In the name of freedom: President of Latvia Varia Vīķe-Freiberga ; a biography
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| adam_text | In the
Name of
Freedom:
President of Latvia
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
A Biography by Ausma Cimdina
JUMAVA
CONTENTS
I THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG, LONG ROAD 11
Latvia
Vaira s Birth 11
The Scent of Riga s Sidewalks after the Rain 17
Letting the City Child Recover in the Country 18
Loving Grandmas and Stern Grandpas 21
Lord, the Earth is on Fire 24
Germany
On the Road to Liibeck 27
The Law of Never-Ending Love 31
Dual Vision 34
Morocco
When I See Palm Trees, My Heart Melts 36
Two Moroccos 40
II LIFE IN CANADA AND ACADEMIC CAREER 47
Starting All Over Again 47
A Log Can t Burn by Itself 55
Latvian Math: 2x2 and 3x3 57
The Global Sorority Spidolas 61
Positions, Degrees, Titles — and the Honour
of Presidency 65
Approaches to Research, the Dainas, and Emigre Society 69
Aeroflot — Destination Montreal 80
I ve Shed Three Tears of Which I am not Ashamed 82
The Song Motif in Vaira s Life 88 249
III RETURNING TO THE LAND OF HER BIRTH 91
Not Beyond the City Limits of Riga 93
Academic Recognition in Soviet Latvia 97
Inspiration 100
In Lugano Before the Declaration of Independence 103
Academic — Does That Have to Mean Staid? 107
Speaking Out: That s Just How We Are and
There s Nothing We Can Do about It 110
The Nation s Self-confidence 122
Linden Planks Across the Abyss 131
IV THE PRESIDENCY 135
So Many Candidates: Two Vairas and
Other Candidates 135
The Election Campaign that Never Was 139
The Election 141
What Did the President Have in Her Handbag? 142
June 17^ to the Oath of Office on July 8^ 143
Why Don t Latvia s Politicians Know
Anything about Her? 145
The Oath of Office 149
The Palace Ball 152
The First Year 154
The Tragic Events of 4 July 1941 and the Holocaust 164
The Deportations of 14 June 1941 167
Social Contrasts 168
A Most Popular President 170
Media Reactions 171
The New President — Her Image and Reflections 176
How Do We Know One Another? 181
A President Of Whom Any Superpower
Could Be Proud — What Will Latvia Do? 196
V A CELEBRATION OF DIFFERENCE 197
Running for Re-election to the Presidency 197
Ladies and Gentlemen, Do Not Think of Them in the
Bureaucratic and Abstract Way that You Normally Do 203
The Euro-realist: Joining the European Union
250 is Not the Same as Entering Paradise 213
Relations with Russia — and More 220
Standing Guard Over that which the Latvian
President Must Do 223
The Territorial Ethos of Eastern Europe 224
A SHORT HISTORY OF LATVIA 227
EPILOGUE 231
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 233
PUBLICATIONS 235
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