Getting Their Goat.PERUVIAN WRITER MARIO VARGAS Llosa should be touting his bestselling novel La Fiesta del Chivo, but his book tour is turning into an insult fiesta in Latin America. The novelist first irritated residents of the Dominican Republic, who took issue with his fictional look at dictator Rafael Trujillo. Then he attacked the rest. Highlights: ECUADOR: "There's a dictator like Fidel Castro, in power far 42 years, and aspiring dictators in Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru." (Reuters) VENEZUELA: President Hugo Chavez is"one of those candidates for dictator who abound in Latin America." (Associated Press) PERU: Alberto Fujimori,"when all is said and done, is a dictator." (Reuters) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES Organization of American States (OAS), international organization, created Apr. 30, 1948, at Bogotá, Colombia, by agreement of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Another 17 states have subsequently joined.: "The last time the OAS OAS - 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase OAS - Obstacle Avoidance Sonar OAS - Obstacle Avoidance System OAS - Oceanic Automation System OAS - Offensive Air Support OAS - Offensive Avionics System OAS - Office Automation System OAS - Office of Administrative Services OAS - Office of Aerospace Studies OAS - Office of Aircraft Services OAS - Office of Applied Studies (SAMHSA) OAS - Office of the Assistant Secretary OAS - Old Age Security Act (Canada) served any useful purpose was almost a half century ago..." (Caretas) MEXICO: "If the PRI wins in these elections, even if they win cleanly, no one is going to feel that democracy has arrived in Mexico." (Reuters) And the response to Vargas Llosa? "If only he would limit himself to literature." --PRI Senator Jose Trinidad Lanza in Mexico. (Reuters) |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion