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...crusade against one of the Central American country's biggest scourges: corruption. "Corruption and impunity are part of the perverse way our political, economic and social systems function," Portillo said in 2002. A year later, he even proposed letting the U.N. establish a commission in Guatemala to help the country???s fledgling judicial institutions root out the sleaze...
...would be met with a tremendous amount more hostility than I was throughout the Middle East. I thought there would be a lot more people who across the board had anti-American sentiment. And it just wasn?t the case. There were people who were very upset about our country???s government and about the foreign policy of our country, which I would say to them, Well the people elect government. They would say, Yeah, but at the same time you don?t know what?s going to happen once people get into office. They were very astute at making...
...ruins, evocative British colonial architecture, world-class hiking and climbing in the Karakoram Mountains, gorgeous rolling green meadows, captivating culture, great food (especially the fruits and kebabs) and some of the best carpet shops in South Asia. Unfortunately, it is also regularly described as the world's most dangerous country???which, while more intriguing than slogans like "Malaysia, truly Asia" and "I feel Slovenia," is not exactly an inducement for people to visit...
...state and local economy. The L.A.O.O.C. will have generated another billion in commerce and, while accepting no charity, will have promoted millions for youth organizations. If the most joyful ambition of the Games is realized, a 10,000-man-woman-and-child relay team of torchbearers will connect the country???from 1912 Olympian Abel Kiviat to retired Baseball Star Johnny Bench to the ordinary jogger in the street?and along the way $30 million could be the gain for youth...
...special-interest groups. There is no way for me to express adequately my concern about the detrimental impact of special interests in Washington. In many cases members of Congress can be induced to vote against the interests of the country???bought legitimately, with political threats on one hand and financial rewards on the other. The situation is getting worse. You have not only the financial payoffs with contributions and honorariums, but a tendency by Congress and the Administration to weaken ethics restraints. There are also those right-wing political-action committees that can spend hundreds of thousands to promote...