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...years of one-party rule - 35 of those under the brutal and venal Stroessner until his 1989 overthrow. Paraguay's government has been civilian since 1993; but a recent survey found that more than a third of voters regard public corruption as the country's most pressing problem. One result: about a fifth of the population has emigrated to countries like Spain and Argentina...
...record of high expectations, of meeting our children’s potential, of commendable progress,” the report notes. “It’s NOT good enough.” Shreefter also said that she thinks the gap is a result of low school expectations, rather than a difference in inherent ability. “Everybody has the capability to do the same thing...it’s just how the student is pushed to do it,” she said. Cambridge School Committee member Marc C. McGovern echoed these sentiments. “Sometimes...
According to a report by the Mass. Health Care Quality and Cost Council, patients and their families are usually not familiar with their end-of-life care options. As a result, patients do not always discontinue invasive treatments even when they may want...
...Florencio Randazzo in an emergency press conference at the Casa Rosada presidential palace. "It was started by farmers clearing land for cattle grazing driven by greed for profit with total disregard for human life." The President was just as harsh. "This is not a natural disaster, this is the result of certain aspects of human nature, irrationaity and irresponsibility...
...result, Fidel's contrary op-eds are part "of an extremely delicate balance" Raul is pursuing in the early stages of his presidency, or at least until Fidel dies, says Dan Erikson, senior associate at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. "Does he disappoint Fidel or does he disappoint the Cuban people? The reality is that the legitimacy of his government rests on pleasing Cubans but not straying too far from Fidel." Analysts like Erikson concede that Raul's reforms, including permission to let Cubans buy electronics in dollar stores and gain title to their own homes, are "marginal...