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...DIED. Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 81, acerbic, leftist Indonesian novelist and dissident; in Jakarta. Detained in 1965 by the anticommunist Suharto regime, he wrote his most famous work, the Buru Quartet, while imprisoned. The series of books chronicled Indonesia's battle for independence from Dutch colonialists, who in the writer's eye bore a striking similarity to Suharto. Freed from house arrest in 1992, he remained an outspoken critic of corrupt Indonesian governments until his death...
DIED. Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 81, acerbic leftist Indonesian novelist and dissident; in Jakarta. Detained in 1965 by the anticommunist Suharto regime, he wrote his most famous work, the Buru Quartet, while imprisoned. The series of books chronicled Indonesia's battle for independence from Dutch colonialists--who in the writer's eyes bore a striking similarity to Suharto. Freed from house arrest in 1992, he remained an outspoken critic of corrupt Indonesian government until his death...
...face, the stunning move by Bolivian President Evo Morales to bring his nation's recently discovered natural gas reserves, South America's second largest, under state control would seem to be a triumph for Chavez and his quest to integrate Latin America under his leftist "Bolivarian Revolution" (named for South America's independence hero, Simon Bolivar). But while Venezuela has the hemisphere's largest oil reserves, Bolivia is still a bit player on the world energy stage. And while Morales' nationalization decree was certainly a strong rebuke to the U.S.-backed capitalist reforms that have swept the region over...
...What's more, not all the parties to the negotiations feel such a high degree of left-wing solidarity. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may be a leftist himself, but he views Chavez's more radical "21st-century socialism" with a dose of skepticism and concern. It is quite possible that the nationalization may have enhanced the bargaining position of Morales - who told TIME before his January inauguration that "the foreign companies have to be subordinate to the Bolivian people." But Mares and other experts warn that the fact that Morales sent armed troops into the country...
...Latin American left, and to keep it together through all this would be a great achievement for him. He's already gotten away with things" - like thwarting President Bush's plans for a hemispheric free trade agreement - "that no one thought possible from a Latin American leftist just a few years...