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...possibility of 2005 terrifies us," admits Venezuelan foreign minister Luis Alfonso Davila, currently president of the Andean Community of Nations. "Our economies are absolutely not structured to compete in the big leagues." The region's smaller economies in Central America and the Caribbean also fear change, since a huge part of their budget revenue currently comes from tariffs. Even for such a staunch FTAA supporter as Mexico, there is still so much to be gained from further deepening NAFTA ties that opinion is divided. "It's hard to find a real driving force," says Mexican foreign minister Jorge Casta...
...Colombia, former El Tiempo editor Alfonso Martinez told TIME that the crisis in the U.S. would help some local politicians. "Colombians are surprised that there can be no result two days after an election in the U.S. because usually everything is very quick there," says Martinez. "The Palm Beach issue is raising considerable interest since it's being used locally to show that even in the U.S. there are irregularities in elections...
...Colombia, former El Tiempo editor Alfonso Martinez told TIME that the crisis in the U.S. would help some local politicians. "Colombians are surprised that there can be no result two days after an election in the U.S. because usually everything is very quick there," says Martinez. "The Palm Beach issue is raising considerable interest since it's being used locally to show that even in the U.S. there are irregularities in elections...
...cheesiness, the show is hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro (right), a.k.a. Carlton from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." It's quite sad, really, to see him host-I half expect him to break into that Tom Jones routine he used to do on "Fresh Prince." And yet despite all that, I still keep watching the show and singing along. Crazy... I'm crazy for feeling so blue...
...kidnap victims it holds at any one time, as well as rustle cattle, collect hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes from the cocaine mafias it allows to operate freely in the territory and launch vicious attacks on army and police outposts across its "borders." Still, says FARC ideologue Alfonso Cano, a bearded former anthropology professor, that's not much different from the way things had always been. "The only thing that's changed," he notes, "is that we can now go into the town of San Vicente and get us some ice cream...