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...bewildered." Even if the House of Lords this week overturns his arrest, the general's opponents will take his statement as a victory. "This is the first time Pinochet's been forced to account for himself, and he's clearly shaken," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett. "He never imagined anything like this could happen...
...Honduras and Nicaragua suggested Monday, their combined foreign debt of $10 billion ought to be discounted, and then they'll need a few billion more to rebuild the region in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. "These countries have suffered an infrastructural apocalypse," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett. "With damage equaling more than 60 percent of the two countries' combined GDP, emergency aid won't be enough -- it will require a long-term commitment from the industrialized world to save the region...
...Padgett. With reporting by Helen Gibson/London and Elizabeth Love/Santiago
...Unsurprisingly, that message didn't play too well in the sticks; Cardoso allies lost at least six of the other 12 governorships in Sunday's vote. But TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett says that support from Covas should be enough: "Governors are very powerful in Brazil -- the states are where most federal money goes, and austerity measures have to start there." Since Sao Paulo is Brazil's industrial and financial powerhouse, any attack on Brazil's pervasive and gargantuan bureaucracy depends on Sao Paulo's cooperation. Let the cutting begin...
...general on Wednesday: British legislators backed attempts to charge Pinochet in London should Spain's extradition request fail. That's a big headache for Chile's president, Eduardo Frei. "Roughly half the population is pro-Pinochet, with the other half fiercely opposed," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett. While few deny the brutality of his junta, supporters believe the prosperity and stability Pinochet brought to Chile justified his means. "Divisions over his legacy had softened in recent years as society reconciled itself to a post-Pinochet era in which he was immune from prosecution," says Padgett...