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Bruce Stokes
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2002
Don't wait for the meltdown
Brazil is hurtling toward an economic crisis that has little to do with whether a leftist gets elected president in October or the size of its standby credit announced Aug. 7 with the International Monetary Fund.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2002
Drain the swamp that breeds terrorism
This week U.S. President George W. Bush meets in Monterrey, Mexico with 50 other heads of state to discuss financing for Third World development. Last week, the president announced that he would ask Congress to set aside $5 billion for a special development-aid fund. This aid will be on top of the 10...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2002
Outsiders didn't dig the Argentine hole
WASHINGTON -- It is always politically incorrect to blame the victim. But Argentina is an exception. Argentines have no one to blame but themselves for their current economic mess. They have long lived beyond their means. And now the piper must be paid.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2001
A bitter lesson awaits Bush in Genoa
WASHINGTON — The G8 summit beginning July 20 in Genoa, Italy — U.S. President George W. Bush's first such meeting with the leaders of the eight principal industrial nations — is shaping up as another galling reality lesson for the new American administration, a reminder of the frustrations of global...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2001
Chances for new trade round grow dim
GENEVA -- With only a few months left before the go or no-go decision has to be made, it is looking less and less likely that a new round of international trade negotiations will be launched when world-trade ministers meet in November in Doha, Qatar.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2001
Back to the future with George W. Bush
WASHINGTON -- When the new Bush Cabinet sat down for its first meeting after the inauguration, the only person missing was actor Michael J. Fox, because there's no doubt about it, this remake on the Potomac is definitely "Back to the Future: Part Four." And while nostalgia may be boffo in Hollywood,...

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