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...more of a "partnership" with Latin America instead of the traditional U.S. dominance.) But if history is any guide, it's doubtful that the situation will lead to anything like a Latin version of the European Union (E.U.). The Latin American landscape is littered with the acronyms of failed attempts to realize Simón Bolívar's dream of regional unity, and CELAC may well turn out to be little more than Calderón's attempt to make Mexico regionally and globally relevant again alongside Brazil (which, not coincidentally, sends less than a fifth of its exports...
...prove far-fetched points, both then and now, has its critics. "I think often our conversations about animals tend to go to these weird extremes and act to conceal what we are doing to them every day," says Jonathan Safran Foer, whose new book, Eating Animals, relates his attempt to understand how animals become food. "Should we swat flies, is it possible that plants like it when we play classical music, can dogs commit suicide - all of these things may be interesting, but they have nothing to do with how we regularly interact with animals...
Just when the offense started working, defense let the Crimson down. The Harvard men’s volleyball team (1-11, 1-1 EIVA) came up short on the road again on Wednesday, making a brief comeback attempt before falling to Rivier, 3-1, in Nashua...
...Faced with such alarming statistics, the European Union, in an attempt to battle the bloc's growing bulge, is mulling drastic changes in the way food products are labeled. The most controversial of the proposals so far is a flashy label backed by health and consumer groups that's based on the colors of a traffic light. Already fixtures in many British supermarkets, the labels use red, yellow and green circles to indicate how healthy products are in four categories: fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt. If a box of cookies is high in sugar, for instance...
...statue to Prince Svatopluk, a leader of the 9th century Great Moravian Empire in central Europe who has become a central figure in the government's push toward establishing Slovak heroes. Fico also triggered a heated debate when he described the nation's ancestors as "old Slovaks" -an attempt to demonstrate that the country has a deep and respectable history. And last year, parliament passed a language act that, among other things, instituted a fine of $6,800 for failing to use the Slovak language in official and public communications -a move that further estranged the country...