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Brazil Continues to Emerge, has not Quite Arrived
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 9:13 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Despite internal discord and a reputation as Latin America’s reluctant giant, recent actions in the international arena reveal a Brazil which is rapidly maturing into a significant independent world player after having achieved the status of a ... More >>
Venezuela Opposition Looks to Washington For Hope
Friday, 13 August 2004, 11:23 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As Venezuela’s recall vote goes down to the wire, the country’s Washington-backed opposition is increasingly questioning President Chávez’ reallocation of almost $2 billion of state oil wealth to fund social ''missions'' targeted at his lower class ... More >>
Anti-Terrorism Costs Bring Caribbean to Its Knees
Friday, 13 August 2004, 10:43 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code deadline expired on July 1, severely dimming trade prospects throughout the region. • ISPS requires all ships and ports to comply with a series of strict security measures. • Vessels ... More >>
CARICOM’s Action on Haiti: Honor & Shame
Friday, 13 August 2004, 10:40 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Whatever happened to Jamaican P.J. Patterson’s spunk? • Trinidad's Patrick Manning clamors to be in Uncle Sam’s pocket. • Barbados’ Owen Arthur strangely silent. • CARICOM all but ignores relentless persecution of Aristide’s political party and ... More >>
Venezuela Recall 15/8 Could Usher in Better Times
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:03 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Venezuela Recall on August 15 Could Usher in Better Times As the days count down to this Sunday’s recall referendum in Venezuela, the opposition’s once adamantly anti-Chávez rhetoric has now been softened to include conciliatory messages. Moving ... More >>
WashPost's Jackson Diehl Strikes Out on Venezuela
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 10:59 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Isn’t it fitting that Jackson Diehl uses a baseball metaphor in his August 2 ''A Missile from the South,'' which savages Venezuela’s President Chávez with surprising immoderacy. More >>
Venezuela’s Recall Vote Further Polarizes Nation
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 9:46 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Washington has focused on Chávez’ past efforts to escape from a fair recount vote, when it is now likely that it will be Chávez who possesses a victory margin in the August 15 referendum. More >>
Mexico and Cuba - Welcome Back Ambassadors
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:34 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Ties between the two Latin American nations have traditionally been characterized as close but cautious, but Mexico suspended diplomatic ties with Havana in May of this year. More >>
Mexican Truck Saga Indicative of the Power
Friday, 30 July 2004, 9:57 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• As Democrats and Republicans vie for U.S. political power the implementation of NAFTA provisions is aggressively manipulated to fit opposing ideological agendas. More >>
Guyana: Born a Broken Nation
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 9:16 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• A country riddled with racial conflicts rooted deep in its history struggles to establish a working democracy. More >>
Counterfeit Protégé in Port-au-Prince Bailed Out
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:39 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
After the Fact, the International Community Moves to Bail Out Its Counterfeit Protégé in Port-au-Prince More >>
President Lagos, Chile’s Blair, Visits Washington
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 12:26 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Chilean President Ricardo Lagos’ foreign and domestic policy is rapidly gaining his country a reputation as Washington’s lap dog. More >>
Colombian Film Shows the Other Side of Drugs
Monday, 19 July 2004, 11:04 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The average American mainly associates Colombia with three concepts: drugs, leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries. This flawed assumption has been reinforced by years of military and financial aid from the US government aimed at curtailing ... More >>
Republican Institute: Democracy of Another Variety
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:31 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The International Republican Institute's (IRI) ostensible democracy-building mission serves only as a screen for its energetic and unscrupulous promotion of an ultraconservative Republican foreign policy agenda. More >>
Otto Reich: A Career in Disservice
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:24 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• He accuses his leftist adversaries, like Aristide, of lying; but no one in public life has so persistently manipulated the truth than Otto Reich. More >>
Trinidad’s Dirty Little Secret
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:17 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Port-of-Spain, the “cultural capital of the Caribbean,” appears to be importing a dangerous kidnapping culture from neighboring countries such as Colombia and Venezuela. More >>
EU-Mercosur Free Trade: U.S., a Third Wheel?
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 9:15 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• In trade talks that have gestated for almost a decade, the EU and Mercosur have each made serious concessions in order to reach a compromise. More >>
El Payaso: Washington’s Amiable Entertainer
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:37 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Latortue has asserted that the average Haitian does not know CARICOM exists, and that an official in the previous administration didn’t even know what the acronym stands for - ouch! What Latortue didn’t mention was that until Washington imposed ... More >>
Canada’s Martin Faces An Uncertain Fate
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:24 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Martin’s aping of U.S. contrived policy towards Aristide makes Haiti a non-issue in the campaign More >>
Guatemala: More of the Shameful Same?
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:22 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Guatemala faces meltdown as ex-paramilitaries threaten to seize the Constitutional Court building and block transportation routes throughout the country, beginning today (June 28). More >>
