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...General Frank Vargas Pazos, 51, chief of Ecuador's joint armed forces command, complained that he had not been informed of a practice alert at the Defense Ministry in Quito. The impetuous Vargas, who is nicknamed "Loco," quickly found himself in a quarrel with the Defense Minister, General Luis Pi??eiros Rivera, and the army chief, General Manuel Maria Albuja. Shots were heard inside the ministry. Pi??eiros promptly fired Vargas, who in turn charged Pi??eiros with accepting a kickback in the purchase of a plane for the national airline. Vargas also alleged that Albuja had diverted defense funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador: Twice Foiled | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...performances, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, were geared towards slightly different audiences. The afternoon show featured La Pi??ata, a children’s performance group out of Boston that performed traditional dances from Mexico and the Caribbean islands...

Author: By Brendan D.B. Hodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crowds Flock to Presencia Latina | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...sold-out evening performance, which Tewes writes in an e-mail was “aimed at a more adult audience,” La Pi??ata’s two pieces were replaced by a documentary and a “multi-media modern dance and art piece...

Author: By Brendan D.B. Hodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crowds Flock to Presencia Latina | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

Intervention (A&E, Sundays, 10 P.M. E.T.) Here's one reality show that doesn't single-handedly degrade people. Its subjects--addicts, hooked on drugs, shopping and more--have already started the job. Is it exploitative? Sure. But less so than the daytime shows that set up losers like pi??atas for moralizing hosts to whack. Intervention simply lets addicts and their families--who are trying to get them into rehab--tell their own stories. Its stark, judge-for-yourself approach proves scarier and more edifying than Dr. Phil could ever be. --By James Poniewozik

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Shows To Catch On Cable | 4/24/2005 | See Source »

...what you saw on MTV this spring break? Just because your spring break lacked a little in the Cancun department doesn’t mean other people have to know. Cambridge has a number of tanning salons that’ll turn your alabaster skin to bronze. Mix that Pi??a Colada, put on some Bob Marley, and get ready to fake ’n bake...

Author: By Alexandra M. Gutierrez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fake'n Bake | 4/7/2005 | See Source »

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