middle East Online. Retrieved from http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=45803
United Nations. (1978). The declaration of Universal Human Rights. Office of Public Information. - The united nations and human rights. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

Too Poor Libya

Libya is known for having an extreme oppressive government. This government is creating a status of poverty in the country. By poverty, it is possible to use any definition of a common dictionary, saying that there is a “lack of means of providing material needs or comforts” (Farlex, 2014). In other words, not enough resources are available to make the population live without concerns and wealthy, or anything that provides enough money and proper health to people is offered. If the government has the opportunities to end up or decrease the poverty, than what is happening?

The Libyan government itself has a lack of sagacity when it comes to development using partnerships. It causes a gap of possibilities either for the own politic, and also for some private companies that could be investing on the country, but are stopped by the fear of development. The result is both economic poverty and poor decisions. The first one, because despite of economic growth, since money in this case does not mean wealthy economy, the population has no access to quality health insurance, few options of food, and also no opportunities of jobs (Rheannon, 2011). The second one, since those poor decisions are made with no sense of what can make the country a wealthy place and help the citizens. In one side, there is the result of a country that it is being guided by poor decisions and on the other side, there is the lack of possibilities and un-development that it resulted in, the poverty situation.

On the other hand, Libya does have a market for foreign investment. The country is mined with oil industry and is in need of business speculation, in order to increase the rate of opportunities to citizens and maybe even immigrants. These facts would create an antonym for poverty, and we could call them a sufficient nation. People in Libya could have just what is necessary, instead of having an absence of primordial needs. The result could be Libya out of the terrible margin that says that its population is 40% under the line of poverty (Soguel, 2011).

If the fear is not the growth, but what comes with this whole process, than maybe the country has to think about the meaning of poverty or learn about being self-sufficient. The problem is that until now, this is not a country that can survive without external investments. At the same time that Libya needs other nations pushing up the economy, the own country needs some resources offered by the globe. It is not going to be exploitation between nations and the private sector, if their decisions of allowing private companies be safe and careful.

Using these examples than, there are two possibilities of growing poverty in Libya. One is basically a physical poverty, where the citizens are instantaneously affected – no food, no jobs, equal to no money and after that, no healthy. On the other hand, defining poverty in the idea of political decisions: poor mind. Poor ideas and ideals. Poverty in Libya has at least two meanings. It is enough just to have the wisdom and even the nation will be rich.

References
Farlex, Inc. (2014). Poverty. The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/povertyRheannon, F. (2011, March, 04). Lesson from Libya: despotism, poverty and risk. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=US108205791820110304Soguel, D. (2011, April, 27). Libyans hope revolt will lift them out of poverty. Middle East Online. Retrieved from http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=45803