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Librarians on Net
Filtering: ‘Don’t Make
Us Thought Police’
Rest of World Intrudes on Latin America Visit
SAN SALVADOR — Presi
dent Bush concluded a weekend
visit to Latin America on Sunday
by calling for a Central American
free trade zone similar to that en
joyed by North America. It was a
key part of his effort to promote
trade, economic development and
U.S. friendship in the region.
But as hard as the president
tried to stick to those themes dur
ing his visit to Mexico, Peru and El
S alv ad o r, c o n tin u e d su icid e
bombings in the Middle East,
worry about Iraq’s suspected
buildup o f weapons o f mass de
struction and new acts of vio
lence in Kashmir forced him to
address crises far from Latin
America.
In Mexico, he unveiled a pro
posal to increase U.S. aid to poor
nations by $ 1.7 billion in the first
year of the plan, $3.3 billion the
second year and $5 billion in sub
sequent years. But Bush was side
tracked by questions about Iraq.
He responded with more tough
words over Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein ' s refusal to allow inspec
tors into the country to check for
chemical, biological or nuclear
weapons.
Even before he left W ashing
ton, Bush got a hint that the
planned themes of his trip might
be overshadowed: A car bomb
killed nine Peruvians outside the
U.S. Embassy in Lima.
Bush, who was to arrive in Lima
on Saturday, said “two-bit terror
ists” would not deter him.
Later, at a new s conference
w ith P e r u v ia n P r e s id e n t
A lejan d ro T oledo, Bush a n
nounced an aid plan to help the
Andean nation fight drug traf
ficking and terrorism , im prove
teacher training, expand trade
and im prove its business cli-
President
Bush and
Laura Bush
are greeted by
children in
traditional
dress at
Compalapa
International
Airport in San
Salvador.
inate. T he tw o lead ers also
signed an agreem ent to bring
Peace Corps volunteers back to
Peru. The U.S. program was ex
pelled by P eru ’s then-m ilitary
governm ent in 1975.
But Bush said the main task is
to fight terrorism . He said U.S.
aid will be tripled from $50 m il
lion to $ 150 m illion to help Peru
Fiscal general de Venezuela dispuesto
a enjuiciar a presidente Chávez
Caracas (AFP) - El fiscal general de Ven
ezuela, Isafas R odríguez, aseguró estar
dispuesto a enjuiciar al presidente Hugo
Chávez, si encuentra “hechos contundentes”
en las d enuncias sobre presunta corrupción
en el gobierno, en una entrevista que publica
este lunes el diario El Nacional.
Rodríguez garantizó que en la fiscalía “no
se ha engavetado ninguna investigación
contra el presidente Chávez”, como acusa la
op o sició n , al ser co n su lta d o sobre la
posibilidad que se enjuicie al mandatario por
actos de corrupción.
“Se ha tratado de que las averiguaciones
(contra Chávez) avancen. Si hay hechos
contundentes, a mm nunca me va a temblar el
pulso para asumir esa responsabilidad” de
alentar un juicio, aseveró el fiscal general, ex
vicepresidente del gobierno chavista.
Según la prensa, en la fiscalía venezolana
cursan 58 denuncias contra el jefe de Estado,
en su mayoría por presunto desvío de fondos
públicos, que Rodríguez considera que
“carecen de documentación”.
El ala opositora del partido Movimiento al
Socialism o (M AS), de tendencia centro
izquierdista, solicitó en enero a la Fiscalía un
wage that battle. “O ur nations
understand that political and
econom ic progress depends on
security — and that security is
im possible in a world with ter
rorists,” Bush said.
Before Bush arrived, police
used tear gas to break up crowds
protesting the visit and arrested
18 people for throwing stones.
actos de corrupción - corrupt acts
continued
from Front
the software can also block ac
cess to sites providing valuable
information on topics such as
breast cancer and sexually trans
mitted diseases while failing to
block pornographic sites.
“Librarians are uniquely quali
fied to teach library patrons how
to find the content they want and
avoid inappropriate content with
out the governm ent trying to
deputize them into the thought
police,” said Ann Beeson for the
American Civil Liberties Union,
which is arguing the case for the
plaintiffs.
The governm ent argues that
filtering softw are has vastly im
proved since the law was e n
acted, m aking few er m istakes
and allowing libraries to unblock
sites that w ere blocked in error.
The governm ent also contends
that printed pornographic m ate
rials are not in m any library
collections, so there is no re a
so n w h y o n lin e o b s c e n ity
should be.
$150 Million Awarded
in Smoker Death
(AP) -A Portland jury found
the Philip Morris tobacco com
pany guilty of negligence, liabil
ity and fraud Friday and awarded
the estate of a Salem woman more
than $ 150 million in damages.
The lawsuit was filed by the
estate o f Michele Schwarz o f Sa
lem, who died at age 53 in July 1999
of lung cancer after smoking low-
tar Merit cigarettes.
The lawsuit said Schwarz had
switched from a regular filtered
cigarette to low-tar Merits be
cause she believed that would be
better for her health.
The jury awarded $ 150 million
in p u n itiv e d am a g e s a lo n e ,
$150,000 in non-economic dam
ages and more than $355,000 in
economic damages.
Such large damages against to
bacco companies often have been
reduced on appeal in the past.
antiguos aliados - former allies
“antejuicio de mérito” contra Chávez, por
"violación a la constitución y las leyes”.
En específico, los antiguos aliados del
mandatario lo acusan de usode fondos públicos
p a ra fin a n c ia r a ctiv id ad es p a rtid ista s,
incitación a la violencia, reiterada amenaza e
intimidación a los medios de comunicación y
omisión en materia de corrupción.
El “ a n te ju ic io de m é rito ” es un
procedimiento especial que abre la Fiscalía
para determinar si existen méritos para enjuiciar
al presidente y se sustancia ante el Tribunal
Supremo de Justicia, que decide el proceso.
Esta figura fue usada en 1993para separar
del poder, enjuiciar y condenar a prisión al
entonces presidente socialdemócrata Carlos
Andrés Pérez (1974-791989-93), contra quien
Chávez se alzó en armas en febrero de 1992.
En su entrevista con El Nacional, Rodríguez
pidió “tomar en cuenta el día después” a
quienes promueven una salida anticipada de
Chávez del poder, electo en 1998 y reelecto en
2000 para un período de seis años.
“Tú puedes cam b iar el tim o n el, la
tripulación, las velas del barco, pero no puedes
hundirlo”, recordó el fiscal, para quien Ven
ezuela “va acambiar con Chávezo sin Chávez”.
denuncias - accusations
desvío de fondos públicos - use of public
funds
En su entrevista con El National - In his
interview with “The National.”
enero - January
materia de corrupción - corrupt material
salida-e x it
sustancia - substance
timonel - the helmsman
Spring Cleaning
Supports Church
World’s Oldest
Woman Dies
The Victory Outreach Church in
northeast Portland is offering
spring cleanup services to raise
money to support its Christian re
covery facility. Residents and busi
nesses with odd jobs are welcome
to support this ministry by calling
the church for a free spring-clean
ing estimate at 503-335-3264.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —
Maud Farris-Luse, recognized
last year by the Guinness World
Records book as the w orld’s
oldest living person, has died.
She was 115. Sake-sipping
K a m a to H o n g o , 114, o f
Kagoshima, Japan, is now the
w orld’s oldest person.
un período de seis años- a period f six years
uso de fondos públicos - use of public funds
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violación a la constitución y las leyes -
violation of the constitution and the laws
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cultural diversity includes the encourage
ment of a multi-lingual society. Readers can
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