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...argue, are less about empowering the people than about concentrating power in the hands of Chávez. Among the initiatives: eliminating presidential term limits; putting the now autonomous Central Bank under the President's control; and the creation of regional vice presidents. Provincial leaders like Ramón Martínez, Governor of eastern Sucre state and himself a socialist, consider the latter idea a lavish centralization of federal authority, as well as a betrayal of Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution (named for South America's 19th-century independence hero, Simon Bolivar). "This revolution was supposed to create more pluralism...
...eyes of the law, don’t exist, have no right to own property, to an education, to healthcare, the right to vote.†It is “by keeping Haitians in a limbo of illegality,†Dominican Rev. Regino MartÃnez Bretón told The New York Times, that “the government can do whatever they want with them...
...those involved with the Palau believe they're onto something big. Richard Casero, a trombonist and native Valencian who, with his wife, flutist Magdalena Martínez, was reluctant to return to his hometown after working with better-known opera companies in London and Paris, says: "I was won over by the commitment to the quality of the musical performance. In the opera world, Valencia is a city of the future...
...looking for a way to cook that would, in the words of Andrés, "respect the vegetable." In 2003, their pursuit led them to the Polytechnic's Department of Food Engineering, where they knocked on several doors before finally being directed to the lab where Xavier Martínez, Purificación García and Neus Sanjuan had been working for years on vacuum cooking. At first, there was a bit of culture shock as chefs and scientists tried to adapt to each others' way of thinking. "We spent the first month just trying to agree on vocabulary...
...director of International Cooking Concepts, which markets the Gastrovac, notes that one home cook has made the investment, and he expects more to follow. "The line between professional cooking and home cooking is blurring all the time," he says. Although the Gastrovac clearly has show-off potential (Martínez admits his team has already tried impregnating ordinary button mushrooms with the flavor of truffles), Torres and Andrés, who call themselves "artisans," hope it will be used primarily to enhance - not transform - ingredients. Torres himself, for example, uses the machine to prepare desserts like cherries penetrated with vanilla...