Word: fidelity
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...decidedly leftist feel from another era. That much was clear from the Che Guevara banners flying at the "counter summit" rally Friday. Folk singers crooned in Spanish, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave an hours-long speech of Castro-style invective against the United States and George W. Bush. Fidel Castro may not have been invited to the summit, but protestors carried his image on banners all over the place. All of this was a far cry from the inchoate Vegan-anarchist tenor of the anti-globalization demonstrations that have accompanied most gatherings of the captains of the world economy...
...Chavez in 2002 (a charge the White House denies). Fuel was added last summer when conservative televangelist Pat Robertson-a high-profile supporter of President Bush - publicly called for Chavez's assassination. (Robertson has since apologized.) Chavez is a democratically elected president, but his close friendship with Cuba's Fidel Castro, his own flirtations with autocratic government and his recently declared interest in acquiring nuclear technology have Washington bristling. As a result, the fiery Chavez and his growing number of supporters around the region remain vocally convinced that Bush is out to kill...
PREDICTOR Eleanor Clift on The McLaughlin Group PREDICTION ''Fidel Castro will fall in '93, finally, and his daughter will be a prominent player in the new government.'' WHAT HAPPENED Fidel remains in power. His daughter has just defected...
...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...