Word: mahuad
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While many remember with fondness the special convocation for Nelson Mandela or the charm of King Abdullah of Jordan, a few guests, like Mahuad, could be accused of using the University's name for unsavory ends. For example, this past spring, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, touted as a progressive woman leader, gave a public address at the Institute of Politics. While many in the audience gushed at how wonderful it was to see a female head of government from South Asia, no one mentioned another Bangladeshi proponent of women's rights, Kalpana Chakma...
...list goes on and on. Besides Mahuad, other internationally infamous Harvard alums include former kleptocrats such as Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, as well as strongmen like one-time IOP fellow and Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew. Bhutto, widely viewed in Pakistan as hopelessly corrupt, found an enthusiastic audience at the IOP after losing power...
...Ecuadorean Supreme Court on issued warrants for the arrest of Jamil Mahuad, the former president of Ecuador, who is now a fellow at the Institute of Politics (IOP), on July...
...warrants allege that Mahuad committed unconstitutional and possibly corrupt acts when he froze Ecuador's bank accounts during that country's financial crisis...
...Mahuad responded by issuing a press release detailing the problems he faced and the rationale for his response. He denied any wrongdoing, and a team of lawyers has been working to get the warrants revoked...