Word: venezuela
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...Relations. And Dubai Ports World, which is a relatively new venture launched by the government of Dubai in 1999, has a number of Americans well known in the shipping industry in its senior leadership. It operates port facilities from Australia through China, Korea and Malaysia to India, Germany and Venezuela. (The acquisition of P&O would give them control over container shipping ports in Vancouver, Buenos Aires and a number of locations in Britain, France and a number of Asian countries.) "It's not exactly a shadow organization for al-Qaeda," says Flynn. Dubai, in fact...
...study group on Iraq’s current state of affairs, security issues, and social, political, and economic challenges. And Peru’s former ambassador to the U.S. Ricardo A. Luna will conduct a group on the five Andean countries—Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia, Peru, and Venezuela. In addition, former Boston Globe national editor Kenneth J. Cooper will host a study group entitled “Black and Brown Together Forever? Black Latino Coalition Politics in the 21st century.” And former 9/11 Commission spokesman Alvin S. Felzenberg will examine “the possibilities...
...tradition, Greece led the Athlete?s Parade, followed by the countries in alphabetical order, in Italian, from Albania to Venezuela, with Italy the climactic parade. Stati Uniti D?America came between Spain and South Africa. Some of the smaller, tropical delegations were crowd pleasers ? Kenya with two athletes got big cheers, as did Senegal, with three. New Zealand wore menacing black. Team USA brought much of the crowd to its feet. The athletes entered under the five giant Olympic rings, which represent the five continents and rose through the early part of the ceremony and then took on their traditional...
...Harvard’s brainpower that was slightly different from Sutton’s.Basically, Guillen said, he is probably smarter than you.“I’m smarter than a lot of guys who go to Harvard,” the 41-year-old native of Venezuela declared during October’s ALCS. “When you come to this country and you can’t speak any English at 16 years old, and you have to survive, you have to have something smart in your body.“If you take...
...heating oil project?s biggest diplomatic coup, Alvarez concedes, may be the good will it generates among Americans at a time of deteriorating U.S.-Venezuela relations - strained ever since the Bush Administration was widely accused of backing a failed 2002 coup against Chavez (a charge it denies). Chavez, who has been democratically elected twice and is almost certain to win reelection this year, is convinced the U.S. is out to assassinate him or invade Venezuela for its oil; the White House, concerned about a growing wave of leftist victories in Latin American presidential elections, insists Chavez is a would...