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...used its carrots and sticks to successfully pressure nations like Peru and Colombia to defect from Brazil's alliance. Lula, meanwhile, accused Washington of creating a "commercial apartheid." He sent diplomats throughout Latin America to shore up support for what he and Argentine President Néstor Kirchner call the Buenos Aires Consensus, a left-leaning design for trade that emphasizes job creation and access to markets. Now Lula faces a delicate diplomatic moment. If things melt down in Miami, Brazil could be blamed for derailing the ftaa. If Brazil is seen as giving in to the Yankees, it risks...
...Paine Music Hall find a world beyond the usually-conservative offerings of the Music Department: the rare, world-class and often underutilized resources of the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition (HUSEAC). The newest incarnation of the Harvard Electronic Music Studio—founded in 1968 by Leon Kirchner and Morton Subotnick and augmented by Tcherepnin in 1972—is a sight to behold, and to hear. And it’s all there for the taking by undergraduates...
...murdering opponents during the country's "Dirty War" two decades ago. Human rights groups claim that about 1,000 officials - implicated in the murder of as many as 30,000 people during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 - could be prosecuted as a result. With President Nestor Kirchner in favor of sweeping away the protection, only the Supreme Court could stand in the way of future convictions. Safe and Sand MALI Fourteen hostages were freed after being held for up to six months in the Sahara desert by Muslim extremists. The nine Germans, four Swiss, and one Dutch national...
...Ghana, the rebels demanded Taylor resign and allow the formation of a government of national unity. The rebels, a ragtag collection of groups opposing Taylor, have been fighting for three years to oust him. Overdue Overhaul ARGENTINA Wasting no time since becoming President by default last month, Nestor Kirchner fired 10 of 12 senior police commissioners and called on Congress to impeach the widely despised Supreme Court. He also forced more than 50 military generals and admirals into retirement, naming lower-ranking generals in their place. Kirchner said his anticorruption drive was crucial to solving the country's grave economic...
...last chance to salvage a peace agreement brokered last December between the two sides. Separatist rebels have been fighting for an independent Aceh since 1976. PRESIDENT BY DEFAULT ARGENTINA Presidential candidate Carlos Menem withdrew from the race just days before a runoff vote after polls showed his opponent, Nestor Kirchner, would win in a landslide. Kirchner, now victor by default, will assume the presidency on May 25. With the country facing massive foreign debt and half the population in poverty, Kirchner says he will work to restore the confidence of the IMF to regain economic stability. MEANWHILE...