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Bolivia: Evo Morales Moves to Centre Stage
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 9:19 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHA: President Evo Morales is beginning 2009 hoping for a quick and decisive resolution to the political turmoil which has characterised his presidency to date. The much-delayed referendum to ratify Morales’ new constitution... More >>
Ghost Economics Spook Uribe’s Colombia
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 1:05 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
While the world focuses on the next phase of its financial crisis, Colombia is finally coming to terms with its own home grown tale of impunity, exuberance and ineptitude. Until November 13th, the issue of its myriad pyramid schemes which, like so many ... More >>
Ghost Economics Spook Uribe’s Colombia - COHA
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 10:55 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As Bogota’s Financial Pyramids Crumble, Uribe’s Face Turns Red as Questions Remain While the world focuses on the next phase of its financial crisis, Colombia is finally coming to terms with its own home grown tale of impunity, exuberance and ... More >>
Is Mexican Crime And Violence Merely Structural?
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:43 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The most middling of ties are scheduled to develop in the early stages of the relationship between the incoming U.S. president and his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa: Luke warm ties with Washington not scheduled to grow under a Barack Obama ... More >>
Blockade on Cuba Costs US Economy More
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:42 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
New evidence of losses caused to the US economy by Washington´s blockade on Cuba are given in a letter signed recently by a dozen leading US business organizations, including the US Chamber of Commerce. More >>
Ex-Hostage Betancourt Now Enjoys Huge Appeal
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:41 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
But Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage in Colombia by leftist rebels for six years before a daring rescue in July, has shown the breadth of her appeal during a high-profile tour of Latin America. More >>
Criticism of Venezuela Report
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 11:47 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The following letter was sent by the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, in response to an open letter signed by scores of analysts of U.S.-Venezuelan relations, criticizing findings by HRW’s Americas Director, José Miguel Vivanco. ... More >>
Hemispheric Issues Now Being Researched
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:45 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
2. A limited rapprochement between Cuba and the incoming Obama administration is inevitable and likely to take place in relatively short order. More >>
A Response to UNASUR
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 11:43 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHA recently received a very exhaustive response to the organization’s release on 12/16/08 of staff members Andrea Moretti’s and Alex Sanchez’s article “UNASUR – Death before Life? Disagreements over Leadership as National Agendas Divide South ... More >>
Open Letter by U.S. Academics on Salvadoran Ballot
Monday, 22 December 2008, 3:24 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In the service of scholarly debate, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs is continuing the analysis of U.S. policies associated with the upcoming presidential election in El Salvador. This includes running here some of the issues raised, positive as ... More >>
UNASUR – Death before Life?
Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 11:41 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On October 23, Uruguay announced that it would block former Argentine president (2003-2007) Néstor Kirchner’s ambition to become the first permanent Secretary-General of the newly formed Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR, Union of South American ... More >>
Richardson’s appointment as Secretary of Commerce
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 12:03 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
President-elect Barack Obama’s designated appointment for Secretary of Commerce, Bill Richardson, was welcomed with gusto on Thursday, December 4, after a visit by him to Mexico. More >>
Breaking News and Analyses from COHA
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 11:16 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHA will be releasing the following memorandum to the press in the upcoming weeks concerning the Obama Administration’s Policies toward Latin America, Argentina’s Water Measures and Washington’s Potential New Take on the Cuban Embargo. More >>
The Reality of Argentina’s Tattered Armed Forces
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 11:14 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
It is no illusion that the tone and substance of the Argentine military seems to have deteriorated in the last several decades, from imprudently aspiring to control the nation in the 1970s and early 1980s (during which time it committed massive human ... More >>
A Genuine South American Hero
Monday, 24 November 2008, 10:17 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As many Latin American policy analysts have suggested, the election of moderate-left Fernando Lugo and his Alianza Patriotica para el Cambio coalition is yet another manifestation of a South American referendum in favor of a socialist-tinged democracy More >>
The Future of Mexico’s EZLN
Monday, 24 November 2008, 10:15 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
According to UN figures, Latin America has the highest concentration of wealth of any region in the world, as well as debilitating poverty levels. More >>
Bolivia: Conflict and Compromise in La Paz
Monday, 24 November 2008, 10:13 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, is visiting Washington for the first time ever this week, on a two-day visit during which he is scheduled to make his first speech at the Organization of American States (OAS). More >>
Russian President Sure to Give U.S. Heartburn
Monday, 24 November 2008, 10:08 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
After attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima on November 21-22, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev will embark on a short regional tour, where he will meet the leaders of Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba, for which Moscow is intensely ... More >>
Bolivia: Conflict and Compromise in La Paz
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 10:59 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, is visiting Washington for the first time ever this week, on a two-day visit during which he is scheduled to make his first speech at the Organization of American States (OAS). President Morales ... More >>
Highly Revealing Latin American Journey
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 10:57 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
After attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima on November 21-22, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev will embark on a short regional tour, where he will meet the leaders of Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba, for which Moscow is intensely ... More >>
