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Stephen Kinzer Quotes

American - Author | August 4, 1951 -

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.

Leader Power Control Authoritarian

Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests.

Partnerships Reflect Stability

By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

Power Chaos Army America Late

Most Pakistani politics is conducted within a narrow spectrum. Politicians spend much time debating the best ways to fight India, or take Kashmir, or dominate Afghanistan, or punish the United States for its real and imagined sins.

Time Best Politics Fight India Real

On Aug. 19, 1953, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran became the first victim of a C.I.A. coup. Ten months later, on June 27, 1954, President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala became the second.

President First Victim Prime June

Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow the Sandinistas in neighboring Nicaragua.

Support Fighting Soviet Soviet Union

Every nation, like every individual, would like to believe it owes 'no apology' to anyone. Adults realise, however, that few among us are purely innocent or utterly blameless.

Believe Innocent Apology Nation Us

New media and mobile entertainment are revolutionizing the way people learn about the world.

People World Learn Media New Way

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

Become More Right Genocide Expect

Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does.

Water Growing Understand Turkey Few

Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.

Powerful Prey Eagles Fail Neck

During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries.

Challenges Fighting Attention Lost

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