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Contraband Is Big Business in Paraguay

Tony Smith June 10, 2003
Many are skeptical of Paraguay’s president-elect Nicanor Duarte Frutos’ promise to crackdown on the illegal production and trade of counterfeit products. Approximately one-fifth of the Paraguayan economy is fueled by unlawful cross-border trade with neighboring Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia, from where the 'knock offs' – anything from fake Marlboro cigarettes to computer parts - are...

Latin Lands Don't Share Powell's Priorities

Larry Rohter June 10, 2003
At the annual conference of the Organization of American States, US Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to leave behind all ideological differences between the North and the South over the war in Iraq. Instead, he emphasized the current US position in Latin America – to allow more free trade through prospective treaties like the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), and to pressure...

Airlines' Unwanted Fleet Grows in the Desert

Edward Wong June 7, 2003
In the midst of a slowing US economy, companies such as Avtel that provide storage and maintenance facilities for airlines, are doing lucrative business. In fact, the amount of business airlines do with a company like Avtel is a good way to gauge both the failing airline industry's health and the remaining strength of individual airlines. Indeed, post September 11 declines in air travel and...

Egypt Warned U.S. of a Qaeda Plot, Mubarak Asserts

Patrick E. Tyler June 4, 2003
Though the Egyptian government has been cooperating with the American CIA for years, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says that the US failed to heed warnings from Egypt of an imminent terrorist attack against the US prior to September 11. The CIA denies that such intelligence was received, but is currently cooperating closely with Egypt because of the country’s extensive sources within Al Qaeda...

Dreams, Deferred

Erika Kinetz June 1, 2003
The recent downturn in the US economy has had a devastating impact on the financial services, telecommunications, and media industries in New York City. In a New York Times feature article, Erika Kinetz offers stories of recent graduates of Queens College who hail from around the globe, and who, in spite of enviable grades and technical skills, remain unemployed. For these graduates, jobs are...

An Exodus Grows in Brooklyn

Michael Powell May 28, 2003
By all accounts, life as one knew it is over in New York City's Little Pakistan. Little Pakistan formed as an ethnic residential and business neighborhood of Pakistani immigrants in the early 1960s. In the decades that followed, the neighborhood transformed into a bustling center of Pakistani-ness, adding to the vitality of multicultural New York. As reported in this Washington Post...

International Tension Isn't Good for U.S. or Mexico

Enrique Rangel May 28, 2003
When U.S President George Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox took offices in their respective countries, the U.S. and Mexico promised to have the friendliest relationship seen in years. However, the strain caused by differences on Iraq and Washington's focus on terrorism is worrying more and more people on both sides. Immigration issues have further worsened this relationship. Despite...