Word: latinity
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...political climate in Latin America is changing. Now that most nations enjoy a greater degree of national security than they did a decade ago--Peru was in chaos when Fujimori first came to office--it is time that they move away from autocratic, superficial democratic rule, toward true national consensus-building. In this new age, dissolving Congress and the Supreme Court, as Fujimori did in 1992, is not acceptable. Whether Peruvian voters choose Fujimori or Toledo in June, one hopes that their ballots will reflect a justified confidence in the integrity of the electoral system...
...committee left money for the restructuring of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) untouched...
...younger set in Miami isn't frustrated only by what's been happening over a six-year-old. Prodded by the old-guard Cuban-American leadership, the city of Miami is refusing to let the Latin Grammy Awards be held there because performers from Castro's Cuba may be part of the program. The move will cost the town some $40 million in revenue and considerable pop-culture cachet. And so last week, John de Leon, 38, a Cuban American who is president of the Miami chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed suit to void the local...
...wavering non-believers. The duo had apparently arrived late; fortunately, the warm-up DJ did a good job of entertaining the crowd, and the reception when the Armada took to the Karma stage was indulgent. Groove Armada lived up to expectations, opening their eclectic set with some Latin-influenced house tunes (including a tasty remix of Basement Jaxx's "Jump and Shout") before moving on to throw on some breakbeat tunes, some funk and even an old-school track from the Sugarhill Gang. True to the anything-with-a-beat-goes spirit of the night, Cato and Findlay goofed around...
...developing and transitional countries. It also provides emergency loans to countries facing currency collapse, in order to minimize the danger to the wider world economy. Most recently, it played a leading role - at Washington's behest - in bailing out the troubled economies of Mexico in 1994 and Asia and Latin America during the financial crisis of 1997-98, as well in ensuring the liquidity of the Russian government...