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Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
Friday, 19 August 2011, 10:20 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHA Research Memorandum 11.3. For years, Central America has served as a one-way transit route for drugs traveling toward the United States. Now, with increasingly frequent crackdowns on drug trafficking in Mexico and continued U.S. demand, Central ... More >>
The Essential Gates:Looking Back at His Latin America Policy
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 1:52 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As he transitions to private life and retirement, Defense Secretary Robert Gates carries with him a legacy of bipartisanship that is particularly admirable in these nastily divisive political days in Washington. Gates carries with him a mixed record ... More >>
A Land-Grabber’s Loophole
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 3:20 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Due to the global food crisis, a trend has developed in food-insecure countries to outsource food production to lesser developed countries. Current stipulations regulating the purchase of farmland by foreigners can be undermined by renting land. Exemplifying ... More >>
Brazil & IBSA:A Blueprint for Future South-South Cooperation
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 1:30 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
IBSA, comprised of India, Brazil, and South Africa, has improved trade and cooperation among the countries since 2003. IBSA is notable for its South-South cooperation and anti-hegemonic rhetoric. However it is not necessarily an easy model for other Southern ... More >>
Latin America:Ecuador Leads Battle against Domestic Violence
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 6:04 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Domestic violence, a grave and long-standing issue, reflects a history of handicapping nations’ development projects. Fortunately, the United Nations, along with other international governmental bodies, have brought this issue to light. Ecuador seems ... More >>
The Truth Commission and the Jesuit Massacre
Saturday, 30 July 2011, 4:47 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
About COHA | Contact Us | COHA In the News | Internships | Donate Now The Truth Commission and the Jesuit Massacre The outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980 initiated twelve years of violent conflict within Central America’s most densely ... More >>
WikiLeaks Cables Show Haiti as Pawn in U.S. Foreign Policy
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 3:43 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The U.S. tried to undermine Haiti’s oil deal with Venezuela in order to protect the vested interests of U.S. oil corporations. • Under the Obama administration, the U.S. embassy worked with major textile companies to cap the minimum wage in Haiti ... More >>
Honduras is Open for Business
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 1:03 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
From June 2009 to May 2011, Honduras was submerged in a deep economic-social-political crisis that gravely wounded the country’s growth rate and caused foreign investment to plummet. • In May 2011, the Honduran government hosted “Honduras is Open for ... More >>
The Paraguayan People's Army
Saturday, 23 July 2011, 5:11 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
________________________________________ The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP)- A New Insurgent Group with an Old Time Political Ideology? The Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (Paraguayan People’s Army, or EPP) has now become a household name in Paraguay ... More >>
Uncharted Territory in Guyanese Legislative Elections
Monday, 18 July 2011, 12:56 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As Guyana prepares for its upcoming parliamentary elections, tensions between its two major political parties ride high. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the People’s National Congress (PNC), bitter adversaries since their inception ... More >>
Uncharted Territory in Guyanese Legislative Elections
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 3:47 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Uncharted Territory in Guyanese Legislative Elections As Guyana prepares for its upcoming parliamentary elections, tensions between its two major political parties ride high. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the People’s National Congress ... More >>
Paraguay Makes Step Forward for Women’s & Indigenous Rights
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 3:42 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Traditionally, the forces of conservatism and Catholicism have dominated much of Paraguayan society. However, the nation’s efforts to secure rights for both women and indigenous peoples at a recent June 9th U.N. conference in Geneva, Switzerland ... More >>
Mexican Drug Violence Fueled by U.S. Guns
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 3:08 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As thousands of U.S. weapons enter Mexico each year, the Mexican government has grown increasingly frustrated with the United States, arguing that the U.S. is not effectively countering gun trafficking. More >>
Unwilling to Compromise: Pacific Access for Bolivia
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:52 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Unwilling to Compromise: Pacific Access for Bolivia On March 23, 2011, as the latest move in the longstanding territorial dispute between Bolivia and Chile, Bolivia intensified pressure on Chile in order to secure for itself “free and sovereign access to the ... More >>
Latinos Prove to be Influential in US Politics
Friday, 24 June 2011, 3:34 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Latinos are scheduled to play an even more important role in the 2012 presidential election than in the past. Increasing 43 percent from 35,306,000 in 2000 to 50,478,000 as of 2010, the Hispanic population in the United States is at an all time high, ... More >>
GMOs and Peru: The Debate Comes to a Head
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 5:36 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The use of transgenic or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is an increasingly prevalent practice throughout the world that has pitted complex policy issues against one another. On one side of the debate is the ability of GMOs to feed the world’s ... More >>
U.S. Export–Import Bank scheduled for upgrading
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 2:49 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In a time when export trade issues are becoming such vital components of every country’s economy, the activities of one of the most prominent actors on the “trade stage,” the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), need to be addressed. This ... More >>
Salvadorans Condemn Funes' Record of Broken Promises
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 3:15 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Protesters took the Salvadoran nation by storm last week in response to a new law passed by conservative assemblymen. This measure asserted that no resolution could be declared unconstitutional without a unanimous vote in the constitutional court—a ... More >>
Uruguay: A Bitter Lesson in Forgiving
Friday, 10 June 2011, 3:28 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Minutes before an initiative that would annul Articles 1, 3, and 4 of the Law of Expiration of 1986 was put to a vote in the Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives, Victor Semproni, a dissident representative of the left-of-center Frente Amplio (Broad ... More >>
Controversy in the Amazon
Friday, 10 June 2011, 12:56 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In early April, Brazil broke off relations with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) as part of its angry response to criticism of the country’s mammoth Belo Monte dam. More >>
