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...apartheid to the present, Harvard has continued its practice of investing in irresponsible multinational corporations. By the end of 1997, Harvard had over $34 million invested in Shell Oil--a world leader in environmental destruction and human rights abuses. Shell Oil's dubious relationship with the military government of Nigeria has led to the importation of arms and paying the military to suppress local civilian opposition, the execution of Nobel peace laureate Ken Saro-wiwa and eight others for speaking out against its oil drilling operations, and environmental destruction which has caused pollution levels in Nigeria 700 times higher than...
...effect, the depoliticization of the council has made Harvard's student government still weaker. In campaigning last December, Stewart argued that the council was wasting time discussing issues like Faculty diversity and divestment from Nigeria--time that could be better spent improving student life. But that argument has not stood up. The council's meetings are shorter, but our representatives have not accomplished significantly more in the way of student life than in previous years. And meanwhile, an important dialogue on larger issues has been abandoned...
...buildings are other embassies and elementary schools. It's time the U.S. government reviewed security measures for its buildings and reassessed their location to protect the people who live or work near these embassies. And international terrorists need to be watched more closely than ever now. OLUKEMI OLUNLOYO Ibadan, Nigeria...
Your statement that Nigeria is a country where "everything but misery is in short supply" is an insult. Nigeria is not as bad as the Western press portrays it. I hold America partly responsible for Nigeria's problems. If the U.S. had placed an embargo on Nigerian oil, the billions of dollars in revenues siphoned off by the military bosses would not have been available. And the much-talked-about Nigerian financial scams are done with the active connivance of greedy and selfish Americans. OTIOCHA E. ELEAZAR San Francisco...
...your article "who once formed an ambitious middle class and have fled the country in total frustration." But ethnic division, poverty and mass ignorance have made it virtually impossible for an honest, intelligent and well-meaning leadership to emerge. While I am saddened by the recent events in Nigeria, I share the belief of most Nigerians that this is the best opportunity we have ever had to shed some of the burdens that have held us back since independence. ONYEKWERE OGAN Los Angeles...