Word: var
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...scene. As you must know, this country has survived much more dangerous shaking, political or otherwise. And although Royal is quite right in declaring that one should not have to be "sad, ugly and boring to go into politics," what about being modest? Jean-Jacques Luccioni St.-Laurent-du-Var, France...
...must know, this country has survived much more dangerous shaking, political or otherwise. And although Royal is quite right in declaring that one should not have to be "sad, ugly and boring to go into politics," what about being modest? Jean-Jacques Luccioni St.-Laurent-du-Var, France Doing Unto Others the issue regarding the treatment of prisoners suspected of being terrorists is fundamental to the strategy for winning the war on terrorism [Sept. 18]. The Bush Administration is living in the world of 50 years ago, a time when wars could be won militarily. In today's world, wars...
...Latin America’s ‘strong man’ phenomenon stems from deeper historical roots. The Enlightenment brought admirable leaders, San Martín and Simón Bolívar, who were comparable to George Washington, but local leaders shattered their dream of a free and united continent. Latin America—a gargantuan landmass with roughly the same Catholic beliefs, mostly one language, and similar cultural heritage, institutions, and economic development—was not encouraged to unite as a republic, or even a confederacy...
...Process of National Reorganization,” which gave painful birth to thousands of “desaparecidos.” And Venezuelan Chávez calls his movement “Bolivarian Revolution,” even though he chooses all the dictatorial paths Bolívar never traveled...
CHAVEZ: For two centuries in this hemisphere we've experienced a confrontation between two theses--America's Monroe Doctrine, which says the U.S. should exercise hegemony over all the other republics, and the doctrine of Simn Bolvar, which envisioned a great South American republic as a counterbalance. Bush has spread the Monroe thesis globally, to make the U.S. the police of the world--if you're not with us, he says, you're against us. We're simply doing the same now with the Bolvar thesis--a doctrine of more equality and autonomy among nations, more equilibrium...