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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (2050)	10/10/2000 9:46:57 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Uh.. excuse me.... Castro is the head of a totalitarian regime.. He is not your typical latin style caudillo...although there may be some reason to believe that he is trying to move from totalitarian control over the system to more of one where he remains the authoritarian "benevolent dictator" ala Pinochet... But one day he will die and then we'll have to see what kind of power struggle erupts from the vacuum, if any.. Totalitarian regimes are normally devoid of the type of power vacuum that may result in disruption/destruction of the system. Certainly the fall of communism in Russia is indicative of the difficulties of transitioning from one system to another. As for your friend, he's pretty much on the money.. Colombia (with an "O", not a "U".. :0) has one of the most violent histories in Latin American for reasons not readily understood by political scientists. It has always been heavily divided between factions on the left and right who often clashed violently with great loss of life on all sides (with the peasants caught in the middle). Ask your friend about "La Violencia", the military coup by General Rojas Pinilla, and his creation of the "Frente Nacional".... Amazing history.. Colombia... simply amazing.. (and apalling) Regards, Ron