Yearly Archive: 2004

Manta: Transforming Ecuador Into Another Cambodia, Another Colombia

Ecuador should be alert to a sucking sound, advertising that it’s being pulled into the vortex of the decades-old civil war in Colombia. What began as a bush airstrip has been transformed into a facility capable of accommodating Boeing 747s. …

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Mejía vs. Fernández in Sunday’s Dominican Republic Election: Mr. Almost Clean Dominican President (All of a Sudden it’s a Very Tight Race)

President Hipolito Mejía, by luck or design, has avoided the kind of major corruption scandal that has plagued previous Dominican administrations, but his administration hasn’t been squeaky clean either. Unlike former President Leonel Fernández, whose administration had a near 100 …

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Latin American Issues are Key to Kerry Victory

If John Kerry is to emerge as a triumphal alternative to George Bush and simultaneously fend off Ralph Nader’s challenge on his left, he must realize that his present tilt towards a Bush-lite platform on Latin American issues could cost …

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