Word: lias
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...problem with the shift on coups is that Latin America now expects action to back it up. Honduras is Obama's first hemispheric crisis. There are obviously higher White House priorities right now, and Obama insists he's diligently working for a negotiated solution. But diplomats from Brasília to Mexico City say they fear he's only half-heartedly pressuring Honduras' new government to let Zelaya back in to finish his term, a perception that could squander the trust he's built. That might create problems down the road - for America and the Americas alike. (See pictures...
Block, Francesca Lia • burning - yes, actual setting fire to - of latest book by is urged by group of Christian extremists in Wisconsin...
...does not like admitting it, but once in the presidency, Lula embraced Cardoso's macroeconomic orthodoxy. He then used that as a base on which to weld social programs, such as Bolsa Família, a grant scheme that has paid out more than $20 billion in aid to poor families in return for parents getting their children vaccinated and making sure they attend school. Brazil's business leaders insist record profits during the 2005-2008 boom allowed Lula to aid the poor; Lula argues his antipoverty crusade fueled the economic growth. It's a chicken-and-egg debate...
Just wait a couple of months, though. Politicians from Beijing to Berlin to Brasília see the current crisis as the product of a messed-up global financial infrastructure dominated by the U.S., and they will soon be pushing for big changes--whether Americans like them...
...that appears too weak to hold his weight and another falls into holes that aren’t really there. “Aurélia’s Oratorio” is full of such bizarre moments, which combine to create a poetic and wonderful production. Aurélia Thierrée’s practically one-woman show, written and directed by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin and running at the American Repertory Theatre through Jan. 3, is a surreal evening of intricate choreography, acrobatics, and optical illusion. At the start of “Oratorio...