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...only bilingual, he's also bicultural. He speaks Spanish on the factory floor in Mexico but yells in English at his kids' T-ball games. He knows when to offer a bribe in Mexico (to a traffic cop) and when not to (during an environmental inspection). He prefers chile rellenos to pot roast, gets his allergy medicine in Mexico but his MRI in the U.S. He has a two-sided wallet for pesos and dollars and would practically kill for a cell phone that works in both countries. "We don't know who we are," laughs John Castany, president...
...Canadian border separates the U.S. from 31 million people; the Mexican border divides us from 97 million--or 440 million if you count all the way to Chile. So which is more important--and which has more impact...
EVACUATED. RONALD SHEMENSKI, 59, physician at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; stricken with gallstones and pancreatitis; to Punta Arenas, Chile. In the second such mission in a year and a half--Dr. Jerri Nielsen, suffering from breast cancer, was rescued from the same station in October 1999--a team flying a twin-engine prop plane braved -90[Degrees]F winter weather and complete darkness...
...Summit proposal to create the world's biggest trading bloc say the agreement would empower multinationals at the expense of human rights and the environment. The plan would create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by the end of 2005, stretching from Canada to Chile and covering 800 million people - but excluding Cuba...
...deal by preying on the fear of being left out. Last month, for instance, he wanted to speed up Brazil's march to free trade. But local politics were holding that up. So instead of flying to Sao Paulo, Zoellick flew to Santiago, where he inked a deal with Chile. The result was like a chapter from The Rules: Brazil now wants to speed up talks. But not everyone--the mobs that raged in Quebec, say, or Congressmen from steelmaking districts--can be levered. Zoellick will have to break them or go around them. Some ideas...