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...plan is "not meant to be a very detailed document, but more an aid for you to formulate questions and think about concerns," said the project manager, Gerald Autler...
...only Ortega's plans that have Americans in Nicaragua worried. The Bush Administration worked hard to prevent Ortega from being elected, even threatening to cut aid to Nicaragua if he won the election, and some investors fear the consequences of any move by Washington to make life difficult for a Sandinista government. Says Chris Berry, owner of San Juan del Sur's landmark Pelican Eyes Piedras y Olas Resort, "Everyone here is more afraid of what the U.S. will do than they are of Ortega...
License agreements are just one of the obstacles preventing drugs from reaching the most desperate places. Humanitarian-aid workers still face the challenge of transporting the drugs—and in many cases, such as the BCG vaccine, that task that involves bringing refrigerated fluids to areas without electricity...
...other organizations that wittingly or unwittingly aid extremist groups in Palestinian society are performing a grave disservice to the region as a whole. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only be solved diplomatically; there are simply too many moral, political, and historical factors at play. ISM activists, like Rachel Corrie, idealistically believe they are helping the Palestinians, but in reality only add fuel to the fire, deepening the animosity on both sides...
Palestinian militants often treat Western activists in the West Bank and Gaza with respect and gratitude until they find another use for them. Take, for example, the case of Kate Burton, a Scottish aid worker who was kidnapped, along with her parents, by Palestinian militants in 2005. The militants were only compelled to release the Burtons after the Palestinian Authority intervened...