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March 5th, 2008 issue

Czech-Mex

Why do Americans think Mexican food should be prepared and served as it is in the States (“No way, José,” Night & Day, Feb. 13–19)? No way!
Fosil restaurant is the choice of Latinos and expatriates all around the city. Just ask. I highly recommend the tacos dorados from the menu. Salud! Also, I want you to know that it’s open daily until the last customer leaves the bar.
Luis Junocik Quiros
Prague
Schengen rules
When you talk about the two American brothers being detained in the Czech Republic for over-staying their tourist visas, the situation is deeply disturbing (“Inside story,” News, Feb. 20–26).
It reflects multiple ways that the Interior Ministry’s Schengen committee has failed profoundly. It’s a strange story, but it also illustrates starkly the mistakes made by the ministry. These two men should be freed immediately, and the ministry should prepare some upgrades to the Schengen transition process so a large group of economically productive non-EU citizens don’t end up similarly as victims of an arbitrary foreign police establishment.
Peter Kohout
Prague
Anti-euro zone
Euro adoption would be a good idea if the Czech Republic was planning to join an “optimum currency area” (“After an embarrassment, time to get serious,” Opinion, Feb. 20–26).
This, alas, is not on the cards for some time. Czech economic convergence with the euro zone has not happened. Long-term wage levels, productivity, inflation and, importantly, interest rates have to run parallel for at least a whole 11-year economic cycle to be sure of a painless transition. If not, the Czech economy would be vulnerable to an asymmetric shock, such as sudden oil price hike or a weak dollar. If the local economy reacted differently to the rest of “euro land,” it would suffer the double whammy of an inappropriate interest rate as well.
President Václav Klaus has the interests of the Czech economy uppermost in his mind. He is right to be wary of Brussels gold.
Paul Henri Cadier
Avignon, France
Starbucks supporter
I don’t like Wal-Mart, most retail chains or pre-packaged lifestyles (“10 Questions,” Business, Feb. 20–26).
But not all chains are alike. Do these “local coffee shops” support fair-trade coffee? Do they care? Do they give their part-time employees relatively generous benefit packages like Starbucks does? Are they good community citizens? I don’t think the questions are that simple.
Daniel Casten
Ostrava


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