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...vengeance against political foes. Several opposition leaders are under seemingly arbitrary investigation for financial fraud, illegal land holdings or ties to a supposed terrorist cell the government claims plotted to assassinate Morales last spring. The government also has flooded the country with enough Evo hagiography to rival Fidel Castro's overweening personality cult in communist Cuba. (See a story about Bolivia's bizarre conspiracy plot...
...political panacea. A transparent vote is of course a good thing - but for too long the U.S. has given Latin countries the impression that it's the only thing, muffling the harder message that real democracy is what happens after elections. Critics may call Chávez an authoritarian Castro wannabe. Yet he's remained in power for 10 years, and may well last another 10, in part because he's exploited Washington's election obsession. He's been cleanly voted in three times and that's helped him retain a democratic legitimacy despite his hegemonic power inside Venezuela. Valenzuela...
...Finally, there is Susan, who, like Fidel Castro, outlasts them all. No one is more devoted to the House than she, and we are grateful for all that she has done for all of us during our time at Cabot...
...mark down prices on DVDs, video games and other electronics even before Black Friday. Its push into electronics comes as the sector faces fewer competitors as a result of the demise of Circuit City and Tweeter over the past year. "We will not be beaten on price," said Eduardo Castro-Wright, vice chairman of Walmart Stores Inc., during the company's annual investor meeting last month. Anticipating a crush of early Black Friday shoppers, Walmart has announced that it intends to keep many of its stores open on a 24-hour cycle from Thanksgiving through Black Friday. (See pictures...
...JUANITA CASTRO, the younger sister of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, revealing in a new memoir that she worked undercover for the CIA during the 1960s...