Ethnic Passion: THE MYSTERY OF THE MARSHMALLOW MAYOR
So there was Steve, in the position he is often found in public, sitting at a bar, surrounded by some buddies, having a drink. This bar happened to be in Centro Vasco, in the heart of Little Havana, the day before the Calle Ocho festival. Luis Feldstein Soto, The Herald's bright young political writer, was wandering around, searching for comments concerning the festival's decision to ban singers who had performed in Cuba.And there was Steve, the dean of local...
Ethnic Passion: Powell was link to reality
COLIN POWELL'S departure from the State Department and Condoleezza Rice's arrival deepen the uncertainty that lies over what is to be expected of the new Bush administration's foreign policy. Colin Powell was a heavyweight in Washington. In 1996, he could have had the Republican presidential nomination, had he wanted it. His had been the most prominent American military career since the Vietnam War.He had successfully redefined the terms of U.S. foreign...
Ethnic Passion: NATIONALIST FIRES FLARE IN DEFIANCE OF SOVIET RULERS
Rallies in Slovenia. Marches in Serbia. Tension in Kosovo. Popular protests and popular fronts in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Flight from Romania's Transylvania. Riots in Azerbaijan. The fires of nationalism are being rekindled this year in Eastern Europe, from the Baltic to the Balkans and east to the Caspian Sea. The sparks carry a defiant message for the Communist governments."Simple," says Milovan Djilas, the most prominent dissident in...