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 Bugaboo Cameleon Black Stroller Bundleme Winter Liner  US $81.00
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 Mens Columbia Bugaboo Omni Tech® Parka Insulated 3 in 1 MSRP $230 Black Large US $119.99
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 2011 Bugaboo Bee Black Standard Stroller $600 US $255.00
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 Womens COLUMBIA BUGABOO Sz Large 3 in 1 Black Fleece Lined Ski Jacket Coat US $9.99
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 MENS COLUMBIA Vintage BUGABOO Black SKI Coat Jacket XL 2 PIECE LINER JACKET US $30.00
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 Womens Columbia Bugaboo Omni Tech® Parka Insulated3 in 1 MSRP $230 Black Medium US $119.95
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 Womens Columbia Bugaboo Omni Tech® Parka Insulated3 in 1 MSRP $230 Black Large US $119.95
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 NWT Mens Columbia XL OMNI TECH Bugaboo Parka Dark Blue Blk Retail $230 US $90.00
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 Mens COLUMBIA 3N1 Jacket Parka 4XT 4X Tall Black Waterproof OmniTech BUGABOO NEW US $184.95
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 Mens COLUMBIA BLACK Snow Board Ski Pants BUGABOO OmniTech WATERPROOF SMALL SHORT US $35.00
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 COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR BUGABOO Black Teal Plum 3 in 1 Nylon Jacket Fleece Liner L US $29.99
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 Bugaboo Bee Baby Stroller Black Color US $399.66
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 Bugaboo Diaper Bag Laptop Bag Black Canvas BB01 US $110.00
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 Large Bugaboo Diaper Bag Laptop Bag Black Leather BB02 US $330.00
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 NEW Bugaboo CAMELEON Complete TRAVEL SYSTEM STROLLER RED GRAY SAND BROWN BLACK US $849.00
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 Mens COLUMBIA BLACK Snow Board Ski Pants BUGABOO Omni Tech WATERPROOF XXL 2XL US $35.00
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 Brand New Bugaboo Cameleon Black FLEECE Tailored Fabric Set US $99.00
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 NEW Columbia Bugaboo Puff Omni Heat Thermal Down Parka Jacket Mens L Black US $119.95
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 Columbia Bugaboo Womans Winter Ski Gloves MSRP $50 Bubble Black XL US $29.99
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 Columbia Bugaboo Puff Down Jacket sz L color Black US $140.00
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 New COLUMBIA mens Bugaboo BLACK ski snow board waterproof breathable pants XL US $68.99
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 New COLUMBIA mens Bugaboo BLACK ski snow board waterproof breathable pants XXL US $68.99
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 New COLUMBIA mens Bugaboo BLACK ski snow board waterproof breathable pants L US $68.99
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 Mens Womens Columbia 3 in 1 Bugaboo Lined Jacket Parka XL Black Green US $9.99
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 Columbia Blue Black Tan Bugaboo mens jacket XL US $59.99
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 Bugaboo Bee Black Standard Stroller Rtl $600 US $405.00
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 Columbia mens ski jacket L black winter Parka coat radial sleeve Bugaboo fleece US $21.49
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 NEW BUGABOO BEE PLUS COMPLETE STROLLER RED KHAKI BLUE PINK BLACK YELLOW PURPLE US $625.00
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 NEW BUGABOO CAMELEON CANVAS TAILORED FABRIC SET BLACK OFF WHITE RED SAND PINK US $99.95
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 womens Columbia jacket coat shell red black full zip lined Bugaboo nylon sz M L US $19.99
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 womens sz M L Columbia jacket bugaboo purple gray black shell coat windbreaker US $19.99
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 COLUMBIA Bugaboo Parka Jacket Coat Womens Black NEW Winter Ski Snowboard US $124.95
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 Bugaboo Frog Black StrollerPLUS LOTS OF EXTRASLOOK MUST SEEA Stroller US $399.99
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 New Womens Columbia Bugaboo 3 in 1 Coat Parka Fleece Jacket L Large Black $230 US $134.99
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 Bugaboo Bee Plus Stroller Black W Black Canopy NEW US $649.00
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 MENS M COLUMBIA BUGABOO NYLON JACKET PURPLE GRAY BLACK SKI JACKETS US $15.00
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 New Bugaboo Bee Black Baby Cocoon US $38.99
