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Venezuelan Elections Need not Be Chávez Coronation
Friday, 1 December 2006, 4:40 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
With a political climate still marred by the recollections of bitter past confrontations, such as the failed opposition-led coup in April 2002, the ensuing general strike, and bitter, partisan divisions between the ruling party and the opposition, all may ... More >>
Venezuelan Elections Need not Be Chávez Coronation
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 10:10 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
With a political climate still marred by the recollections of bitter past confrontations, such as the failed opposition-led coup in April 2002, the ensuing general strike, and bitter, partisan divisions between the ruling party and the opposition, all may ... More >>
Ecuadorean Election: Correa’s Important Victory
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 4:58 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The Pink Tide resumes its South American course • A major defeat for U.S. regional diplomacy • Malign neglect does not work when it comes to advancing genuine U.S. national interests More >>
COHA: Ecuadorian Elections – an Easy Choice
Monday, 27 November 2006, 6:01 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On November 26, Ecuadorians will be heading to the polls for the second time in six weeks to decide who will be the country’s next president, amidst a highly polarized contest. The first-round election, which was held on October 15, rewarded the billionaire ... More >>
COHA: Bush Admin. Onslaught On Caribbean Economy
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 11:09 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Clinton administration, fought to strip away the preferential benefits provided by the Lomé agreement to small-scale banana producers in the English-speaking Caribbean. This was done at the behest of campaign donor and CEO of Chiquita banana, Karl Linder. ... More >>
COHA: Uruguay - Keeping Military in Check
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 11:06 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On Friday October 17, former Uruguayan president Juan María Bordaberry and his foreign minister, Juan Carlos Blanco, were placed under arrest. They have been implicated in murders of two politicians, Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruíz, as ... More >>
Cuban Oil and Ethanol Could Prosper in Havana
Monday, 20 November 2006, 3:42 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The pace is now quickening for the Cuban oil industry, whose previous dependence on Moscow for its supplies and operations ended with the demise of the Soviet Union • Havana is on track for securing energy independence through relationships with ... More >>
U.S. Cements Military Presence in Central America
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:25 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Daniel Ortega’s victory in Nicaragua’s recent presidential election could roil the U.S. – as well as its friends in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama – making Central America the new fulcrum for the Bush administration’s future ... More >>
The Cuban Threat: Medical Diplomacy
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 9:46 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As an addendum to Dr. Feinsilver's article on Cuba's Medical Diplomacy, please note that in August the Bush Administration announced its intention to lure to the U.S. some of the 15 to 20 thousand doctors now providing medical aid mainly in Venezuela ... More >>
St. Lucia For UNSC Latin American Seat?
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 3:51 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Guatemala and Venezuela have persistently fallen short of the two thirds majority needed to secure GRULAC’s (the UN’s Latin American and Caribbean caucus) seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC) after more than two days of voting and 22 grueling ... More >>
COHA: Cuban Medical Diplomacy
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 3:50 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Living in a hostile neighborhood led Fidel to look for allies elsewhere. Part of this process has included the conduct of medical diplomacy, which is the collaboration between countries to improve relations and simultaneously produce health benefits. ... More >>
PR Pushing Through The Panama Canal Expansion
Sunday, 22 October 2006, 1:53 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Panamanians have only been given a 3-month period to decide on a crucial canal expansion project that will have a major impact on the country’s economic future. The pro-expansion camp, consisting of government and business elites, have quickly pooled their resources ... More >>
St.Lucia for Security Council's Latin America seat
Friday, 20 October 2006, 10:53 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Guatemala and Venezuela have persistently fallen short of the two thirds majority needed to secure GRULAC's (the UN's Latin American and Caribbean caucus) seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC) after more than two days of voting and 22 grueling ... More >>
The Grounds for Bolivia’s New Military Bases
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:15 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plan to build a number of military facilities along the country’s borders – with Venezuelan aid – has alarmed much of South America. Tensions have been particularly high in neighboring Chile and Paraguay, Bolivia’s ... More >>
Cuba’s Leadership Of The Non-Aligned Movement
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:15 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Cuba’s ascension to leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at its 14th meeting held September 11-16 in Havana signaled a heightening of diplomatic tensions between a growing number of assertive developing nations and their main target, an increasingly ... More >>
COHA: Honduras’ Operación Trueno
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 10:50 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• President Manuel Zelaya Rosales’ Operación Trueno aims at curtailing crime by utilizing private security forces • Preventive measures such as thorough background checks and a re-evaluation of incentives must take place in order not to provide ... More >>
COHA: Ecuador’s Elections - Correa’s Ascension
Monday, 16 October 2006, 11:34 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
“Calling Bush the devil is offending the devil… The devil is evil, but intelligent.” (Rafael Correa) • Ecuador’s Chávez smells victory • With a little bit of luck and a continuous spike in the polls, Correa could win the presidency in the first ... More >>
COHA: Paraguay-U.S. Post-Stroessner Relations
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 10:41 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
General Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay’s long-time dictator, died on August 16 at the age of 93 after almost two decades of exile in Brazil. His thirty-year reign was so repressive that even the selectively principled Reagan administration decided ... More >>
COHA Letter to the Financial Times On Chavez
Monday, 25 September 2006, 12:56 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In his September 14 Financial Times article, “Treating Chávez as a Harmless Idealist is Dangerous,” your lead Latin Americanist, Richard Lapper, makes an important if wrongful decision to deprecate Venezuela’s bid for the two-year non-permanent ... More >>
Trinidad and Tobago’s Dirty Peg to the U.S. Dollar
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 2:19 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Bolstered by significant foreign-exchange inflows to its energy sector, Trinidad and Tobago is achieving astounding growth in its GDP. Between 2002 and 2005, the country’s international trade balance increased from U.S. $237.7 million to over ... More >>
