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Who Will Lead Organization of American States?

Monday, 1 November 2004, 10:57 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• A battle has broken out in the race for the next Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) after the recently elected Miguel Angel Rodríguez resigned from his post on October 15. He stepped down as Secretary General after a scandal ... More >>

John Kerry Attracting More Cuban Voters

Thursday, 28 October 2004, 10:06 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• A new poll published by the National Democrat Network (NDN) suggests that President George W. Bush’s support among Florida's right-wing Cuban-Americans is significantly eroding. More >>

Latin America: Bush's Disappeared Foreign Policy

Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 11:09 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Latin America: The Bush Administration’s Disappeared Foreign Policy and Kerry’s Future Vision for the Region More >>

Kirchner Continues His Daring Departure from Past

Thursday, 21 October 2004, 5:28 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

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Pinochet’s & the Chilean Military’s Legacy

Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 10:42 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Chilean Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet is a former exile and daughter of a legendary air force general who was tortured to death by the Pinochet regime for opposing the coup. On September 30, she participated in a solemn ceremony marking the thirtieth ... More >>

US Investers Emerge as CAFTA Winners

Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 9:42 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• As part of the Bush administration’s move to expand and legitimize the interests of U.S. investment capital throughout the hemisphere, on May 28 Washington signed a multilateral free trade accord with five Central American nations that, if ratified, ... More >>

Violence in Haiti: Powell Blames Aristide

Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 10:26 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Violence in Haiti: Colin Powell and Gerard Latortue Blame Aristide, When the Blame Lies With Them More >>

Chile and US Relationship Grows Increasingly Close

Monday, 11 October 2004, 11:48 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

As Chile and U.S. Relationship Grows Increasingly Close, Lagos Risks Further Isolation in Latin America More >>

US Human Trafficking Charges& Venezuelan Relations

Friday, 8 October 2004, 11:26 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• U.S. sanctions against Caracas further damage already tenuous diplomatic ties between the two nations. More >>

President Fernández: Friend or Foe of Reform?

Monday, 4 October 2004, 11:29 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• The Dominican Republic saw China-like growth during President Leonel Fernández’s first term and the nation was fiscally secure with low interest rates and a stable 17 Dominican pesos to the U.S. dollar—but was it all a matter of luck? More >>

Brazil’s Proposed New Press Law Darkens Lula’s Rep

Thursday, 30 September 2004, 9:34 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is moving to enact a new press law calling for disturbing changes to the rules governing journalists that has some critics fearing a slow reversion to the era of dictatorship. More >>

Haiti: Smoldering on the Edge of Chaos

Friday, 24 September 2004, 5:16 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Six months after the abrupt and violence-laced departure of constitutionally elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and over three months after the deployment of U.N. peacekeeping units which were hailed as an instrument for order and stability in ... More >>

Changing Guard at Organization of American States

Friday, 24 September 2004, 4:05 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Selected at last June’s meeting by the Organization of American States (OAS) to replace outgoing Secretary General Cesar Gaviria, former Costa Rican President Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria assumed his new post today at a special meeting of the ... More >>

Welcome to Washington, Mr. Peruvian President

Monday, 20 September 2004, 11:26 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• President Toledo, you will arrive to Washington carrying the dubious distinction of being one of the America’s most unpopular leaders since Latin America’s re-democratization commenced a decade ago. As of September 12, your popularity stood at a miniscule ... More >>

Bad Piece of Fruit from Moscoso’s Panamanian Rep.

Friday, 17 September 2004, 10:35 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Former Panamanian president Mireya Moscoso’s eleventh-hour pardons to four incarcerated Cuban-Americans may have been good news for Miami’s anti-Castro extremists, but they created a diplomatic disaster for her successor and dealt a heavy blow to the White ... More >>

Honduras' Response to Violence Made It Worse

Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:09 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Alarming levels of gang and government violence continues to plague Honduras as President Ricardo Maduro’s superficial and crow-pleasing anti-violence rhetoric and measures are becoming increasingly counter-productive and controversial, putting ... More >>

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