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...Many attribute the OAS's newfound effectiveness to its current Secretary General, former Chilean Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza - a moderate socialist and veteran political operative nicknamed El Panzer for his tank-like drive. His 2005 election to a five-year term as OAS chief gained him Latin street cred, because he was the first candidate in the history of the organization elected without U.S. backing. (The U.S. eventually accepted him as Secretary General after dropping its bid to seat a more conservative Mexican nominee.) Insulza gained further credibility as an impartial broker last year when Chavez, widely regarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refereeing the Colombia Standoff | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...race is certainly tight. The Center for Sociological Research, Spain's main polling institution, released a survey on February 16 giving the Socialists a slim 1.5-point advantage over the Popular Party. More recently, Metroscopia's poll for the liberal newspaper El País put the Socialists' lead at 4.1%. Either way, says University of Murcia political scientist Ismael Crespo, the Socialists have to hope for a high turnout. "The PP's ranks are very loyal; 80 to 85% of those who voted for them in 2004 will vote for them this time," he says. "But traditionally, about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain's Tough Race Enters Final Stretch | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard gets a great chance literally in the final second, but Dekanich makes one last glove save on a rebound to secure the tie. We've got to get going, I'm sure we're going to have to dig our metallic gray rental car, which we have dubbed "El Zorro de Plata" (major shout...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Hockey @ Colgate | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...strong support from African Americans in cities like Dallas and Houston, and that support will be amplified by the baroque rules under which Texas Democrats award delegates. To offset his advantage, Clinton must do extremely well with the Latino voters who dominate large parts of South Texas from El Paso to Brownsville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fight for the Texas Democrats | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...Since independence the governments and the presidents have forgotten about the northeast," says El Hadj Abdullah Yusuf, an elder and one of the biggest traders in the town of 20,000. "If it wasn't for the aid workers there would be no hospital here," he sighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Darfur Represents Hope | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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