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...underlying message of both the economic and the security sessions on Thursday, then, was that poverty matters. That theme was picked up and made explicit at the opening plenary - the best I've ever seen at a Davos. Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said "Terrorism and poverty are twins of each other." Bono, in a series of interventions, nagged away at what he called the "annoying" phenomenon of inequality, and challenged the WEF delegates to commit themselves to ameliorating poverty as a goal for this year's conference. He was, of course, warmly applauded. Cynics will tell you that that...
...underlying purposes of this operation may go beyond the fate of Abu Sayyaf. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has shrewdly used the terrorism threat to dip into Washington's honey jar, coming away with $100 million in military aid and substantial additions to her depleted arsenal. Her country has largely been cut off from military assistance since Manila kicked the U.S. out of its two major South Asian bases in 1991. The Bush Administration was eager to regain a military foothold there. Last November, when Arroyo visited Washington, the President offered to send U.S. combat troops to join...
...these are subjects she now deals with every day. She knows that beneath the daily cacophony assailing her?the sneers, the ingratiation, the pleading and cajoling, and the doubts, always the doubts?are the same questions that have haunted her presidency since she assumed office a year ago: Can Gloria Macapagal Arroyo run this nation? Does she deserve to? Will she have the chance to prove...
...could be done," says Haydee Yorac, chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government. Her point is that the first year of any presidency?or any public office in the Philippines, really?is consumed by paying back supporters. "This (2002) will be the test year." In a stable environment, Gloria Arroyo might ace that test. She would calculate the probabilities, put in the hours, get her policies passed and bring economic progress. But politics in the Philippines is far from stable, and the President hasn't shown an ability or willingness to impose her will on the landscape and seed...
...presence of U.S. personnel in the Philippines is not uncomplicated, however. The withdrawal of the U.S. from its longtime naval base at Subic Bay and Clark Airfield in 1991 came after decades of Filipino nationalist pressure, and inviting American troops back in remains a sensitive decision for President Gloria Arroyo. Her insistence that U.S. forces will be limited to advisory and support roles may reflect a concern that her political rivals may try to exploit nationalist sentiments against her over a renewed American presence. The Maoist New People's Army whose four-decade insurgency in the central Philippines continues...