The jury's out on whether this election can bring Bolivia back from the precipice of national collapse or whether it will generate even more political tension and perhaps a break-up of the country. |
There are 14 families affected. |
There is a danger of Morales becoming more closely tied to both Chavez and Castro. The danger is there, but it's not inevitable. |
This decrease calls out for more research. |
This, of course, leads to all kinds of questions about the extent to which choices will increase stratification and gentrification, ... Choosing Schools. |
We're trying to keep the doors open here, ... Everybody's been promised this money, but we need it to operate. |
We've reached a point where the balance now is tilting toward holding the elections. There's less likely to be violence in Haiti's future if they hold elections than if they don't. |
You can't govern in Haiti alone. You need sufficient cooperation from the losers so that parliament can function and the government can deal with the fundamental problems that makes Haiti the last on every list of human security issues in the hemisphere. |
You could argue that putting it near the convention center and the two major hotels down there, and the environment of the Strip, would make sense. I don't think that's an idle thought. |