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Organization of American States Meets to Discuss Venezuela
Saturday, 3 June 2017, 4:11 pm | COHA Staff
On May 31, representatives from 33 of the 34 active members of the Organization of American States (OAS) met to discuss the current Venezuelan conflict at the 29th Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Absent was the representative ... More >>
Mexico's Choice: Abortion Laws and their Effects
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 1:08 pm | COHA Staff
Mexico's Choice: Abortion Laws and their Effects Throughout Latin America By Sarah Faithful , Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article, click here . In 2015, a 21-year-old woman named Patricia ... More >>
Chile Considers Cannabis Decriminalization
Saturday, 22 August 2015, 10:54 am | COHA Staff
With its proposed changes to Ley 20.000 (Law 20,000), Chile joins a growing list of Latin American countries decriminalizing marijuana. The initiative, which would grant Chileans the right to possess up to 10 grams of cannabis and grow up to six ... More >>
NAFTA and Drug Trafficking
Monday, 23 March 2015, 1:53 pm | COHA Staff
By: Cameron McKibben, COHA Research Associate, with editorial assistance provided by Gonzalo Escribano, COHA Guest Scholar and Lecturer of Political Science and International Relations at the Iberoamericana University in Mexico City More >>
Brazil Implements Femicide Legislation
Monday, 23 March 2015, 1:46 pm | COHA Staff
On March 9, 2015, a day after International Women’s Day, Brazil passed legislation that addresses femicide in the country. Facing heightened attention as a female leader, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff played a key role in the legislative measure. ... More >>
Attempted Coup And Misguided U.S. Sanctions in Venezuela
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 10:52 am | COHA Staff
On February 11, 2015, the government of President Nicolas Maduro, along with a number of his senior officials, declared that Venezuela had faced an attempted coup. Contrarily, the mainstream media in the United States and in Europe viewed such allegations as ... More >>
Venezuelans Opposed to U.S. Intervention
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 2:23 pm | COHA Staff
By: Larry Birns, Director of COHA, and COHA Senior Research Fellow Frederick B. Mills, Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University More >>
Venezuelan Government shows Restraint And Resolve
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:48 am | COHA Staff
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) views with great alarm the violence perpetrated against the democratically elected government and civilians in Venezuela that has resulted, as of February 12, 2014, in three confirmed deaths, 61 persons wounded ... More >>
