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...behind on its payments. Indeed, the U.S. Government last week suspended new aid to Peru because of a law requiring a cutoff of funds to countries that are more than a year in arrears. But his policy might set a dangerous precedent: if such debtors as Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, which together owe more than $200 billion, were to limit payments to a fraction of export earnings, many large U.S. banks might face a squeeze on profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defiant Debtor | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Eleanor Roosevelt famously observed, "make the Niagara look like a kitchen faucet." This may be an exaggeration but not by much?after all, the Iguazu Falls are four times wider than Ontario's most famous body of water. Located amid lush rainforest at the border of Brazil and Argentina, they present one of the best (and most deafening) opportunities you will ever have for an encounter with the unbridled power of nature. The Brazilian side has the panoramas, while the Argentinean side offers proximity to the falls themselves. But viewing from both sides is necessary to complete the experience. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waterworld | 4/17/2005 | See Source »

...Eleanor Roosevelt famously observed, "make the Niagara look like a kitchen faucet." This may be an exaggeration but not by much?after all, the Iguazu Falls are four times wider than Ontario's most famous body of water. Located amid lush rainforest at the border of Brazil and Argentina, they present one of the best (and most deafening) opportunities you will ever have for an encounter with the unbridled power of nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

...flash conclave that lasts just one or two days (one to five ballots) would most likely mean that one of the clear frontrunners will stride out above St. Peter?s Square as the new Pope: Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, Dionigi Tettamanzi of Italy, or Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. These are figures that the Cardinals are already pondering as you read this, and may be prepared to rally behind from the moment the voting begins on Monday afternoon. If things begin to drag out, it may very well mean that the Cardinals - or at least the necessary two thirds - were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vatican Diary: A New Papacy Begins | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

...watched the gathering rebellion more closely than Brian Dyson, the president of Coca-Cola USA. A lanky native of Argentina, Dyson had the duty of monitoring overnight reports on consumer reaction. By late May, the findings were looking bad. Dyson concluded that "people had fallen in love with the memory of old Coke" and wanted little to do with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coca-Cola's Big Fizzle | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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