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 Mens COLUMBIA BUGABOO Waterproof Ski Pants Black XLT XL Tall Omni Tech New US $89.95
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 NEW BUGABOO FROG STROLLER GEAR ACCESSORIES UNDERSEAT STORAGE BAG BASKET BLACK US $64.95
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 Mens COLUMBIA 3N1 Jacket Parka 4X 4XL XXXX Black Waterproof OmniTech BUGABOO NEW US $184.95
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Columbia Bugaboo Ski II Sock - Kids' Black/Light Grey, L $17.96 A week is a long time for young feet stuffed inside abusive ski boots. Prevent morning kid complaints with the warm and padded Columbia Kids' Bugaboo Ski II Sock. This sock's padded shin cushions the hard ski boot while the Omni-Wick advanced evaporation prevents sweating and blisters.Product FeaturesMaterial: 31% Merino wool, 31% acrylic, 28% nylon, 6% polyester, 4% elastaneHeight: above calfReco... |
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Columbia Bugaboo Ranger Backpack $78.95 A rugged winter pack with an ingenious carrying systembecause when wind combines with altitude on an icy alpine bootpack, you need all the help you can get. The Bugaboo Rangers Versatile Ski Carrying System allows you to haul your pair vertically, as well as diagonally from either side of the pack. This comfortably disperses the skis weight while allowing you the freedom to choose which carrying f... |
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Columbia Men's Bugaboo OH Ski Socks $34.95 Webster's says a bugaboo is an imaginary object of fear, but the Columbia Men's Bugaboo OH Ski Socks are just the opposite; they're a concrete source of happiness. From the chairlifts to the game trails this technical boot sock uses the best of Mother Nature and modern science. Merino wool works with Omni-Heat reflective technology to keep your feet warm, and with Omni-Wick advanced evaporation to... |
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Columbia Bugaboo Stryker Backpack $98.95 The Columbia Bugaboo Stryker is a high-altitude hero. An insulated hydration pack keeps your liquid from freezing. The versatile carry system lets you tote your skis comfortably. The beefed-up waist belt and full-zip pockets keep your stash safe, even in a tumble. This is the backpack even the backcountry pros lust after priced for the rest of us.... |
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Columbia Men's Bugaboo Extended Pant $79.95 Key Features of the Columbia Bugaboo Ski Pants: Fabric Shell: 100% nylon Kolon Twill. Lining: 100% nylon Contour Echelon Emboss taffeta. Insulated: 100% polyester Microtemp XF II, 60g Omni-Tech waterproof/breathable critically seam sealed Adjustable waist Internal, adjustable leg gaiter Waist adjustable tabs Zip-closed security pockets Reinforced cuff guard Articulated knees... |
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Columbia Women's Bugaboo Parka $174.95 Winter days on the mountain can dawn cold and stormy, then end with bluebird skies and balmy breezes. Be ready for the ever-changing moods of Mother Nature with the Columbia Women's Bugaboo Parka. With three-in-one versatility and unbeatable performance, this iconic industry leader is the only jacket(s) you need this season.Featuring Omni-Tech protection and critically seam sealed construction, th... |
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Columbia Men's Bugaboo Parka $174.95 Ready for whatever the mountain has in store, the Columbia Men's Bugaboo Parka has an option for all of her many moods. Waterproof and breathable, this industry-leading jacket features a zip-in interchange system and removable fleece liner for three-in-one versatility and performance. With plenty of pockets for all of your necessities and streamlined style, the Columbia Bugaboo Parka for men is th... |
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Baby Jogger Liquid Holster $18.25 Its unique design allows it to fit on round or square tubing, which fits most strollers on the market today. The Liquid Holster is a self leveling drink holder that sways with the motion of the stroller - helping to prevent spills. Attaching the Liquid Holster is easy - just clamp it over the existing frame tube and tighten down 2 small screws. It's that simple.... |
Obama's Test From Chávez
Of all the foreign policy messes George W. Bush is handing off to President-elect Barack Obama, Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is the worst. On the two tests where Chávez is the key -- shaping a respectful long-term relationship with Latin America and the short-term terrorist threat from Venezuela -- Bush scored an F. Obama's got real work carved out for him.
With 200 of its 550 million people living on $2 or less per day, Latin America suffers from a long-term inability to develop a win-win relationship with the economic colossus to the north, where the GDP per capita is seven times greater than below the Rio Grande.
