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...everything from see the start of a coup to hike through the Rancho Grande rainforest in Venezuela; learn the lambada and other Carnival dances in Rio; party with Desmond Tutu, the mayor of Cape Town, South African students and several ANC representatives at the Bishopscourt (Tutu's residence) in Cape Town; witness and anti-Moi riot in Nairobi, Kenya; learn mantras at the Madurai Temple in India; visit biotechnology production plants, rubber plantations and the beach in Malaysia; visit the Hsin-Chu Science Park in Taiwan; tour Guangzhou (Canton) in Southern China with the mayor to several of Southern China...
...cited concerns raised at last summer's environmental summit in Rio de Janiero--fears that the world's raw materials are in danger of quick depletion, that the world's population will soon be unable to feed itself and that global warming threatens economic progress--as "both uninformed and simply not documented...
Bush's lack of leadership was astounding and embarrassing for American representatives at the Rio conference. His administration remains the biggest obstacle to an international agreement to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions...
Trying to repeat his brave defense of American economic interests against environmentalism at Rio, Bush represents himself as the laissez-faire man. But what was courageous in Rio is short-sighted now. Regulations like the Endangered Species Act similarly pose a conflict between environment and economy, and Bush has rightly pointed out the absurdity of saying to American businesses, "You can't build a factory here because we're protecting the grass." What Bush fails to realize, however, is that not all environmental regulations conflict with business interests...
That reach may, in some countries, extend too far. In Brazil, where the more laid-back, samba-tinged rap of Rio is dueling for prominence with the harder- edged street anthems of Sao Paulo, hypercharged groups like Sons of the Ghetto decry the injustices of the social system. The most popular song is the work of an 18-year-old middle-class kid who calls himself Gabriel the Thinker. Only days after its release, the piece was the most requested number on a local radio station. Last month the government forced the station to take it off the air. Gabriel...