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...Many had hoped it would not only revive peace talks to end Colombia's bloody, four-decade-old civil war, but also be a precursor to freeing three Americans held by the guerrillas. The debacle has now left Chavez looking humiliated, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe looking churlish and the leftist rebels, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces - known by their Spanish acronym, the FARC - looking more than ever like the deceitful thugs their critics insist they've become over the years...
This week's setback could, by the same token, make Chavez a smarter and more effective mediator in the long run. Many still believe that his leftist bona fides make him the right man to persuade the guerrillas to release hostages and the government to free hundreds of jailed rebels. All that could in turn help end a war that has killed almost 40,000 people, displaced millions more and drawn the U.S., albeit indirectly, into the conflict with some $1 billion a year in anti-drug...
...detestable acts were committed, I condemn them, but they were not done on my orders. I reject the charges totally.' ALBERTO FUJIMORI, former Peruvian President, in an outburst on the first day of his trial on charges he authorized death squads to eliminate leftist rebels in the 1990s...
...everyone is cheering, of course. Detractors accuse the openly leftist mayor of spending public money to provide circuses for poor Mexicans in exchange for their votes. Ebrard is having none of it, retorting that such criticism comes from the rich élite who can afford to take vacations on the beach or at ski resorts. The mayor is laying on recreation for the city's millions of have-nots who can barely afford to feed their families, let alone take a holiday. "The ice rink has been an incredible success," the mayor said recently. "Look how many people have come...
...Being mayor of Mexico City is a traditional apprenticeship for presidential candidates of Ebrard's leftist Democratic Revolution Party. But after a year in office, Ebrard shows no sign of becoming his party's anointed champion. He is constantly overshadowed by his mentor and predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who gained immense popularity with pension schemes for the poor and construction projects for the middle class. Lopez Obrador lost the 2006 presidential race to conservative Felipe Calderon by less than 0.5 percent of the vote in an election that was decided in the courts. The charismatic silver-haired leftist claims...