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Though the Harvard men's golf team placed fifth at the Ivy League Golf Championships this weekend, the tournament was not without its bright spots for the Crimson. While Pennsylvania won the team championship, Harvard senior co-captain Alex Gonzalez shot the lowest combined score for the tournament...
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...evidence against Pedro Miguel Gonzalez was strong. Three eyewitnesses said they saw him gun down U.S. Army Sergeant Zak Hernandez in 1992, days before a scheduled visit to Panama by President George Bush. The vehicle used in the shooting was found abandoned at the Gonzalez family ranch, the alleged murder weapon buried at Gonzalez's sister's workplace. Nevertheless, on Nov. 1, after years of delay and controversy, a jury found Gonzalez, the son of the head of Panama's ruling party, innocent of murder, setting off an explosion of indignation. In a replay of the rhetorical battles that marked...
Concern over the Gonzalez verdict goes beyond the imperfections of Panama's court system. The U.S. is scheduled to turn over full operation of the Panama Canal to Panama two years from now. And the question arises: If this is the way the Panamanians run their criminal-justice system, what hope is there for the canal...
Still, the Gonzalez acquittal is one of several events that raise questions as to whether the canal can remain free from Panamanian politics--widely acknowledged to be among the most patronage-ridden in Latin America. The fear, especially among shippers, is that the canal, which contributes $100 million of its $600 million in annual tolls to Panama, will be used as a cash cow for fiscally strapped governments and an employment agency for whatever party is in power...