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Movement Towards a Mixed Economy in Latin America
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:20 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council On Hemispheric Affairs MONITORING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AFFECTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Monday, May 22, 2006 More >>
Ecuador Breaks with D.C. over Occidental Petroleum
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:17 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council On Hemispheric Affairs MONITORING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AFFECTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Friday, May 19, 2006 COHA MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESS More >>
Mock Indignation Gives a Bad Name to US Diplomacy
Friday, 19 May 2006, 10:27 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council On Hemispheric Affairs MONITORING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AFFECTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Thursday, May 18, 2006 COHA Opinion: More >>
State Dept. Looks for a Fight & a Black Eye
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:20 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In yet another blow to the credibility of one of its annually released “certification” reports on the performance of other nations on some broad social or political issue – this time on the degree of cooperation in the anti-terrorism struggle – the State ... More >>
René Préval: Haiti May Get One Last Chance
Monday, 15 May 2006, 11:37 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council On Hemispheric Affairs MONITORING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AFFECTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Weekend Release: Saturday, May 13, 2006 COHA REPORT: More >>
The U.S. and the EU: Arm Wrestling over Cuba
Friday, 12 May 2006, 2:54 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Today’s EU-Latin America Summit will highlight one reality: when it comes to a number of Latin American issues, there is scant unity to be found among members of Europe’s all powerful political and economic bloc. Several forces are currently pulling the ... More >>
The Aftermath of Bolivia’s Gas Golpe
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:08 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The furor over Bolivia's dramatic nationalization of the country’s natural gas begins subside, but difficulties remain • At an emergency summit, Pink Tide leaders demonstrate their determination to contain the anger and disappointment: Morales ... More >>
Morales Does the Unthinkable - Carries out Pledge
Friday, 5 May 2006, 12:11 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Monday’s sudden nationalization of Bolivia’s natural gas industry was a carefully orchestrated maneuver that has profound significance and implications for Bolivia, Latin America, and the developing world • The scope of the nationalization program ... More >>
President Morales' Bolivian Natural Gas Bombshell
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 11:23 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHA will shortly be issuing an analysis of President Evo Morales’ May 1 announcement that all Bolivian natural gas and hydrocarbons will be nationalized. The report will examine the pluses and minuses of Morales’ action, and pay particular attention to ... More >>
Gradual Resurgence of France in Latin America
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 11:20 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Chirac’s visit to Brazil confirms the South American nation’s rising global status • Increased French influence goes hand in hand with a decline of Washington’s leverage in its own hemisphere More >>
Mexico’s Prison System Yet Another Blemish for Fox
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 9:56 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Mexico’s prison system has reached a breaking point, and the Fox administration’s continued “band-aid response” has set the country on a path towards crisis. With the country’s level of violent crime reaching explosive levels, the failings of the ... More >>
What USD$700Mn Will Not Buy You in Colombia
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 1:21 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
At a time of severe budgetary constraints in Washington, almost three quarters of a billion dollars is being poured into Colombia by the Bush administration More >>
Jackson Diehl Latin America Analysis Lacks Honor
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 12:52 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Former Washington Post Latin America correspondent Jackson Diehl – and current Post columnist – has added to his already tarnished credentials as a chronically-biased source on regional affairs by writing a series of highly prejudiced columns on the ... More >>
The Immigration Debate Rolls On
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 11:54 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
While long on heated rhetoric and mythology, the current immigration debate is short on historical perspective. The path to the current crisis was paved with failed policy decisions and mooncalf goals, with Washington deserving most of the blame, but Mexico ... More >>
Brazil: Lula No Long Ball Hitter With Land Reform
Monday, 10 April 2006, 8:14 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Brazil nears the 10 anniversary of the massacre that drew international attention to the country’s intense struggle for land reform. More >>
Giving Haiti’s New President a Good Launch
Monday, 3 April 2006, 12:10 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Gauging the autonomy of Haitian president-elect Rene Preval. • Preval in Washington seeking aid and help in retraining Haiti’s unprofessional police force. • Obtaining the immediate release of political prisoners jailed under the rump regime of Gerard ... More >>
Canada’s Aid to Haiti: Commendable / Making Amends
Friday, 31 March 2006, 10:35 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Since Aristide was ousted in a de facto coup in February 2004, Haiti’s turn towards an unconstitutional, if widely recognized, government has presented the international community with a grave crisis. More >>
The Immigration Bomb Explodes
Thursday, 30 March 2006, 9:45 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As President Bush prepares to meet with new Canadian P.M. Harper tomorrow in Cancún, the future role of the United States’ northern neighbor in hemispheric issues will undoubtedly be on the agenda. In light of this, COHA will shortly be issuing a report ... More >>
TV Martí: Washington Guns after Castro at Any Cost
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 11:55 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In the face of a sweeping debt and budgetary crisis currently afflicting the U.S. economy, the passage of the FY 2006 budget witnessed a brutal bloodletting of vital domestic programs from education and child welfare to Medicaid. More >>
Rumsfeld’s Harvest: Argentina’s Navy Spy Scandal
Thursday, 23 March 2006, 10:46 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• One year after Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld’s visit to Buenos Aires, brutal memories have once again been awakened in Argentina • Rumsfeld’s ill-advised policy of rehabilitating Latin America’s armed forces begins to yield its bitter fruit • Rather than enforcing ... More >>
