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...economy as a golden moment to cement the hegemony of progressive ideas on how to manage capitalism. But when the luminaries of what was once known as the "Third Way" movement, including G-20 host and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Vice President Joe Biden, gathered in Chile last weekend for the Summit of Progressive Leaders, the cupboard seemed remarkably bare of new ideas...
...government that they wanted nothing more than to protect one of the most beautiful and heretofore untouched stretches of forest in the world - what the Chilean poet Mario Miranda Soussi once called the "Patagonia of infinite land and water." Today Tompkins and his wife own 2 million acres in Chile and Argentina centered on the private nature sanctuary of Pumalin Park, which Tompkins plans to turn over to the Chilean people eventually. "He's preserved more rain forest than anyone else on Earth," says Humes...
...while heading up Esprit, he would regularly disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America - so when he burned out in the corporate world, Tompkins took his fortune, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and began steadily buying acre after acre of threatened virgin forest in Chile. But he met with considerable resistance from the Chilean government and media: the idea of a rich gringo going down to South America to protect nature, not exploit it, seemed so absurd to post-Pinochet Chileans that they suspected Tompkins was up to something...
...Latin Flair. Lan Airlines, a Oneworld partner, is offering low fares to South America. If you've always wanted to climb to Machu Picchu, you can now fly to Peru from Miami for as little as $298 round-trip. For a more urbane getaway, fly from Los Angeles to Chile ($749 round-trip) to sample some Malbec vintages, or head to Argentina from New York City ($599 round-trip) to perfect your tango. Purchase tickets before Feb. 28 for travel before June...
...Decision-making within sovereign states like Chile greatly impacts hemispheric affairs. Bachelet has passed on the opportunity to send a positive message to transnational institutions like the Organization of American States, which have explicitly sought democratic goals. Politicians will not find integrity in positive change for their own nations unless they are ready to advocate that change for all others. As President Bachelet writes her legacy, this chapter will be one that sacrifices the dignity of her diplomacy and ironically makes her a challenge to democracy in Latin America...