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...roster—which showcases a diverse set of backgrounds ranging from journalism to foreign politics—also includes Israel's former Minister of Interior Ophir Pines-Paz, Boston Globe reporter Susan Milligan, and former Miami, Florida chief of police John Timoney...
...career politicians and a political reporter will bring extensive international experience to the Fellows program. Pierre-Louis, who served as the Prime Minister of Haiti from 2008 to 2009, was the second female to hold the post in the country's history. Pines-Paz similarly brings international experience, armed with a résumé that includes positions as the Minister of the Interior and Minister of Science, Culture, and Sport in Israel...
Bolivian police, particularly traffic cops, indeed have a reputation for greasy palms. Two years ago, the city of La Paz resorted to hiring teenagers dressed up as zebras and mules to control traffic in the hectic city center because neither drivers nor pedestrians would respect the traffic cops stationed at intersections. Today's transport strikers propose a similar solution, that a third party be charged with monitoring drunk driving - though not the zebras, they said specifically...
...that, regardless of the reason, dangerous times call for drastic measures. Drivers claim the measure is authoritarian, but Morales has tried to show that no one will receive favoritism. Last month, soon after the government announced its zero tolerance rule, Morales' own party's candidate for Governor of La Paz in the upcoming elections was caught swerving down the city's streets at 3 a.m. The President showed no mercy. The candidate was not only forced to resign, but also was punished under the "community justice" regimen of his indigenous Aymara home village: the almost-Governor had to make...
...tolerance law for individual and non-professional drivers as well. But Casillo and his colleagues weren't fazed. "We are prepared to strike until the government agrees to some changes," he stated. But the drivers found that their real adversary was not the government but an angry populace. La Paz's streets were quiet on the second day of the strike, except for the pedestrians' railing against the "striking drunkards." Radio and TV call-in shows were similarly overwhelmed by enraged citizens. "These drivers are crazy," kiosk vendor Isabel Camacho said as she twirled her finger in circles around...