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...School of Government, described the service as fast and the prices affordable, but when asked if he would be back, he responded after a long stare at his empty plate: “I don’t like American food.” He’s from Chile. Salaverria later engaged in a conversation with the Chilean visitor, who added a dash of foreign flavor to the International House. Salaverria explained that the franchise is very popular in America. More than 1,200 branches have opened across this country and Canada since 1958. As four Harvard juniors walked...
...with a masterly, genius-level grasp of mathematics, history and statistics. He proved, inasmuch as it can be proved, that free markets would not impoverish the poor but enrich them, would not ride roughshod over the downtrodden but would empower them. His work with the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile was widely reviled, but Chile is now the free-market powerhouse of the Andes and a democracy. These principles paid off for whole populations in South America, in Russia and in Asia. He was the mentor to Ronald Reagan, to Bush 41, even to Nixon--who did not quite believe just...
...From Chile to Japan, Harvard students traveled the globe last year for thesis research, internships, recreation and income. Last night, some shared their experiences and exhibited their artistry in more familiar surroundings. The Office of International Programs held its third annual International Photo Contest, awarding prizes to undergraduates for photos taken abroad. “You say ‘I went to Venezuela, I went to Tibet,’ and it can be difficult to share that with people,” said Giorgio D. DiMauro, assistant director of the Office of International Programs, who has headed...
...example, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet - whose military coup was supported by the Nixon administration - was arrested in the U.K. and held for 16 months in an extradition battle led by a Spanish magistrate seeking to charge him with war crimes. He was ultimately released and returned to Chile. More recently, a Belgian court tried to bring charges against then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for alleged crimes against Palestinians...
...wine world, the largest producer and, measured by per capita consumption, the heaviest drinker. But for more than a decade, it has been sleepwalking as globalization transformed the business, bringing with it new markets, new consumers and new competitors. Producers from Australia, New Zealand, California, South Africa, Chile and elsewhere have launched massive - and often brilliantly executed - campaigns to promote their wines across the planet. They have ramped up production, introduced a new generation of consumers to inexpensive, fruity wines with labels that are easy to understand, and, in the process, run off with a colossal amount of business...