The latest crackdown on tax evasion has outraged and scared many Argentines.

The most compelling test of this latest crackdown is whether it is too late.

Some called the latest crackdown a "shakedown"; others said it was a restriction on speed.

Its lead in economic experimentation appears unaffected by China's latest crackdown on dissent.

The latest crackdown is due to begin in August 2008.

One said that even with the latest crackdown, a $400 bribe to guards will win a prisoner's immediate release.

But there is a new intensity to this latest crackdown, particularly with the simultaneous attacks from Congress and law enforcement.

American policy makers said today they were expecting opposition to military rule to increase in Panama as a result of the latest crackdown.

In any case, the latest crackdown captures the political spirit of the moment.

The latest crackdown was the biggest since mid-1987, when 16 people were accused of subversion.