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...developing nations of Asia and Latin America, which depend on foreign capital, there is apprehension about how President Bush would respond to any of the financial crises that are bubbling just below the surface of those regions. Moises Naim, editor of the monthly Foreign Policy and a former Venezuelan Trade and Industry Minister, joked that the attitude in Davos was best summed up by someone who didn't come. "Fidel Castro said he just hoped Bush would not turn out to be as stupid as he seems," said Naim. In addition to Bush's mandate problems, a sharply divided...
...smaller but no less virulent National Liberation Army (ELN), which has 5,000 fighters. His AUC members, who look as though they were outfitted from the back pages of Soldier of Fortune magazine, number 8,000. They operate in 25% of Colombian territory, mainly in the north, along the Venezuelan border and in the central Magdalena River valley. But in the past month, AUC forces pushed deep into the southern Putumayo zone, challenging the FARC's dominance over 150,000 acres of coca plantations--which produce more than half the U.S.'s annual intake of cocaine from Colombia...
...article "Oil's New Boss," about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias [BUSINESS, Oct. 9], noted his seemingly contradictory characteristics, but they are what make him a unique leader. His refusal to allow U.S. military planes to fly over his country and his turning down U.S. emergency aid make him seem like an antiglobalist. But his playing host to the OPEC summit showed he is an outward-looking individual who does not always say yes to anything or anyone. ERIK B. DAYRIT Quezon City, the Philippines...
...Before the Bin Laden group emerged, terrorist organizations in the Mideast depended on states to sponsor their activities. The notorious PLO dissident Abu Nidal, for example, might carry out attacks on behalf of Syria, Libya or other sponsors, as would the Venezuelan "Carlos the Jackal," currently in prison in France. Similarly, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia has depended on backing from Iran and a nod and a wink from Syria. Hezbollah, of course, has primarily waged a guerrilla war against Israel in southern Lebanon, but it has also been a suspect in terrorist attacks both inside Lebanon and abroad. But unlike...
...foolishly asked her what sport she thought I played, and the charade quickly ended. I told her to "give me something very athletic but not too trampolinist, if you know what I mean." She told me I could get my hair dyed in my country's colors as the Venezuelan team had done or have my country code dyed into the back of my head or Olympic rings shaved in. I started to wish I'd waited for Natasha. But in just 10 min.--a personal haircutting best for me--I was out of the chair, with a short haircut...