The success of 45 million Hispanic Americans, who on a per capita basis earn three times what their relatives do back home, dramatizes the long-term solution. The modern system of lawful wealth creation is inefficacious in Latin America, which consequently has not developed as rapidly as Asia or much of Africa, and that in turn has spurred immigration to the states including 12 million illegally.
The solution was supposed to be the Washington Consensus policies -- budget balancing, more taxes, fiscal austerity, free trade, fighting government corruption and privatization of state enterprises -- which became loan qualifications for IMF, World Bank and US aid. But these stern policies -- which Washington rarely applied to itself -- failed to reduce poverty and backfired especially against the Latin American political leaders who had the courage to apply them. That backfire gave rise to the virulent strain of anti-Americanism that produced Chávez.
In 1989, there were riots against the Washington Consensus reforms imposed on President Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela, which were followed in 1992 by a coup attempt launched by Chávez against Perez, who was impeached shortly afterward. Then Chávez rose from the ashes of prison to win the presidency in 1998. He has been savaging American capitalism and power ever since while being subsidized by American gasoline buyers.
A few years later, similar riots against Washington's rules ousted President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada of Bolivia, whose request for a $50 million loan to President Bush was dismissed in the Oval Office with the crack "Who am I, Santa Claus?" The upshot in 2005 was the election of the indigenous leader Evo Morales to Bolivia's presidency, who gladly took Chávez's money and imitated his savage anti-American discourse.
Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominica, and Honduras then fell like dominoes into the oil-funded anti-American camp of Chávez, who had simultaneously aligned fifty billion dollars worth of business with the FARC narco-terrorists in Colombia, OPEC, Iran, Syria, Hamas, Hezbollah, China, Russia, Belarus, North Korea, and anyone who would trash Bush -- who ignored it all, pretending everything was OK.
Bush is thus handing off to Obama a Latin America that is deeply suspicious of America; where Iranian, Russian and Chinese weapons and businesses are found everywhere in the Chávez circle of countries; where the growing threats of nuclear weapons proliferation, terrorism, money-laundering, human and narcotics trafficking have become the norm; where two US ambassadors were kicked out of Venezuela and Bolivia; and where a global recession that is blamed on U.S. profligacy will worsen immigration, poverty, violence and instability in the whole region.
More than any of his predecessors since World War II, President Obama needs a dramatic change in the relationship with Latin America. To attack poverty, the underlying problem, Obama needs to get the tools of wealth creation -- education, private property, enterprises, and cheap credit -- to the 200 million Latin Americans who live on $2 per day. He could use a Marshall Plan involving the public and private sectors of the rich democracies to interact with Latin America on the ground in the barrios and directly with poor people. The "community organizer" Obama once was in Chicago is precisely what the Latin American poor need in their corner today.
As for Chávez's short term terrorist threat, Obama has to move fast. Even though the recession has cut Chávez's oil income by more than half, he still has the largest and best-equipped standing army in Latin America, Russian submarines and fighter jets, Iranian missiles, uranium mines, Hezbollah and FARC training and rest camps, and a cocaine and money-laundering operation that makes Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme look like tiddlywinks.
Chávez is armed, scared, trapped and dangerous. He's scared of being prosecuted for crimes against humanity if he's removed from office. He's trapped by falling oil income that props up his personal army, a huge bureaucracy, and half the payrolls in Venezuela. A paranoid sociopath, Chávez has lost his bugaboo -- Bush -- and is facing a cool, intelligent black replacement. In such circumstances, he may fabricate a crisis so he can declare martial law and wage war against the U.S. as Fidel Castro did in Cuba 50 years ago. Expect Iran, Russia and maybe China to be denying involvement in it.
To counter Chávez, Obama should eliminate U.S. dependence on Venezuela's oil and thus stop subsidizing Chávez's state sponsorship of terrorism. This is not as difficult a task as Bush thought, because Venezuela's fuels are not needed in a recession. But without U.S. revenues to subsidize his megalomaniacal fanaticism, Chávez will face new enemies among the military closest to him, including thousands of Cubans loyal to Chávez's money not his dreams of grandeur. By protecting America, Obama could really help the suppressed democracy of Venezuela.
©2008 Michael Rowan
About the Author
Michael Rowan, a political consultant and writer, lived in Caracas from 1993 to 2006. He was the strategist for Governor Manuel Rosales in the 2006 presidential race and is the co- author with Douglas Schoen of The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chávez and the War Against America (Free Press, January 6, 2009 publication; 978-1-4165-9477-2).