Word: garcia
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...years ago, a Czech author may have reported a Western spy to the local authorities. The man, whose reputation is in shambles after a report released last week, is Milan Kundera who, according to a 1985 New York Times article, did for Eastern Europe “what Gabriel Garcia Marquez did for Latin America in the 1960’s and Alexander Solzhenitsyn did for Russia in the 1970?...
...author of five collections of poetry and five books—including “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”—Alvarez related the factors that shaped her evolution as an writer. She described her family fleeing from the dictatorial regime in their native Dominican Republic, as well as the subsequent struggle to find her identity and voice as a young immigrant to America...
...week ago, Garcia reached outside his party and picked a left-leaning governor as the new Cabinet chief. But the scandal has not faded. Congress has appointed a special committee to investigate 17 oil and gas exploration contracts awarded in September, including the five given the Norwegian company in a consortium with Peru's state-owned oil company, as well as 36 others handed out in the past two years. The head of the committee, Rep. Daniel Abugattas, said he expects to find a pattern of deceit. "The government has been giving away our natural resources to the lowest bidders...
...make matters worse for Garcia, a major operation against remaining rebel strongholds in the central jungle went south during the week, with important losses and allegations of human rights abuses. A roadside bomb detonated Oct. 9 by remnants of the Maoist Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) rebels killed 13 soldiers and two civilians, including a young boy, in the remote Huancavelica state. A soldier was killed the previous day and two others on Oct. 14. It was the deadliest attack since 10 people were killed in a bombing in Lima, the capital, in March 2002, on the eve of a visit...
...punch of corruption and terrorism came as Garcia has been battling a small, but stubborn jump in inflation. Inflation is absurdly low when compared to the seven digits from the 1980s, but it still has Peruvians worried because at 5.3% through September it is more than double the initial forecast for the year. The administration has reacted with anti-inflationary policies, cutting expenses and reducing government, which seem oddly out of touch with the rhetoric about the country's economy, which is otherwise booming. The economy has expanded by nearly 10% monthly since Garcia took office and indicators even during...