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...banitsa, a flaky pastry stuffed with the feta-like "white cheese" used in many Bulgarian dishes. One kiosk sells mulled wine from barrels for 1.2 leva, about 80¢, a liter--a price indicative of how very far the dollar goes. The top end is a bargain too. At Pri Yafata, an upscale restaurant serving traditional Bulgarian cuisine (which means Turkish and Greek influences plus a proclivity for using all parts of the animal--hot pig's head soup, anyone?), a folk-style three-course dinner for two with wine...
...victims, there's little political upside for the Iraqi government in putting him to death. It will not slow down the pace of Iraq's sectarian slaughter, which is being driven by an array of uncontrollable forces. But it will almost certainly fuel Sunni rage and scuttle Pri me Minister Nouri al-Maliki's program of reconciliation, which may be the last chance to avoid an even bloodier civil war. Any surge in violence by Sunni insurgents, in turn, would cause more Shi'ites to turn to militias for protection, which would undermine al-Maliki's authority even more...
...Ruiz - of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ousted by Fox six years ago, although both allied with Fox's party against the challenge of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) - gave no indication Saturday whether he would stay put in office now that Fox has exerted control in the state. Ruiz's troubles began when Oaxaca's poorly paid teachers went on strike last June, accusing Ruiz of authoritarian rule and neglect of the poor and indigenous citizens. Their walkout became more strident and violent as more radical forces - including the APPO - joined in to call attention to Mexico...
...unifying trait of these Latin American Macbeths is that they disregard democratic continuity; nothing transcends them. This is even represented in the syntax used every time a new regime or military junta is called in. The PRI party’s name in Mexico, which “won†elections uninterruptedly for almost a century, stands for “Institutional Revolution Party.†In Argentina, the last military junta instituted a permanent “Process of National Reorganization,†which gave painful birth to thousands of “desaparecidos...
...said, "is worth more than 100 miles of fence on the U.S.-Mexico border." Having won about 36% of the vote, he hardly has a robust mandate. But he has smartly stayed calm about his opponent's postelection outbursts, perhaps realizing how raw the memories of decades of PRI-engineered election fraud are in the minds of his countrymen. Calderón last week praised the electoral tribunal for "eliminating the insidious doubts" about his victory that he says López Obrador has planted. Still, when Calderón takes the presidential podium, he will face the more daunting task of eliminating...