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...declared, "We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace." Is that positive proof of the President's lack of awareness of how his country's recent actions are perceived internationally? I am not suggesting that the U.S. is a dictatorship, but it's ironic Bush noted that free nations prefer peaceful means. Callum Smellie Auckland, New Zealand The conclusion of your story assessing whether the U.S. can win the war in Iraq noted that in the short term the country might end up like Afghanistan, plagued by insurgents and with...
...Cuba. Although the lifelong communist was an early ally of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's, standing by the former Haitian President during his 1991 ouster and his 1994 return to power, the two had a falling out in 1997, when he accused Aristide of betraying the poor and drifting toward dictatorship. In 2001, Aristide backers burned down the home of Pierre-Charles, who continued to stage protests until the Haitian President finally left the country last February. DIED MAXIME FAGET, 83, NASA engineer whose design of the Mercury space capsule made it possible for men to return from space; in Houston...
...Those of us who never knew the shadow of dictatorship found ourselves in a veritable explosion in our lives,” he said...
...Iraq, we are restoring stability to a nation by training Iraqi security forces, delivering water and electricity to thousands of Iraqis, building roads and other infrastructure, and opening schools again. Our efforts are paying off; after years of brutal dictatorship and fear, we are on track to hold secure elections in 75 percent of the country by January of next year...
Chilean tourism is still affected by the image of the 1973-90 Pinochet dictatorship. But as part of the push to trumpet its newer, higher-quality winemaking, Chile is turning to wine tourism as a means of selling a brighter national identity. Colchagua now has a Ruta del Vino (Wine Route), with train service, tastings on decks built high into vineyard hills, horseback excursions and rodeos performed by huasos (cowboys). Four-star Spanish-colonial-style hotels like the Santa Cruz Plaza are sprouting up, and festivals like the Vendimia (grape harvest) are drawing new crowds of foreigners. At the bottom...