Word: alberto
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...repelled voters most, and to ignore that reality would only invite trouble. Instead, says Bart Jones, author of a new Chávez biography, !Hugo!, it's time for Chávez and chavistas "to stop thinking about the Bolivarian Revolution as a one-man show and start cultivating other leaders." Alberto Barrera, co-author of another biography, Hugo Chávez, agrees: "Chavistas have unfortunately reached that ideological point where they can't even imagine any other President." If so, however, they risk leaving chavismo - and in turn Venezuela's poor - politically orphaned in the 2012 election against a more conservative opposition...
...against the Soviet Union, the organization's Afghanistan orthopedic programs have treated more than 76,000. But they don't stop at giving people prosthetic limbs. The ICRC's Ali Abad Ortho Center in Kabul provides jobs, employing only the disabled. "We discriminate 100% here," says Alberto Cairo, an effusive Italian who heads the orthopedic program. "If you want a job here, cut off your leg." He pauses to pet the center's resident collie, which limps because it was hit by a car. "Actually, don't do that. We don't have enough jobs as it is." Cairo nods...
...wives that their marriage was over at a press conference. Loyalty, an attractive virtue in friendship, is an alarming one in politics, when faithful cronies are promoted in public service simply because they show fealty to the boss. 'Twas ever thus, of course. But with the ghosts of Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers still rattling around loudly in Washington, Americans have learned what can happen when a President places too much faith in those who have served him - and only him - for years, and then puts them in pivotal positions of law enforcement...
...then--trouble, both on and off the field. Corinthians president Alberto Dualib fueled speculation that Joorabchian had ties with a Russian tycoon wanted in Russia for alleged financial fraud. Elimination from the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition, led to violent protests by fans. Hundreds of supporters rioted, invading the pitch and threatening Joorabchian and even throwing bombs at Dualib's home. It's not the first time fans have rioted, and it certainly won't be the last. But Joorabchian has set a new direction, and he insists that "there is a big potential financially in this...
Back in Caracas today, Chávez is conveniently leaving the comments of Zapatero, who is supposed to be one of his leftist kindred spirits, out of the discussion. "What Zapatero said must have really bothered Chávez," says Venezuelan author and Chávez biographer Alberto Barrera. "It broke with the leftist fundamentalism on Latin America that he demands all his allies follow...