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...Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, led by Brazilian troops, as the guarantor of security. But the U.N. force, which was deployed in June 2004, is assigned to defend Haiti's constitution, not to take up arms against criminals. "When they leave, I will leave too," says Jean-Buteau Sév??re, 34, who returned to his dicey Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Bel Air only after the Brazilians set up an outpost there. The gangs and private armies are likely to collude in controlling the streets--and thus the votes--in the walkup to the election. And unless that situation...
...Staff writer V??©ronique E. Hyland can be reached at hyland@fas.harvard.edu...
...past week was studded with Lewis Albert events: first a fashion show and launch party at Chateau V??©ronique in Brookline, complete with a full open bar to lure a crowd. That was followed by a weeklong trunk show held at the Inn, along with a line-up of private fitting appointments...
Guatemala badly needs all forms of aid to prop up its deteriorating economy. Inflation estimates run as high as 60%, and nearly half the labor force is either unemployed or underemployed. Discontent over the inability of the military regime of General Oscar Humberto Mejía V??ctores to reverse the economic slump and doubt that a civilian government may be able to do much better have revived support for the country's leftist guerrillas. "There are many people in this country living in misery," says Benedicto Lucas García, a retired general and former Chief of Staff who directed...
...eager to retain an anti-Communist ally in Central America, is committed to the Mejía V??ctores regime despite its troubles. During a visit to Guatemala City last July, Treasury Secretary James Baker reaffirmed that support and praised the country's "progress toward democracy." Congress has yet to be convinced, however. While it authorized $45.5 million in economic aid last month, it has made a resumption of military assistance contingent on the holding of the November elections and on an acceptable human rights record...