* “Our current immigration system is in need of reform” declared U.S. president George W. Bush as he gave the commencement speech to graduates of Miami Dade College on Saturday (image).
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* Apparently taking a cue from Hugo Chavez, Peruvian president Alan Garcia was given Congressional permission to partially rule via decree.
* Executives at Brazilian oil firm Petrobras said they were pleased with negotiations with
* A Guyanese woman suspected of being a “vampire” was lynched by a mob.
Links- The Latin Americanist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Guardian UK, Reuters UK, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, BBC News
"Apparently taking a cue from Hugo Chavez, Peruvian president Alan Garcia was given Congressional permission to partially rule via decree."
ReplyDeleteOr from the U.S. (long standing practice of executive orders)
BTW, of course we won't be seeing any screaming headlines about Alan Garcia ruling by decree in the corporate press anytime soon...
Chavez apparently took his cue from Alvaro Uribe, who has already done this a number of times in Colombia. Not to mention that just about every other modern Venezuelan president has done the same.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, the press loves to highlight "concerning trends" from Chavez while everyone else gets a pass.
Not to excuse what Garcia, Uribe, et al. are doing, but Chavez won't get a free pass partly due to the attention that he gets notonly from the press but also due to his bombastic nature.
ReplyDeleteThough one could imagine the rection in the press if another leader like Daniel Ortega or Lula were to do this.