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...supposedly took over 24 hours to tally the last 7 percent of the vote suggests that what was actually happening was that Fujimori was coming under a barrage of criticism and warnings of dire consequences if he claimed a first-round victory," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "He came under considerable pressure from the United States, the European Union and the Organization of American States to accept a second-round runoff in light of widespread allegations of electoral fraud. And there were tens of thousands of people in the streets of Peru's major cities, vowing...
...quickly abandoned later the same day. "Earlier this week it looked as though the foundation might be trying to cut its p.r. losses by moving to have Lazaro and Elian's father Juan Miguel at least meet in Washington before handing over the boy," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "But that quickly fell through when the foundation realized that it would suffer an even worse p.r. disaster in its own constituency if it was seen to be handing the boy over." As confrontation appeared to loom, with thousands massed outside the Miami home of Lazaro Gonzalez...
...came into effect only after his initial election - and had congress dismiss three constitutional court judges who challenged this interpretation. "His critics also say that in order to be reelected, he's put the brakes on economic reforms and veered toward populism," says TIME Latin American bureau chief Tim McGirk. "More than one third of Peru's population now receives daily meals and milk from the government." And that dependency also creates political power, with numerous reports of villagers being threatened with losing government support if they vote for the opposition. When the election season began, state-controlled media...
...basketball gods have looked kindly upon players that have stayed for four years. A fated bounce of the lottery balls gave him Tim Duncan a spot with the San Antonio Spurs, and a national championship in 1999, in lieu of a cursed existence with the Clippers or the Boston Celtics...
...limit to how long the government indulges the process before reverting to enforcing the law. "The federal government can simply come up with a court order that will force Lazaro Gonzalez to comply or otherwise face the prospect of going to jail," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. A Justice Department official has told the AP that failure to reach an agreement would result in the INS revoking Lazaro Gonzalez's custody and issuing a legally binding order to hand over Elian. All that would remain between Elian and his father, then, would be the hundreds of demonstrators...