Clean slate.House arrest, extradition extradition (ĕkstrədĭsh`ən), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him. warrants, even Supreme Court rulings, nothing seems to deter former presidents in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. bent on Adj. 1. bent on - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" bent, dead set, out to clearing their name the best way possible: By hammering Hammering The rapid and concentrated sale of a stock thought to be overvalued by the market. It performed by investors and speculators who beleive that prices are inflated and that a period of liquidation is imminent. their political opponents into submission Submission Elliott, Anne reluctantly gives up her fiancé on her family’s advice. [Br. Lit.: Jane Austen Persuasion in Magill I, 734] first. Here's a look at who's who's 1. Contraction of who is. 2. Contraction of who has. who's who is or who has who's short for who is, who has. running despite the risks.
Clean Slate
Candidate Charges Status
Alberto Fujimod Corruption and Under arrest in Chile awaiting
(Peru) crimes against extradition. Campaigning
humanity nonetheless via the press
Carlos Menem Illegal arms deal, Won a Senate seat, expected
(Argentina) embezzlement to take it Dec. 10 if no
legal action blocks it.
Serious charges dropped
Arnoldo Aleman Money laundering, Under a 20-year house-arrest
(Nicaragua) corruption, that has expanded to the size
embezzlement of Managua, so far, yet
guiding Nicaraguan politics
just the same
Lucio Gutierrez Threat to national Under arrest after flying
(Ecuador) security home from Colombian asylum
to claim control of
government
Candidate Quote
Alberto Fujimod "It's my goal to stay temporarily
(Peru) in Chile as part of the process of
my return to Peru."
(Reuters)
Carlos Menem "I am honest and decent. I am, I
(Argentina) would say, a leader among
Peronists, as both Peron and the
people would have it" (La
Gaceta)
Arnoldo Aleman Daughter Maria Dolores Aleman:
(Nicaragua) "If we wanted, we could run for
the presidency without amnesty,
since the sentence itself is, in the
first place, not solid." (El Nuevo
Diario)
Lucio Gutierrez Referring to himself: "Lucio
(Ecuador) Gutierrez should continue governing
honestly." (AP)
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