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Drug Scandal Deepens for Ecuador’s President

Thursday, 4 December 2003, 1:37 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

· COHA told: “It could be just the tip of the iceberg.” · Neck and neck, Ecuador’s Gutiérrez challenges Peru’s Toledo as being among South America’s weakest democratic links, and a prime candidate to be the next leader to be forced from office by a ... More >>

Venezuelan Electoral Authorities Deny Expat Voting

Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 1:56 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

On Friday, November 14, Venezuela’s independent National Electoral Council (CNE) decided that Venezuelan citizens living abroad could not participate in a petition calling for a referendum on President Hugo Chávez’s continued rule. More >>

Mr. Bolivian President – Resign!

Friday, 17 October 2003, 11:33 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is under no obligation to resign from office, but he would be performing an act of great service to the welfare of his fellow Bolivians should he be wise enough to do so. More >>

Bolivia’s Gas Warfare Becomes Explosive

Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 12:37 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

As casualty-numbers mount for protesters, and those demonstrating against the Sánchez de Lozada government increase their momentum, Bolivia’s president was forced to step back from authorizing the construction of a foreign-owned pipeline to ship the country’s ... More >>

Disappointment and Despair at the WTO

Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 9:23 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Sunday’s collapse of the WTO talks in Cancún places the free trade regime in a precarious position of crumbling legitimacy. More >>

Cancún: Real Progress or Another Seattle?

Thursday, 11 September 2003, 8:55 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

• Today’s opening of the WTO meeting in Cancún will seriously test the organization’s ability to overcome the bitter impasse between rich and poor nations that has characterized recent negotiations. More >>

Ill-fated Paraguay President-elect Takes Office

Monday, 18 August 2003, 1:12 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

President-elect Nicanor Duarte Frutos’ Colorado Party has already acquired a tattered image after searing corruption scandals blistered its last two presidencies. More >>

A Rios Montt Presidency & US-Guatemalan Relations

Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:18 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

http://www.coha.org Council on Hemispheric Affairs Monitoring Political, Economic and Diplomatic Issues Affecting the Western Hemisphere Memorandum to the Press 03.46 18 July 2003 More >>

Efrain Rios Montt's Bid for Guatemalan Presidency

Friday, 18 July 2003, 12:55 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

One of the cruelest dictators in Guatemalan history wins court assent to run for reelection in spite of constitutional provision banning him from doing so. More >>

COHA: Arrogance of Power Lashes Out Again

Friday, 4 July 2003, 2:30 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

- U.S. suspends aid to 14 countries in the Western Hemisphere, among a worldwide total of 35, in retaliation for their support for the International Criminal Court. More >>

Toledo’s Stock Continues to Fall

Thursday, 3 July 2003, 10:04 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

-Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo has seen his approval rating drop to 11 percent, the lowest among current Latin American leaders. More >>

Bogotá Court Rules to End Aerial Fumigation

Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 10:48 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

· A Bogotá court has ruled to end the harmful U.S. sponsored aerial fumigation occurring in Colombia until a study of the herbicide has been conducted. More >>

Dysfunctional US Mexican Water Utilization Treaty

Thursday, 12 June 2003, 12:06 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

- Washington has threatened to cancel any future water deliveries to Mexico specified under the 1944 Utilization of Waters Treaty Between the United States of America and Mexico. More >>

The OAS Meets - A New Latin America Emerges?

Friday, 6 June 2003, 12:37 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

- Fallout from the bitter debate over war in Iraq can be expected to play a dominating role at the summit and reshape major relationships among OAS members-if not in the meeting hall, then in the corridors. More >>

Chávez & Opposition Agreement Anything But Binding

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 5:11 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Yesterday, after nearly seven months of intermittent negotiation, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the leadership of the opposition signed an agreement in an attempt to diffuse the country's current political crisis. More >>

Research Memo: Rio Group Makes a Big Statement

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 5:08 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Rio Summit meeting in Peru fails to salvage Peruvian president's popularity, but succeeds in establishing a "Latin American agenda," which distances member nations from U.S. policy, and sends a message of renewed solidarity among the 19-member group. ... More >>

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