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Written by Mitch Frank...
...mountain to prosperity, much of Latin America is only in the foothills. No region offers a more sobering picture of how volatility translates into vulnerability than Latin America. In 1999 it was nature that buffeted the region--El Nino, the effects of 1998's hurricanes Georges and Mitch, the floods of coastal Venezuela--but a collapse on Wall Street could have a no less devastating effect. Moises Naim, editor of the journal Foreign Policy, based in Washington, noted that 1999 set a series of dismal records for Latin America: the highest unemployment rates ever recorded, the highest fiscal deficits...
...formed are with left-leaning Democrats. In the past two years he has befriended Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, in part because they share an interest in campaign-finance reform but mainly because he admires Feingold's nerve and honesty. At the same time he has antagonized Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, mainly because he thinks he's a creep. Indeed, except on one occasion, I have been unable to detect in McCain any of the usual Republican prejudices. That exception was when I told him I was moving to Berkeley, Calif. At the thought he wrinkled up his nose...
...Mitch Frank...
...John Glenn, at the time a Democratic Senator from Ohio. And Republican Congressman Jim Bunning of Kentucky, now a Senator. And Charles Stenholm, the Democratic Representative from Texas. And Richard Lugar, the Republican Senator from Indiana. And Mike DeWine, the Republican Senator from Ohio. And, of course, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senator from Kentucky, who is Congress's most strident advocate of unlimited money in elections...