This week Pat Robertson was forced to retreat from his statement that America should depose President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. But how bad or good has the Venezuelan firebrand been for his own people?
Hugo or I Go
Andrew Webb-Vidal correspondent for the Financial Times in Venezuela
and
Richard Gott former Latin America correspondent for the Guardian and author, Hugo Chavez: The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela (Verso, paperback 2005)
-on Hugo Chavez's record in Venezuela
» The Financial ...
and
Richard Gott former Latin America correspondent for the Guardian and author, Hugo Chavez: The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela (Verso, paperback 2005)
-on Hugo Chavez's record in Venezuela
» The Financial ...
Two Weeks in the Sun
Open Phones on your thoughts on the right way to vacation
Bolton of Lightning
Colum Lynch reporter for the Washington Post
- on the US's ambassadors push for reform at the UN ahead of a world summit
» Washington Post
- on the US's ambassadors push for reform at the UN ahead of a world summit
» Washington Post
Who's Afraid of C. Virginia Fields?
C. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President and Democratic candidate for mayor,
-explains why she wants to be mayor
» The Office of Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields
-explains why she wants to be mayor
» The Office of Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields
Hand Over the (Library) Records
Almost for years after it was passed, the much-feared clause of the Patriot Act that allows federal agencies to look at library records is finally being used to do just that.
"Suit Seeks to Bar FBI Library Data Access" (the Washington Post)
Leftovers: Stovepipe Jeans
This important piece in yesterday's Thursday Styles section on new fashions in men's pants in Copenhagen got us thinking about the uses of the word stovepipe.
Svelte, stylish, Scandinavian
[check out the fashion spread]
During the Cold War, each spy ...
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