Jamaica about to have her first female leader

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The ruling People's National Party just elected the new Party President. Portia Simpson, the most senior Vice President won the election and will be appointed Prime Minister when P.J. Patterson steps down at the end of March. This is an historic moment in Jamaican history.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060224T230000-0500_99417_OBS_CRUNCH_TIME_FOR_PNP.asp

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1. norman manley with indoor plumbing . . . . .

[malaise]

2. Hardly n/t

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6. Michael Manley?

His interviews in Life and Debt, the documentary, both in the film and in the DVD's added features section, are fascinating.

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7. Reagan and Bushco1

destabilized his goverment. Life and Debt is a great documentary.

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8. People who doubt Confessions of and Economic Hit Man is true should

watch Manley talk about what the IMF did to his government after the oil crisis. He proves that step 2, the hit man part of Perkins's three step process, is true.

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9. Manley's Book

Up the Down Escalator explains a lot of that in detail.

[acmejack]

3. Taking the lead in the North American Region is She not?

I can think of no national leaders immediately from this hemisphere.

[KyndCulture]

4. that is very true!

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10. Observer and BBC reports

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20060226T090000-0500_99498_OBS_IT_S_PORTIA.asp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4752192.stm

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5. No

The late Eugenia Charles, that Reagan backing, pro Grenada invasion moron from Dominica, and of course the recent winner in Chile, Michelle Bachelet.

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