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...Latin America. In fact, its diplomatic corps (usually called Itamaraty, after the name of the Foreign Ministry's Modernist building in Brasília) is widely considered one of the world's best, and it has played a key role in defusing South American crises like last year's chest-thumping row between Colombia and Venezuela. Brazilian troops run the U.N. mission in violence-torn Haiti. And Lula, one of the world's most popular heads of state, has become arguably the most effective intermediary between Washington and a resurgent, anti-U.S. Latin left. (Read about the Honduras quagmire...
...death of a U.S. Census Bureau worker in Clay County, Ky., who was found hanging from a tree, reportedly with the word Fed scrawled on his chest, rippled through the national consciousness more than other crimes from rural, tucked-away corners might have. The discovery of the body of Bill Sparkman, 51, a substitute teacher and a field worker for the bureau, comes at a time when talk media, tea parties and white-hot town-hall meetings have fanned antigovernment sentiment. Speculation has run rampant that the Sparkman case may be related to the vitriol. Kentucky, like many other Southern...
...prepared for the elements, then you are good to go. For those of you who are either a) insane fans, b) plan on getting extremely hammered, or c) Russian—and therefore think New England winter weather is weak—you are encouraged to paint your chest along with six other insane, drunk, and/or Russian friends to spell out “Harvard.” Remember to use all caps, stand in the right order, and not be fat (nobody wants to see that). You may want to have a UHS appointment scheduled ahead of time...
Despite his seemingly invulnerable political position, the 66-year-old Menino found himself challenged this year by three much younger candidates, all of whom promised to bring change and transparency to Boston. But Menino has thus far overwhelmed opponents using his superior campaign manpower and war chest. According to the Globe, Menino’s campaign had $939,000 to spend as of a week ago, compared to Flaherty?...
...page populist fantasy in which a small group of billionaires and media moguls - led by Warren Buffett and including Ted Turner, George Soros, Bill Cosby, Yoko Ono and Phil Donahue - pool their massive resources to reform the U.S. With the help of a $15 billion war chest and a p.r. campaign starring a talking parrot, the group successfully unionizes Walmart, ends corporate influence on Congress, makes Warren Beatty the governor of California and legalizes industrial hemp. TIME talked to Nader about the origins of his book, its celebrity characters and the U.S.'s real-life political battles. (See 50 entertainment...