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...black bulletproof Mercedes limousine pulled up at the crowded downtown plaza as the final United Left rally before the balloting in Lima's tight mayoral race was getting under way. Peering through the dark tinted windshield, the man behind the wheel discreetly -- and expertly -- gauged the size and mood of the crowd. Then he made a quick decision: the candidate for mayor put up by his ruling center-left Popular American Revolutionary Alliance (A.P.R.A.) needed help. The limo wheeled around and headed back to the presidential palace half a mile away. Bucking a tradition that has kept Peruvian chief executives...
Lightweight singles-men--1, P. Tattersall, Kingston R.C., 18:28.39; 2, P. Fuchs, New York Athletic Club; 3,m F. Viacava, Regattes (Lima, Peru...
...nobody's going to go back and eat their lima beans after the apple...
Free enterprise has a way of sprouting in even the harshest ground. In Peru, a burgeoning "informal sector" has grown up alongside state-owned companies. Says Hernando De Soto, director of the Institute for Freedom and Democracy, a Lima research group: "The informal sector is laying the basis for capitalism." Workshops in Lima shantytowns produce shoes, bicycles, blankets and virtually anything else that can be sold by the tens of thousands of street vendors who throng the capital's pavements. The thriving alternate economy accounts for more than a third of Peru's annual production...
...ideological distinctions between capitalism and socialism take second place to results. As Deng has said, "It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, it is a good cat as long as it catches mice." Capitalism is rapidly spreading from China's farms to its cities. Like Lima, Peking swarms with private vendors offering everything from soft drinks to socks. The hawkers cluster in 600 free markets in Peking and 61,000 throughout China. In the northeastern city of Shenyang, the government leases factories to individual managers, who can earn up to $19,000 a year, or nearly...