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...Read the subtitle of Galeano's 1971 work - Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent - and you know why the left-wing, anti-U.S. Chávez would present it to a U.S. President. The book's thesis is that Spain, then Britain, the U.S. and Latin oligarchs ransacked Latin American resources, from copper to crude, bleeding the region of its natural wealth and its sovereign dignity. But even if you don't subscribe to its Marxist-tinged polemic, The Open Veins is one of the best introductions to the longstanding Latin grievances that keep producing populist leaders...
...large lawn pillows at Hu'u Bar, tel: (62-361) 736 443, are the current place to be seen in Seminyak. Lounge under the stars with a cocktail or a glass of wine while waiting for the dance floor to kick into high gear sometime around midnight. Hu'u Bar's international stable of DJs spin hot and cool, but never anything in between...
...contrast to the summit in Mar del Plata, Chávez isn't expected to hold the regional reins in Port of Spain or breathe the same anti-U.S. fire. More moderate leftists like Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are regarded as Latin America's standard bearers today. Even if the global economic crisis has borne out Chávez's condemnation of capitalism, it has also sent oil prices plummeting - and his populist largesse along with them. At the same time, some supporters worry that as Chávez accumulates more power at home...
...final kill was “epic,” recounts winner Saul U. Gorman '09. After waiting over an hour outside his target’s locked door, Gorman finally managed to shoot a bullet from his dart gun through the narrow gap between the door and the carpet, hitting his unsuspecting victim's foot and earning eternal glory. Now that’s a true assassin...
...accountability and transparency, about his funding of Libertas in Europe, and his business links with the U.S. military. The European Parliament said last year that their own investigation found Ganley had signed contracts with the Pentagon worth about $200 million. Ganley's opponents claim his anti-E.U. stance reflects hiw connections with U.S. interests, a claim Ganley has always rejected...