Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Charter cities: "Economic zones founded on the land of poor countries but governed with the legal and political system of rich ones." Model comes from 19C colonialism. Does it still work? Honduras will give it a try
Central and South American leaders are bracing themselves to break with the United States and abandon the "war on drugs". They can't win it. The costs are too great. What follows? Perhaps legalisation for marijuana, at least
5,000 women murdered since 2000. Only 2% of cases get to court. Abuse of women probably worst in Central America, which is saying something. A 36-year civil war ended in 1996, culture of violence still part of everyday life.
Biographer of Che Guevara sees parallels between revolutionary's life and death and that of Bin Laden. Che's body was later recovered in a propaganda coup. Bin Laden's sea burial forestalls this, but what of his place of death?
Most Latin American countries have gone through 10 or 20 constitutions. Governments there seem to think they can change society by changing the law. They merely destabilise it
Sparkling profile of Green presidential contender Antanas Mockus, "a quirky, unpredictable mathematician who murmurs in French about arcane philosophical concepts and wears a chinstrap beard"
War between Colombia and Venezuela a long shot, but confrontational rivalry between Uribe and Chavez could get out of hand. So far, they're just swearing at each other. It's a guy thing
