Quito Landing in Ecuador after 11 pm and clearing customs, Hugo Chavez’s press conference was on all of the television sets as we exited the airport. The first question I was asked as I headed for the hotel was whether or not I had heard that Chavez was re-elected. This was big news in Ecuador, …
Category: International
Leaving Bolivia
Lima Cochabamba is a very pleasant city in many ways, but La Paz and El Alto are what’s happening as unique political, social, and cultural environments which are hard to duplicate in the rest of the world. The strategic and tactical power of El Alto over the country, because of its geographical stranglehold and emergence and …
Fight Over Foreign Retail (Walmart!) Entry into India Enters a New Stage
New Orleans Desperate to hold onto power with national elections coming in 2013 and beset by crises over coal, telecom, and slowing growth, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, announced modifications in foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, potentially paving the way for Walmart, Carrefour, Tesco, Metro, and other multi-national companies to enter the growing Indian …