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...nothing that can be considered a crime against humanity," he says. "In '82, we finally got people to organize themselves, defend themselves, take account of their dignity." The frg has pushed long overdue programs for the vast rural poor, but the frg-led government (headed by current President Alfonso Portillo, who is barred by law from another term) is tainted by scandals, including an alleged $44 million bilking of the federal social security fund. In July, Ríos Montt campaign thugs set off a two-day riot in Guatemala City after lower courts - citing a constitutional ban on former...
...shares ownership of the snow park and mall with Mills Corp., negotiated the building approvals and land deals with Madrid and regional authorities. Not everyone is pleased. "We should take care not to lose the strength of historical downtown districts against the magnetism of these huge malls," says Alfonso Vegara, president of the International Society of City and Regional Planners. He cites Valencia, Spain's third-largest city, as an example; the city has one of the largest historic centers in Europe, but the area has declined as pedestrian traffic has dropped and small businesses have shut down. Valencia...
...rumor is that Summers read Pinker’s works and really enjoyed them and wanted him here,” said Professor of Psychology Alfonso Caramazza...
...just decoration; they flowed from his identification with the subject. "Titian" reunites for the first time in over 400 years a set of mythological scenes based on descriptions of ancient art by 3rd century B.C. writer Philostratus, made for the private room of warlord and art lover Duke Alfonso d'Este. Looking at them side by side, you can see they form a panorama, with the landscape lining up, and a character apparently walking out of one painting to appear in another. They show a "dream world of people dancing, singing, drinking, having fun," says Jaffé. Titian...
...real pathos. His work on the Potter films was among his last, and it is hard to imagine the next installment without his contribution. Indeed, it is intriguing to consider what will become of the Potter franchise, now that Columbus is assuming a producer’s role while Alfonso Cuaron (of Y Tu Mama Tambien fame) takes over the helm for the third film, The Prisoner of Azkaban. The series is critic-proof, but it hardly matters—you’d have to be the worst sort of Muggle imaginable not to delight in the Potter fantasy...