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...also afoot in the Senate to extend that "buy American" steel requirement to other construction materials covered by the package - causing tempers to flare in Europe. "A dangerous new steel war is looming, and we need to counter it with strong and decisive actions," warned Italian Trade Minister Adolfo Urso on Monday. The problem with that, Lannoo advises, is not only that European retaliation would risk setting off an escalation of protectionist sparring with the U.S.; the powerful forces of protectionism could wind up dividing the E.U. itself...
...first President to pursue an affirmative urban policy. He has announced plans to establish a White House Office of Urban Policy that will both oversee ambitious new initiatives and coordinate existing urban programs across agencies to limit inefficiencies. And he has reportedly tapped New York's Bronx Borough President, Adolfo Carrión Jr., to lead this new Cabinet-level office...
...gathering of 217 Jesuit leaders in Rome chose little-known Father Adolfo Nicolas, 71, as their new "Superior General", a position that has historically been a lifetime posting. The leader of the Jesuits has sway over a network of priests, universities, hospitals and other missionary institutions around the globe. Though there was no real white smoke to alert the world that they'd found a new leader, as there is in the conclave of Cardinals that elects the Pope, the vote is nonetheless a sacred and secret affair. An oath of loyalty is recited before the balloting, and tradition holds...
...Adolfo Calero, one of the three leaders of the United Nicaragua Opposition, said last week in Miami that his organization became so broke during the congressional cutoff that it is now $2 million in debt. Calero claimed that the contras rarely received any cash from the U.S. Government. The nonlethal aid arrived, he said, in the form of "goods and services," and the contras were asked to keep records on the deliveries...
...that it is hurting Mexico's competitiveness. "The key to being successful in business in Mexico is to have little competition. I guess everyone in the world wants this, but the problem is that the state cannot foster that if you want to be a successful country," says Adolfo Hellmund, a former economic adviser to López Obrador who used to work at ALFA, another Monterrey firm. "They are our Rockefellers and Carnegies. We are now the country of the robber barons...