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Mexican Campaign Dirty as Obrador Stretches Lead

Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 9:54 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador begins to extend his lead, and is now coming to dominate all political discourse in the country More >>

COHA Election Report: Mexican Campaign Turns Dirty

Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 10:25 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Nearly two months into the presidential campaign, the race turns ugly • Frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador begins to extend his lead, and is now coming to dominate all political discourse in the country • The near slanderous attacks by López Obrador’s ... More >>

Guatemala’s Cursed Armed Force Back in Town

Thursday, 16 March 2006, 8:40 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

One can be forgiven for arguing that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who demonstrably is losing the war in Iraq, is now trying to achieve an easy win in Latin America, where he is presiding over the rehabilitation of what he sees as the Latin American ... More >>

India-Brazil-South Africa: South'sTrade Powerhouse

Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 10:52 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• New alliance of regional giants slowly gains strength • India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA) spearheads south-south co-operation • IBSA presses issues of poor nations’ development in WTO and UN debates • Economic cooperation remains the largest challenge ... More >>

AIDS Crisis in L. America: Bush & Multinationals

Friday, 10 March 2006, 8:19 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

AIDS Crisis in Latin America Compounded by Bush Administration’s Catering to U.S. Drug Multinationals, which Demonstrably are Far More Concerned with the “Bottom Line” than the Deaths of Tens of Thousands of AIDS Victims More >>

Peru's Presidential Elections: The Military Issue

Friday, 10 March 2006, 11:59 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Three major candidates are the prime contenders to become Peru's next president when the country goes to the polls on April 9 to elect a new leader and congress. More >>

Costa Rica's Politics of Change

Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 9:47 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• An analysis of Oscar Arias’ presidential victory by COHA Senior Research Fellow Frank Kendrick, Ph.D. More >>

Rice Out to Inoculate L. America, Chávez will win

Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:28 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Secretay Rice Out to Inoculate Latin America, but Chávez is all but Guaranteed a Clean Win More >>

State Dep. Begins to Pick Off S. America 'pariahs'

Thursday, 23 February 2006, 3:56 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Action taken against Bolivian senator coincides with Rice’s efforts to construct a cordon sanitaire around Washington’s regional foes. More >>

Joy, but also Trepidation, ahead for Haiti

Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:49 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Préval’s victory is just the first step in a 1,000 mile journey for a difficult transition to democratic rule. More >>

Mexico: Corruption & Impunity Stain on Fox Admin

Thursday, 16 February 2006, 4:41 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

The Travails of Mexican Journalist Lydia Cacho: Corruption and Impunity in Mexico’s Now Famous Press Freedom Case is One More Stain on the Fox Presidency More >>

Guaranteeing a Free, Fair Vote In Latin America

Thursday, 16 February 2006, 2:34 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Courting the Vote: Electoral Courts and Councils Take on the Challenge of Guaranteeing a Free and Fair Vote Throughout Latin America More >>

Guaranteeing a Free, Fair Vote In Latin America

Thursday, 16 February 2006, 2:30 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Courting the Vote: Electoral Courts and Councils Take on the Challenge of Guaranteeing a Free and Fair Vote Throughout Latin America More >>

The Devil Wears Prada: US's Game against Venezuela

Thursday, 9 February 2006, 3:06 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

"The Devil Wears Prada:" María Corina Machado and Washington’s Indecent Game Against Venezuela More >>

Botched Job: The UN and the Haitian Elections

Friday, 3 February 2006, 2:24 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Holding elections in a country as unstable, insecure and terrified as Haiti may seem impossible, but that is exactly what the U.S.-backed interim government intends to do on Tuesday, February 7. That country, victim of international neglect and domestic ... More >>

Chávez’s Solution to the Caribbean Oil Crisis

Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 2:50 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

PetroCaribe: Chávez’s Venturesome Solution to the Caribbean Oil Crisis and Trinidad’s Patrick Manning and Barbados’ Owen Arthur’s Ungracious Riposte More >>

NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and the Role of the Environment

Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 1:34 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

In the fall of 2005, countries throughout Central America and the Caribbean were brought to their knees by an onslaught of deadly tropical storms which cut a swath of devastation across the region. Some of the destruction was avoidable: for years, ... More >>

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