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After a meeting between the large US delegation and the Colombian cabinet, Clinton and Pastrana held a press conference amid the tropical splendor of the government guest house gardens. Clinton defended the assistance program against both U.S. and Latin American critics: "This is not Vietnam, this is not Yankee imperialism," he declared...
...This has now become an especially topical issue because the Latin American songwriter of "Livin' La Vida Loca," Robi Rosa, is going loco at the Republicans for using his recent hit song "The Cup Of Life" (a sort-of "Livin' La Vida Java") as a centerpiece of their convention. The upbeat tune was blasted out at the conclusion of George W. Bush's acceptance speech. Rosa pointed out that he had not given permission for the usage and labeled the connection "perverse." He specifically lambasted the GOP for "trying to forge a connection to the Latin community with...
Having created golden rice, Potrykus wanted to make sure it reached those for whom it was intended: malnourished children of the developing world. And that, he knew, was not likely to be easy. Why? Because in addition to a full complement of genes from Oryza sativa--the Latin name for the most commonly consumed species of rice--the golden grains also contained snippets of DNA borrowed from bacteria and daffodils. It was what some would call Frankenfood, a product of genetic engineering. As such, it was entangled in a web of hopes and fears and political baggage, not to mention...
...convention 8. A constitutional change has cleared the way for him to seek re-election 9. Tony's son, who was arrested in London for public drunkenness 10. Thieves' hangouts 13. Empty, mathematically 15. Japanese honorific 19. Itches 20. He said Washington has too much money 21. Wife, in Latin and legalese 22. Who gets to call it home was at the heart of last week's Washington summit 25. On the __ (hot-footin' it outta town) 26. D.D.E.'s WW II oversight 27. Tie breakers in some sports, briefly 29. Bay of Fundy phenomenon 30. At some point...
Mahuad, the Heffernan Visiting Fellow, left Ecuador shortly after the coup and has been working at the Kennedy School since April. In the spring he led an IOP study group titled "Conflict, Crisis and Leadership in Latin America." He is working on his own projects in Cambridge over the summer, according to Jennifer Phillips, the coordinator of the visiting fellows program...