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...torture. The UN special rapporteur on torture stated that the U.S. “is committed to conducting criminal investigations of torture and to bringing all persons against whom there is sound evidence to court.” By refusing to investigate, the Obama administration risks complicity in the worst crimes of the Bush...
...hope that President Obama will live up to his campaign rhetoric and recommit the United States “to the rule of law, [rejecting] a false choice between fighting terrorism and respecting [the legal system].” Investigating and prosecuting those responsible for the worst abuses of power under the Bush administration is a necessary step toward that restoration...
...According to the Wall Street Journal, Rattner was the Administration official who told GM CEO Rick Wagoner that he would have to step down, then informing Wagoner's replacement, Frederick "Fritz" Henderson, that GM's top job was now his. (See the 50 Worst Cars of All Time...
...George W. Bush, whom Chávez once called "the devil" and whose relations with the hemisphere were strained at best. Even Bill Clinton as President didn't set foot south of the border until five months into his second term. Latin America, according to many experts, has the worst gap between rich and poor of any region in the world - a big reason why the U.S. has so many immigration-policy headaches. And what Obama gave the region this weekend was a reason to think that it could finally set aside its 20th century resentments - which, admittedly, have...
...money. (Paradoxically, the Japanese government had recently stepped up efforts to help Brazilian residents, with programs such as Japanese-language training and job-counseling.) This particular solution to unemployment, however, is perceived as a misguided gift. "Maybe there were good intentions, but the offer was presented in the worst way possible," says the Brazilian official. The program applies to Brazilians who have long-term Nikkei visas, but restricts their right - and that of their family members - to reentry until jobs are available in Japan. The terms are vague and will probably stay that way. Tatsushi Nagasawa, a Japanese health ministry...