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The IMF and the Washington Consensus
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 2:54 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The roots of the recent political upheaval in Bolivia, where months of crippling protests and roadblocks prompted the ousting of President Carlos Mesa on June 6, were in large part economic. For the protestors, mostly indigenous Andean miners, ... More >>
Mexico: López Obrador’s Presidential Bid
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 2:53 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Popular Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador still maintains a sizable but diminished lead in the polls for next year’s presidential election. More >>
Argentina-Brazil: Urgent Challenges Come to Fore
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 9:10 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Brazilian President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva has been badly wounded by the corruption scandals in the nation's legislature as well as in his Workers’ Party which could have devastating repercussions for his political future. More >>
Vicente Fox More a Caricature of a President
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 10:11 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The PAN's loss of a key election last Sunday is likely a forecast of the party's defeat in the 2006 run for the presidency. More >>
Sovereignty Sinks in Latin America as Dollar Rises
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 10:04 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Of the three fully dollarized Latin American countries, not one has experienced compelling benefits from the adoption of the U.S. currency. More >>
Bahamas Rejects the Creation of CSME
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 10:02 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
At the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) annual meeting in St. Lucia on July 3-7, the Bahamian government declared that it could not participate in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME). Nevertheless, Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur subsequently ... More >>
Zapatistas Issue Unwanted Memories for Mexicans
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 11:13 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• EZLN (Zapatista) subcomandante Marcos announced a General Red Alert on June 19, retreating along with insurgents into the mountainside. More >>
Costa Rica’s Continued Fall from Grace
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:23 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The recently-initiated investigation of current Costa Rican president Abel Pacheco is the latest in a string of presidential corruption scandals in the country. More >>
Chilean Social Security Reform
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 10:54 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
President Bush is touring the nation this summer in an effort to gain support for his social security reform plan, which was in part bequeathed to him by the Chilean dictator and quite properly faces widespread public and congressional opposition ... More >>
Neighborly Quarrels: Dominican Republic & Haiti
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:23 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• These expulsions are a part of a larger trend of Dominican maltreatment of Haitian residents of the DR, including the migrant worker sector that constitutes a substantial portion of the DR’s economy. More >>
COHA: Strains on U.S.-Argentine Relations Remain
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:21 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COMMENTARY FROM COHA: Strains on U.S.-Argentine Relations Remain but May Not be Fatal More >>
Fair Trade: CAFTA Will Fail the Test
Monday, 27 June 2005, 10:58 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Yesterday, President Bush renewed his call for Congress to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), claiming the pact is “in our national interest.” More >>
EU-U.S. Policies Spell End To Sugar Industry
Friday, 24 June 2005, 10:44 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Callousness Redefined: How EU and U.S. Economic Policies Spell a Bitter End for the Caribbean's Sugar Industry More >>
The Not So Odd Couple: Chávez & Castro
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 5:33 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In late 2004, President Hugo Chávez nearly doubled Venezuela’s daily oil barrel deliveries to Cuba and Havana doubled the number of healthcare professionals and teachers it was stationing in Venezuela. More >>
COHA: Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro Compared
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 11:47 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Not So Odd Couple: Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro More >>
Ecuador's Balancing Act: Palacio, The People & IMF
Monday, 20 June 2005, 12:51 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Newly appointed Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio announces that he wants to create a government more relevant to Ecuador’s suffering citizenry. A huge component of this plan is investment in social programs, which he hopes to fund by diverting ... More >>
Argentina Presses the Falklands/Malvinas Dispute
Monday, 20 June 2005, 12:50 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Argentine foreign minister Rafael Bielsa yesterday addressed the UN C24 Decolonization Committee after raising the Falklands sovereignty question twice last week, first at the OAS summit in Ft. Lauderdale and later in a June 10 “Assertion Day of Argentine ... More >>
Argentina Presses the Falklands/Malvinas Dispute
Friday, 17 June 2005, 12:17 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Argentine foreign minister Rafael Bielsa yesterday addressed the UN C24 Decolonization Committee after raising the Falklands sovereignty question twice last week, first at the OAS summit in Ft. Lauderdale and later in a June 10 “Assertion Day of Argentine ... More >>
For the OAS, Fort Lauderdale was No Great Success
Monday, 13 June 2005, 12:39 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Foreign ministers from 34 of the 35 countries in the Americas met this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the 35th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), to discuss what they can collectively do to strengthen democracy throughout ... More >>
COHA Opinion: Looking Back on Fort Lauderdale
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 5:29 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
If there were a sustained theme at the 35th OAS General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, it was that democracy withers when a country is plagued by poverty and inequality. More >>
