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Death Sentence for Costa Rican Foreign Investment
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 9:01 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
With a little under two months until the October referendum on the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), time is quickly running out for Costa Rican president, Óscar Arias, elected for a second time in 2006, to gain the necessary ... More >>
Pesticide’s Victims Will Finally Come Before Court
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 9:09 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Banned Products Return Home after Being Sprayed on U.S.-bound Crops For the period of May, 2007, the USDA reported the total value of monthly agricultural imports to the U.S. amounted to $6.1 billion. Of that total value, 15 percent arrived here from ... More >>
Brazil: Scandals Galore, While Lula Goes On Tour
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 1:40 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Since Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva took office in 2003, scandals galore have invoked the names of judges, police commanders, members of the Brazilian Congress, all who have been scarred by the corrosiveness of corruption. More >>
Evaluation Of The Impact Of NAFTA On Manufacturing
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 7:28 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In this, the fourteenth year of NAFTA, it is of the utmost importance--in terms of its continued application in the future--to look back and examine the economic impact of free trade on the U.S. and Mexico over the last decade and a half. More >>
Chile's Military Arms Purchases Alarm The Region
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 7:03 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Despite the fact that Chile has not engaged in a conflict with another state since the War of the Pacific in the late nineteenth century, the Chilean military has been carrying out aggressive weapons purchases in recent years. More >>
Bleak Prospects For Guatemalan Democratic Comeback
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 7:45 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The September 9, 2007 Guatemalan presidential elections will experience, for the first time, an indigenous woman attempting to capture her country's highest office. If Menchú wins the ballot, it could lead to major changes in Guatemala. More >>
"Transformational Diplomacy" & Other Fancy Talk
Friday, 3 August 2007, 12:12 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" initiative mainly comes down to serving the Bush Doctrine, and leaves out a number of other areas of crucial strategic importance to long-term U.S. national interests. More >>
Could the Falklands War Have Been Averted?
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 11:13 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The jurisdictional status of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands continues to be ardently debated. The Falklands lie 300 miles off the Argentine coast and are 8,000 miles from Great Britain. Their population of 2,000 is outnumbered by the islands' 500,000 ... More >>
Central America's Increasing Gang Problem -- COHA
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 6:34 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
After experiencing a short-lived peace at the conclusion of their individual civil wars of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, Central America is now plagued by a new form of warfare: a gang epidemic that originally had its roots in Los Angeles. More >>
Washington & Boricua's Neo-Colonial Relationship
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 2:28 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The unequal relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico is perceived by some as an anachronistic remnant of the colonial era. The current status of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S., allows the federal government to unilaterally ... More >>
A New Chapter in U.S.-Caribbean Relations
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 1:08 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
For the first time in ten years, heads of state from the fifteen-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States came together at the “Conference on the Caribbean: A 20/20 Vision” held in Washington, D.C., from June 19 - 21, 2007. The ... More >>
COHA Opinion: Immigration Compromise Too Little
Friday, 27 July 2007, 8:27 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The following opinion piece on the U.S. Immigration Issue provides a somewhat radical assessment of the question, "Who should be allowed to enter the country?" More >>
COHA Report: On Puerto Rico's Relationship With US
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 12:05 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The unequal relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico is perceived by some as an anachronistic remnant of the colonial era. The current status of Puerto Rico allows the U.S. federal government to unilaterally impose a range of measures on the island. More >>
Kirchner’s Bid for the Argentine Presidency
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 11:54 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As Néstor Kirchner wraps up his term as president of Argentina, First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is waiting in the wings to take over his roost in the upcoming October 28 presidential elections. On July 1, she officially announced ... More >>
COHA Report: On Drugs, Terror and Criminality
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 9:06 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs Report: Another in a Series of Reports on Drugs, Terror and Criminality in Latin America and the Caribbean. More >>
COHA Report: Drugs, Terror and Criminality
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 12:01 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In the past, matters of U.S. concern with the Caribbean have been related to stepped up flows of illegal northbound immigration as well as the region’s ominous role as an emerging major portal for incoming narcotics from South America and Mexico. ... More >>
Colombian Free Trade Pact Shot Down
Monday, 23 July 2007, 1:52 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Recently, the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives staunchly denounced the previously initialed free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, while postponing (at least for several months) the ratification of a comparable trade measure with ... More >>
Jamaica: In the Drug Trade—Big and Getting Bigger
Monday, 23 July 2007, 1:41 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
With a focus primarily placed on notorious Mexican and South American drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), and the Caribbean’s role as an essential transit mechanism for drugs moving north to market, trade issues often are moved around and made to ... More >>
Jamaica: In the Drug Trade—Big and Getting Bigger
Saturday, 21 July 2007, 2:19 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
With a focus primarily placed on notorious Mexican and South American drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), and the Caribbean’s role as an essential transit mechanism for drugs moving north to market, trade issues often are moved around and made to ... More >>
Free Trade and Immigration: Cause and Effect
Friday, 20 July 2007, 6:37 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Democrats rhetoric against enacting the free trade pact entered into by the Bush administration with Colombia represents a striking setback against President Alvaro Uribe and the U.S. president. Nevertheless, it is a victory for probity, a blow against ... More >>
