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...building multibillion-dollar fences against Mexican migrants, forcing the drug war on Bolivian coca farmers or hard-selling free-trade pacts to Nicaraguan street vendors who aren't likely to see their benefits, the U.S. is sending signals that it's ready to embrace the kind of policies that matter to Latin voters. Bush himself made a surprise phone call this month to Washington's bitter cold war enemy, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, to congratulate him on winning the presidency again and to pledge U.S. support in urgent areas like microfinancing for small- and medium-size businesses, which employ most...
...Within hours of Chavez's announcement ending the Central Bank's autonomy, the 84-year-old Maza, whose term as a Bank director will expire in a matter of days, disputed the decision on television and radio interviews that are known for being highly critical of the president. "I consider it my duty," he said later, listening to classical music in his office. "I am a man of principles. It's my responsibility as director and as a Venezuelan to defend the autonomy of the Central Bank...
From his seat in the tactical operations center, Army Lieutenant Colonel Edward Taylor can survey a wall-sized black-and-white satellite map of Baghdad. But that bird's-eye view will probably matter less than the two books on the table in front of him, as U.S. troops once again attempt to bring the city under control...
...challenge of climate change and the growing importance of a range of environmental issues. When I launched our campaign for the local elections on the slogan of Vote Blue, Go Green, I'm sure some people thought this was completely mad, but the fact is that the environment does matter to people and they do recognize its importance and they respond to the arguments we're putting out about...
...David Cameron: It's a permanent matter that you have to make a judgement about and be reasonable about. Obviously in politics people want to have a look at you and understand who you are and what makes you tick and what sort of person you are. That's natural and important but you should also be entitled to some privacy. You're trying to set a reasonable set of boundaries that the press can respect and that's something you have to learn as you go along...