International
WORLD NOTES: August 23
August 22, 2008Iraq: Who controls contract workers? The Congressional Budget Office reported Aug. 11 that the 190,000 private contractors working in Iraq and neighboring countries match the number of U.S. troops there. They earn up to 12 times...
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Paraguay enters new era
August 20, 2008Liberation theology proponent Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop who has never before held political office, became Paraguay’s president Aug. 15 in ceremonies attended by heads of state and foreign guests.
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Cubas health care: A continuing success story
August 16, 2008Health care Cuban style has many admirers. One reason is favorable statistical measures of health outcome vying with those of wealthy nations. Preventative strategies, health education, and universal access through a unique primary care system all...
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War or peace? U.S. faces a choice in the Georgia-Russia conflict and beyond
August 16, 2008Commentary Georgia, in a geo-political sense, is an outpost of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that sits directly on the border of Russia on one side and close to the Middle...
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Morales scores victory
August 16, 2008The epic nature of today’s events in Bolivia flows from the long struggle between the country’s indigenous majority and a Europeanized ruling class, and from disparities between impoverished western highlands and four lowland eastern departments (states)...
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