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...Mexico City, the man at the top of the pyramid traditionally lets the world come to him. Fox, 59, with his farmer's dislike of being cooped up and his salesman's instinct for staying mobile, exercises power on the move. If it's Tuesday, this must be Santiago, Chile; or Detroit; or the state of Chiapas; or downtown Mexico City. Constantly in the public eye, the former president of Coca-Cola Mexico has made himself Mexico's motivational speaker in chief...
...design its new addition, the Milwaukee Museum of Art picked one of Europe's most original architects, Santiago Calatrava, a Spanish-born engineer whose buildings and bridges are high-wire acts of structural and aesthetic daring. His centerpiece for the museum, in Milwaukee, Wis., is a tall sunscreen with wings that open and close. But tests on building material hit a snag, pushing back the screen's official May debut to Oct. 14. It's a thing of beauty, but will...
General Augusto Pinochet's failing health will spare him a trial, according to a ruling issued early this morning by a Santiago court...
...Among the likely pressures on the judges was the possibility that a Pinochet trial would tear Chile in two, according to Cristobal Edwards, a TIME correspondent in Santiago. With Chileans divided between intense love and hate for their former ruler, a trial could have spurred a social civil war. "For months they've been trying to find a way out that suits everyone's needs," says Edwards...
...doesn't hurt that children are the most racially diverse--and most Hispanic--segment of the population. Which suggests that the networks and their advertisers may be leaving money on the table. Marketing company Santiago & Valdes Solutions estimates the Hispanic market at $630 billion, and while English-language networks are facing a weak ad market, the Spanish-language Univision and Telemundo are expected to increase their ad sales from 10% to 25% this year. And they aim not just at the "Spanish-dominant" speakers but also bilingual youths. "They've grown up with Spanish music and Spanish stars," says Univision...