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...indispensable to Venezuela, an oil-rich country that has terrible internal problems, most notably a lack of durable democratic institutions and entrenched economic inequality. In fact, he was originally an army paratrooper who became famous in 1992 when he attempted to overthrow the constitutional government in a failed coup d??etat. Old habits die hard...
That message may be getting through. With the election of Obama, d??tente between Iran and the U.S. may be closer than at any time since the two countries severed diplomatic ties with the birth of the Islamic republic in 1979. Obama's foreign policy team views Tehran as both the source of and a possible solution to most of America's problems in the Middle East--from militants in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza to what Washington believes is Tehran's secret nuclear-weapons program. At his first presidential press conference, Obama said that over many years, Iran's actions...
...prices tumbling and the economy in poor shape, Ahmadinejad may face stiff competition in presidential elections this year. Yet even if more moderate politicians like former President Mohammed Khatami come to power, anti-Americanism is so much a part of public life in Iran that the question remains: Is d??tente with the U.S. compatible with the legacy of the Islamic revolution...
Moderates from Iran's religious establishment say d??tente is still possible even without an Arab-Israeli settlement. The U.S. and Iran, says Mohammad Atrianfar, a newsmagazine editor and unofficial mouthpiece for the camp led by Rafsanjani, should set up a system of diplomacy much like that between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the cold war, to prevent disagreements from turning into open conflict. "The only thing we want from the United States is for them not to mess with our country," he says. But that would mean the U.S. accepting Iran's right to have a nonmilitary...
...appear,” mused Jacobs with a smile. “She substantiates me—I work because she’s around.” However, one day in 1964, when Jacobs brought home a pair of “See TV in 3-D?? glasses that he had purchased for one dollar at a local drugstore, Flo’s confidence in her husband wavered for a moment. “More magic beans, Ken?” she asked. But those glasses unlocked a whole new world of cinema for Jacobs, leading...