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...political climate in Latin America is changing. Now that most nations enjoy a greater degree of national security than they did a decade ago--Peru was in chaos when Fujimori first came to office--it is time that they move away from autocratic, superficial democratic rule, toward true national consensus-building. In this new age, dissolving Congress and the Supreme Court, as Fujimori did in 1992, is not acceptable. Whether Peruvian voters choose Fujimori or Toledo in June, one hopes that their ballots will reflect a justified confidence in the integrity of the electoral system...
...Hinckley, they have. Axis II refers to the way an individual behaves in the world. Hinckley was found to have narcissistic personality disorder. According to Levine, opinions are mixed on whether an Axis II condition can ever go into remission. My research of the field shows otherwise. The general consensus is that Axis II disorders never entirely go away. Has Hinckley done something unheard of, been healed of a narcissistic disorder, a driving desire to be noticed at any cost...
...assistance, though, comes at a price. The fund's basic operating premise is that policy adjustments are as important as funds in turning around struggling economies. It therefore requires beneficiaries of its loans to adopt a set of policies in line with the fund's "Washington Consensus" - cutting government spending, opening up markets to foreign trade and investment and adopting the free market principles that have prevailed in the U.S. over the past two decades. Loans are typically disbursed in stages, with IMF officials measuring compliance with the fund's terms...
...debt burden, the bulk of which is owed to the IMF and World Bank. Many of the world's 40 poorest countries spend a considerable portion of their GNP (which in many cases is smaller than their debt) simply on paying the interest owed. It's a point of consensus now between all but the most diehard conservatives that without significant debt relief, billions of the world's poorest people will remain mired in poverty. Not only is the debt devouring resources that could be used for funding basic health, nutrition and education where it's most desperately needed; most...
...there does not seem to be a consensus among Harvard faculty members and administrators over what should be done to reverse this trend, or even whether anything can be done...