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Ecuador Underwhelmed
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 11:43 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In what could be seen as an effort to respond to the March 11, 2009 edition of the U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights, Ecuador has promised to publish its own human rights counter-report. More >>
The Cofán: Hope in the Midst of Tragedy
Friday, 16 April 2010, 1:13 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Straddling the Ecuadorian-Colombian border reside the semi-indigenous communities of the Cofán. Calling themselves the a’i , this horticultural group is dependent on the waters of the Guamués and Aguaricó rivers as well as the surrounding forests ... More >>
“Clean Energy” Mega Project Threatens Ecosystem
Friday, 16 April 2010, 1:12 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The April 20th date, already changed from March 30th, that was scheduled for staging an auction to bid for the rights to build and operate the controversial Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian state of Pará has been further delayed due to the popularization ... More >>
Haiti: Beyond Aid and Debt Forgiveness
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 12:23 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Over the last few months there has been a surfeit of talk in the international community over what should be done for Haiti. However, in almost all of these discussions Haiti’s historical context is completely excised – it is almost as if the country had only ... More >>
Bill Clinton’s Heavy Hand on Haiti
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:49 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Did President Clinton and other recent White House tenants condemn Haiti to a future of endemic poverty through a self-serving U.S. rice export policy? An examination of Haiti’s economic liberalization strategies of the 1980s and 1990s indicates ... More >>
The Fabulous Life of the Ravenous Vultures
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 12:13 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Since the mid-90s, the so-called vulture funds have been suing poor countries so that they would fully pay back their debts which they had purchased for pennies on the dollar. In this way, the vulture funds frequently manage to exacerbate the economic ... More >>
Sunday’s Bolivian Regional Election Primer
Saturday, 3 April 2010, 1:06 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Four months have passed since the re-election of President Evo Morales in December 2009. Bolivia is gearing up for yet another round of balloting. On April 4 (Easter Sunday), the ostensibly 95% Catholic population of Bolivia will exercise its civic ... More >>
The Polarizing North Pole
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 12:07 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Throughout human history, the Arctic has had little trouble retaining its reputation for austere beauty. However as the irreversible effects of global climate change continue to negatively impact ecosystems worldwide, the once ice blanketed region ... More >>
Costa Rica as a Peaceful State
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 11:40 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In its most positive light, Costa Rica has had a long and impressive history as a pacifist state. This history finds its roots in the colonial period, starting with Columbus’ fourth and final voyage in 1502. The Spaniards called the present-day ... More >>
The Future of Inter-American Relations
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:38 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
“[It is] important to keep before ourselves and the Latin American peoples at all times the reality of the thesis that we are a great power; that we are by and large much less in need of them than they are in need of us; that we are entirely prepared ... More >>
Venezuela: Policy for Presidential Address
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:39 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Venezuelan government has received severe domestic and international criticism for blocking cable television channel Radio Caracas Television International (RCTV) from broadcasting its programming. While the natural immediate reaction for most ... More >>
Brazil’s Growing Pains
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:54 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
By now the emergence of Brazil as a major power not only in the Western Hemisphere, but also on the world stage, is an undisputed fact. The country, until recently mentioned outside its borders for seldom more than in reference to the Girl from Ipanema, is ... More >>
The Tonton Macoutes: Haiti’s Reign Of Terror
Saturday, 13 March 2010, 11:31 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Few countries in the hemisphere have suffered through such an extensive run of unqualified repressive regimes and military dictatorships as Haiti. The nearly thirty years of harsh rule under François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and his son, Jean-Claude “Baby ... More >>
COHA Vulture Fund Research
Saturday, 13 March 2010, 11:25 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The linked letter to the just-resigned, upstate New York Congressman Eric Massa was issued on October 16, 2009. Other revised material later was issued on November 10, 2009 in a COHA research memorandum. More >>
Secretary of State Clinton Does Latin America
Saturday, 6 March 2010, 1:06 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Secretary of State Clinton and her Assistant Secretary, on this try, do not seem to perceive that it is a changed world in terms of inter-American relations and that traditional concepts of pan-Americanism may be crumbling More >>
Chile’s Re-opened Human Rights Investigations
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3:05 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On March 11, less than two weeks following a devastating earthquake that rocked Chile’s south-central region and even reached its capital 200 miles away, rightwing President-elect Sebastián Piñera is set to take office. This earthquake and the devastation it ... More >>
Climate Migration in Latin America
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 12:12 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
This COHA research piece synthesizes the current developments regarding environmentally-driven human migration –and more specifically, migration caused by the environmental manifestations of anthropogenic climate change– seeking to expose its potential harmful effects ... More >>
El Salvador’s First Left-Leaning President
Friday, 19 February 2010, 11:35 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
“For the first time we have a democratic government, a solidified government, a just government that is going to push for changes that for decades many of our esteemed people fought for, at times with their lives, who waited to see that a new El Salvador ... More >>
HIV/AIDS in an Already Devastated Haiti
Friday, 19 February 2010, 10:59 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Haiti has been a broken country at the best of times. The devastating January 12th earthquake has thrown the drastically poor nation under the world spotlight once again, but for all the wrong reasons. At times, it would seem like the very planet ... More >>
Military Dictatorship And Civil Rule In Haiti
Friday, 12 February 2010, 2:14 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Since then, Haiti has been a nation plagued by unrelenting political and military turbulence. The instability of the Haitian government has walloped most attempts at economic and social reform focused on encouraging development on the small island ... More >>
