11.16.2006
Thursday's News
The Government Accountability Office has found abuses, including expenditures on Gameboys and Sony Playstations, over the last decade in $74 million of USAID funds to Miami-based groups promoting democracy in Cuba. Washington Post, Chicago Tribune
Some of these USAID monies have been directly to universities such as FIU, UMiami, Georgetown, and Loyola of Chicago, and results have been mixed. Miami Herald
Mario Alonso, who previously was in the running for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank, has dreamed of building a canal in Nicaragua for over forty years and is determined to make his pipe dream a reality, at a cost of 12 years and more than three times the country's annual GDP. Christian Science Monitor
Despite polls strongly against him, opposition candidate Manuel Rosales believes that he has a legitimate chance to unseat Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who seeks another six years after eight years in power. Financial Times
The Wall Street Journal op-ed page blasts the newly created UN Human Rights Council, saying that it has focused too much on Israel. Wall Street Journal
The Miami Herald op-ed page argues for the passage of ATPDEA and bilateral FTAs with Peru and Colombia for the lame duck session of Congress. Miami Herald
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's refusal to accept defeat in Mexico's presidential election continues as he is actively seeking donations for a parallel administration. He has named a cabinet and plans on being sweared in as well. AP
Some of these USAID monies have been directly to universities such as FIU, UMiami, Georgetown, and Loyola of Chicago, and results have been mixed. Miami Herald
Mario Alonso, who previously was in the running for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank, has dreamed of building a canal in Nicaragua for over forty years and is determined to make his pipe dream a reality, at a cost of 12 years and more than three times the country's annual GDP. Christian Science Monitor
Despite polls strongly against him, opposition candidate Manuel Rosales believes that he has a legitimate chance to unseat Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who seeks another six years after eight years in power. Financial Times
The Wall Street Journal op-ed page blasts the newly created UN Human Rights Council, saying that it has focused too much on Israel. Wall Street Journal
The Miami Herald op-ed page argues for the passage of ATPDEA and bilateral FTAs with Peru and Colombia for the lame duck session of Congress. Miami Herald
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's refusal to accept defeat in Mexico's presidential election continues as he is actively seeking donations for a parallel administration. He has named a cabinet and plans on being sweared in as well. AP
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