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These days there are other wildcatters running tiny public companies investing in places like Peru and the Caspian Sea, but no one else is negotiating with sovereign governments for million-acre leases on Van Dyke's scale. On a trip to Libreville, Gabon Van Dyke shook hands with President Omar Bongo, in power since 1967 and one of the most entrenched rulers in the world. Van Dyke has signed similar leases for the right to look for oil with the leaders of Morocco, the Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Madagascar...
...ARRESTED. ALBERTO FUJIMORI, 67, former Peruvian President; after five years of exile in Japan, where he fled as his 10-year rule collapsed in scandal in 2000; in Santiago, Chile. Fujimori, who faces extradition to Peru on charges of corruption and sanctioning death squads, has announced his intention to seek re-election as President of his home country in April, despite being barred from holding office until...
ARRESTED. ALBERTO FUJIMORI, 67, fugitive ex-President of Peru, still popular among some for leading an early 1990s economic rebound; as he attempted to return to the country to seek re-election in defiance of an international arrest warrant; after five years in exile in Japan, where he is a citizen thanks to his Japanese-born emigrant parents; in Santiago, Chile. Fujimori faces up to 55 years in jail and $29 million in fines for alleged corruption and sanctioning of death squads during his 10-year rule...
...Efforts to push regional free trade agreements seem to be faring better than the grand vision of a united economic zone from the Arctic Circle to Argentina's Tierra del Fuego. There is a push for an Andean free trade agreement involving Columbia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, and the U.S. Congress recently ratified the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Indeed, U.S. officials sought to play down the disputes over trade. "This is not a meeting just about trade," said Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon. "This is about the leaders of the American countries who have come together to talk...
Want to know the latest on the hostages held by Peru's Tupac Amaru rebels? Check out the rebels' home page on the World Wide Web. Mexico's Zapatistas, Peru's Shining Path and Afghanistan's Taliban also boast Internet sites maintained by supporters. For today's guerrilla, the modem offers the best means to disseminate communiques, show off a pictorial gallery of brothers-in-arms--and even replenish the war chest by selling T shirts, videos and books...