Word: alfonso
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Prosecutor General Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento, whose relentless pursuit of the drug mob has made him the most popular man in Colombia, told TIME last week that he expected the Botero investigation to conclude within two months. That could well mean more painful news for Samper, who, a Bogota analyst predicted, "will be staggering from revelation to revelation if he doesn't step down." Valdivieso sees one potential benefit in the crisis. "If it is resolved properly," he suggests, "at a time when Colombians are willing to reject the narco society they used to tolerate, we will have a better country...
Guatemalans are bracing for a January 7 runoff election after frontrunner Alvaro Arzu, a popular reform-minded industrialist, fell short of the 50 percent majority he needs to win. His opponent is Republican Front leader Alfonso Portillo, the hand-picked choice of former dictator Efrain Rios. "This election is being closely watched by the international community, which fears that a Portillo victory would mean a serious setback for democracy," TIME's Mike Leffert reports from Guatemala City. "Business is also worried that a Portillo win could threaten privatization projects and guarantees for property rights." Weary of their country...
This movie (written by Robert Mark Kamen, Mark Miller and Harvey Weitzman) is slicker and neater than director Alfonso Arau's widely beloved Like Water for Chocolate, but the calculated naivete of its fabulism can be just as irritating. Yet if you're willing to be wowed, there's also a kind of romantic grandeur about the piece, something inspiriting in its sweeping statement of broad, basic emotions...
Medina, under questioning by investigators for Colombia's independent chief prosecutor, Alfonso Valdivieso, not only gave up Botero but also claimed that the dirty money was raised with Samper's full knowledge...
While the actors portraying the Aragon family aren't coping with utterly idiotic dialogue or language swings, they turn out fantastic performances. The scenes in which all three generations of women gather to prepare meals live up to the quality of those in the last film directed by Alfonso Arau, 'Like Water for Chocolate.' These gentle, touching, brief moments represent what the movie could have been...