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...fusion hors d'oeuvres. Diplomats and policy wonks will be able to get their picture taken with the leader of this urbane revolution, a capitalist Che Guevara literally rolling out the red carpet for his U.S. invasion. This glitzy cafe opening seems an odd counterpoint to the poncho-clad Juan Valdez and his trusty mule Conchita, but the advertising icon needs all the fanfare he can muster for his daunting new mission: to make Colombian coffee hip enough for the Starbucks generation to start caring about his hills of beans...
...Juan Valdez, the fictitious coffee grower created in 1959 to help put Colombian coffee on the map, is trying to spiff up his image. In the face of dirt-cheap international wholesale prices and consumers' increasingly gourmet taste, the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia is hoping to cash in on the Starbucks phenomenon with a five-year, $75 million marketing campaign to reposition its coffee as an upscale brand. While still supplying such supermarket stalwarts as Maxwell House and Folgers, the Colombian coffee industry is struggling to make itself relevant to younger generations of consumers who pooh-pooh...
...cannot let McGreevey use a double standard. Homosexuality cannot be an excuse for adultery and granting political favors to personal friends. If McGreevey were a straight man, he would probably have been impeached already. As Governor, he should assume responsibility for his actions. ABILIO COLON San Juan, Puerto Rico...
...artist. Danielle Quinn Middletown, Delaware, U.S. We cannot let McGreevey use a double standard. Homosexuality cannot be an excuse for adultery and political favoritism. If McGreevey were a straight man, he would probably have been impeached already. As Governor, he should assume responsibility for his actions. Abilio Colon San Juan, Puerto Rico
...class rift among Iraqi Shiites. Sadr's challenge to both the clerical establishment and the traditional Shiite political parties is giving voice to the frustrations of the marginalized majority, and his challenge is likely to continue, and even escalate long after the last shots are fired in Najaf. As Juan Cole, the University of Michigan Middle East historian whose blog is required reading for anyone seeking informed perspective on Iraq notes, Sadr's movement is primarily nationalist, rather than strictly religious, in character. Some of the early photographs of his supporters marching around Baghdad showed them as likely...