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A Guerrilla President In El Salvador?

Following three conservative rulers, voters look left in the Central American country.
Mario Canseco The people of El Salvador have been familiar with the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN—Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) for more than 30 years.
June 03, 2003

If Chrétien is sincere, he’ll help Congolese

Strong foreign policy required to deal with African crisis.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun Just when Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien should be enjoying the twilight of his three terms in office, his government seems, instead, to have entered the "twilight zone"—a disquieting place somewhere between shadow and substance where all of the inconsistencies of his decade in power are coming together in one final discordant burst.
May 31, 2003

A system in disarray

E-Coli, West Nile, SARS and Mad Cow: Four crises that call for a reform of public health in Canada.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun Maybe it's time to declare an orange alert here in Canada, not because of the threat from terrorists but from microbes.
May 24, 2003

One-size-fits all solution won’t ease Western alienation

Each province West of Ontario has its own needs and concerns.
Angus Reid  Vancouver Sun  Western Canadian alienation is back in the news.
May 17, 2003

The art of surreal politics

Halfway through its term, the Campbell government is confounding friend and foe alike.
Angus ReidVancouver SunThere's a painting at the Art Institute of Chicago that serves as the perfect metaphor for B.C.'s political picture over the past two years.
May 10, 2003

Petitions, Signatures and Recalls

Campbell safe in B.C., but Davis might still be ousted in California.
Mario Canseco Recalls have become fashionable in the West Coast of North America.
May 09, 2003

Wave the flag or be silenced

The sight of TV networks trading impartiality for gung-ho patriotism serves as a warning for Canadians.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun Now that the anesthetic of the mind-numbing 24/7 coverage of the Iraq War is starting to wear off, it's becoming increasingly clear that, despite the hoopla over satellite cameras and embedded journalists, the invasion of Iraq saw American broadcasters enter a new and disturbing phase in which the lines between reporting and propaganda are blurred more than ever.
May 03, 2003

Bureaucrats reelect Red Party in Paraguay

Corruption scandals were not enough to end long governing streak.
Mario Canseco For 56 consecutive years, the Partido Colorado (ANR—Red Party) has ruled Paraguay, electing leaders and backing military dictators with the same ease.
May 02, 2003

A dunce cap for Liberal education policy-makers

B.C. Education minister Christy Clark's numerous attempts to repair the system are ignoring the real problem.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun With the midpoint of Gordon Campbell's four-year term less than a month away, the merry British Columbia premier and his party continue to practise their fetish for all things performance-measured and bean-counted.
April 26, 2003

Three trends spell death of separatism

It's all in the demographics of Quebec, Western Canada and Hispanic Americans.
Angus Reid Vancouver Sun Quebec politics remind me of one of those horror movies where, at the end of the flick, just when everyone's breathing a sigh of relief that the monster is dead, there's a little movement in a pile of ashes to prepare the viewer for yet another sequel.
April 19, 2003

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