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...Latin America’s ‘strong man’ phenomenon stems from deeper historical roots. The Enlightenment brought admirable leaders, San Martín and Simón Bolívar, who were comparable to George Washington, but local leaders shattered their dream of a free and united continent. Latin America—a gargantuan landmass with roughly the same Catholic beliefs, mostly one language, and similar cultural heritage, institutions, and economic development—was not encouraged to unite as a republic, or even a confederacy...
...example, in Argentina Juan Domingo Perón enfranchised millions, but could not complain when a coup deposed him: He had led one himself less than a decade before. The country subsequently suffered six “constitutional interruptions” in less than a century...
...undergraduate experience coalesce within the confines of the archetypal coffee shop: caffeine-addled study sessions, flirtatious glances over sourcebooks, heated yet meaningless discussions of self-important pseudo-intellectuals. The ideal collegiate coffee shop sells more than lemon cakes and Ecuadorian brews: in its role as an informal campus meet-n-greet...
...personas all the way to the bank, with their own lines of pornographic films.Only years after denouncing films that “exploit the color,” Ice Cube has turned into a bona fide Hollywood star. His work, since his debut in “Boyz N Tha Hood,” has included the Gulf War epic “Three Kings,” and South Central L.A. comedy “Friday,” and has fulfilled the promise of his once-youthful outrage. But does every black actor have to be a Sidney...
...appearance kicked off the second annual lecture series sponsored by the St. Paul’s Lay Committee on Contemporary Spiritual-and-Public Concerns. The series will bring 15 speakers to the church, just steps away from Quincy and Adams Houses. The archbishop of Boston, Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, began the event with a prayer...