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...global war on terrorism, Chávez and his allies have mounted an assault on U.S.-backed free-market reforms that are allegedly widening the gap between the region's rich and poor. Since Chávez was elected in 1998 (and again in a special 2000 election), leftist leaders like him have taken power or are leading voter polls in eight countries, including the two largest, Brazil and Mexico. The most recent domino to fall was Bolivia. Last month an uprising by indigenous citizens demanding the nationalization of the country's natural-gas reserves toppled the President, Bolivia's second...
...There's no single mastermind trying to bring down Arroyo. Rather, there are sundry groups arrayed against her: retired military men, loyalists of her predecessor Joseph Estrada (whose overthrow in a People Power demonstration in 2001 gave Arroyo the presidency), leftist organizations rallying the aggrieved poor in regular protests that denounce the government as pro-rich. But street demos are just one tactic to topple Arroyo. The strategy?according to foes of Arroyo as well as palace insiders?is to first discredit the 58-year-old former economics professor in order to turn popular opinion against her. The Senate...
...Rockefeller touched off the most serious street violence since the country's return to democracy more than two years ago. Rockefeller, whose former employer remains a major Argentine creditor, was in Buenos Aires to discuss Latin American economic development. Seven people were injured and 81 arrested when 1,500 leftist demonstrators hurled rocks and eggs, smashed windows and set fires to protest what one group called "our dependence on North American imperialism." The continent's debt was also on the agenda last week in Washington, where Ronald Reagan praised visiting Ecuadoran President León Febres Cordero for his handling...
...country to yet another round of blood-letting. Assad is unlikely to abandon his objective of imposing order on Lebanon, although he is reluctant to commit Syrian troops to the battle. One Syrian option would be to starve Lebanon economically by shutting off its seaports. Said the Beirut leftist daily newspaper As Safir, which often reflects Syrian strategy: "[Gemayel] will not be able to rule, and total paralysis will engulf the state." That situation would be acutely painful for Lebanon's long-suffering citizens, especially since they seemed so close to winning a respite from their agony. --By John Moody...
...François Mitterrand's term runs until 1988, but his party seemed destined to lose the parliamentary majority it has enjoyed since 1981. The election was expected to produce a political griffin with the head of a Socialist and the body of a conservative. More unnerving still, the mismatched leftist President and rightist legislature would be expected to embark on cohabitation, as the French say, or living together, until the presidential election, which is now expected...