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...actively seeking a dialogue with the oppressed in Cuba, the Chilean government will be breaking the virtuous example of the Pope, as well as the presidents of Portugal and Spain who have all recognized and met with opposition leaders in the past. Recently, there has been a deplorable wave of political suppression in Cuba. The state has continued to silence people that they have labeled “counterrevolutionary dissidents”—people that Chile and the United States would call productive citizens. When President Bachelet visited Cuba, she put Chile’s reputation at risk...
...hard to say which is more famous, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s radical socialist policies, or his notoriously exaggerated personality. Chávez’s constant interruptions of the Spanish prime minister in late 2007 at a summit in Chile brought the king of Spain, a normally soft-spoken man, to shout, “Why don’t you shut up?” Yet Chávez will not be shutting up any time soon. On Monday, Venezuela passed a national referendum that removed term limits for public officials, allowing Ch?...
...Sarkozy is not alone in responding to cries for help from the car sector. The U.K. has set out a $3.4bn rescue package for its beleaguered car industry, even though it is mostly foreign-owned; Spain has stumped up $5.1 billion in public cash to bail-out car firms; and Germany has set aside $1.9 billion to pay owners to junk their old cars and buy something new. At the same time, the U.S. government has handed $17.4 billion to GM and Chrysler, a move that European carmakers say leaves them at a competitive disadvantage. (See pictures...
France and Finland are thinking it over. Spain has balked because of legal ramifications. Belgium and Austria have curtly concluded that America should clean up its own mess...
Travelocity for the Disabled. Craig Grimes, who has traveled through Spain, Nicaragua and several other destinations in a wheelchair, has created a new website called Accessible Travel, an online info and booking site devoted to helping his fellow handicapped globe-trotters. Launching on Feb. 19, the site will include information on accessible hotels in San Francisco and eight European cities - including London, Paris and Prague - and will expand over the next few months to include New York City, Miami, Chicago, Boston, L.A., Scandinavia and New Zealand...