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...hope Bill Clinton doesn't get any ideas from Philippine President Fidel Ramos, who will auction as a "relic" the lump of cholesterol that doctors recently removed from his right carotid. Proceeds will go to Smokey Mountain--the big garbage dump that is now the site of low-cost housing. No word on whether Sotheby's is interested...
...Moving Too Quickly? I was dismayed by the urgency that former President Fidel V. Ramos voiced in pushing for constitutional change and a parliamentary system of government for the Philippines [Aug. 15-22]. Ramos means to have the administration overhauled in barely a year, but all the average Filipino knows about the parliamentary system is that instead of a President, a Prime Minister presides over government. The parliamentary system is ideal for a highly informed and involved electorate, but it carries the risk that a privileged few will prey on voter ignorance and build fiefdoms that will lead to crippling...
...Political Solution In his interview with TIME, former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos stated that if the Philippines switches to a parliamentary system of government, "there will be greater continuity, accountability, predictability and responsibility" [Aug. 15-22]. Ramos believes such a switch could plug the hole in our sinking ship of state. In light of the deepening political turmoil, however, that is getting ahead of ourselves. The solution must start with a satisfactory political compromise to prevent the ship from sinking-with all Filipinos on board. Antonio A. Talao Parañaque City, the Philippines...
...leader's assassination last night-"I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it...We have the ability to take him out"-Robertson will have surely made Chavez an even more popular anti-yanqui icon in Venezuela, Latin America and around the world. Like his mentor Fidel Castro, Chavez thrives on threats from the U.S., real or perceived. He has long insisted that his foes are plotting to kill him, and this summer had armed civilians training with the Venezuelan military to prepare for what he says is an imminent U.S. invasion. A public effort to whack...
...Mart?nez, de 58 a?os, que fue sacado de Cuba a escondidas por sus padres cuando ten?a 15 a?os para escapar el r?gimen de Fidel Castro, ech? su suerte con la dinast?a Bush en el 2000, cuando el gobernador de La Florida, Jeb Bush, le pidi? que fuera codirector de la campa?a de su hermano a la presidencia. El presidente nombr? a Mart?nez secretario de Vivienda y entonces, para facilitar su propia victoria en La Florida en las elecciones del 2000, le dio empuje como candidato al senado brind?ndole, entre otras cosas, un discurso en el pleno de la Convenci?n Nacional...