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Peru Turns Left
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 12:11 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Yesterday on June 5, 2011, Peruvians home and abroad turned out for the much-anticipated run-off election between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori. Almost 84 percent of registered voters came out to cast their ballots for the next president of Peru. More >>
Costa Rica: An Army-Less Nation in a Problem-Prone Region
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 2:20 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Central American nation of Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that does not possess a standing military. Nevertheless, Costa Rica, like other Latin American countries, faces a variety of security threats that test the country’s ... More >>
Zelaya to Honduras; Honduras to the OAS
Saturday, 28 May 2011, 3:13 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On May 22nd, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo and former President Manuel Zelaya signed an accord in Cartagena, Colombia providing a path for Zelaya’s return to Honduras from exile, as well as the readmission of Honduras to the Organization of ... More >>
Clinton's Failed Attempt to Mend U.S-Latin America Relations
Friday, 27 May 2011, 2:43 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Following in the wake of President Barack Obama’s trip to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador in March, Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton held a private dinner party on Wednesday, May 18, where she hosted six former Latin American presidents ... More >>
Death Squads’ Target Salvadoran Journalists
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 2:35 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Death threats targeting journalists were distressingly common during the tumultuous Salvadoran Civil War that took place in the late seventies and eighties. Over the course of the war, a total of twenty-five to thirty journalists fell victim to the ... More >>
Latin America Progresses Forward- A Victory for Gay Rights
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 2:28 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Brazilian Supreme Court’s recognition of same-sex unions in early May marks the latest victory for gay rights in Latin America. More >>
Are U.S.-Latin American Relations At Bay Again
Saturday, 21 May 2011, 2:07 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council on Hemispheric Affairs Research Memorandum About COHA Contact COHA In the News Internships After Bin Laden’s Demise, Are U.S.-Latin American Relations At Bay Again? On Thursday, May 19, President Obama took the bold step of publically ... More >>
Brazil’s Golden Age–or Parade of White Elephants?
Friday, 20 May 2011, 4:02 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Winning the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic bids continues to have both intended and unexpected consequences for this year’s miracle country. On November 28, 2010, Brazilian police and soldiers seized the Complexo do Alemão, a large favela in the ... More >>
Clearing Out without Cleaning Up: The U.S. & Vieques Island
Friday, 20 May 2011, 3:58 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, has long been known for its beauty and its distinct culture, which are unique to the island. The name of the island itself means “rich port” in Spanish, indicating that for years Puerto Rico has ... More >>
Guatemala’s Crippled Peace Process: A Look Back
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 9:38 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On March 16, 2011, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon demonstrated his support for Guatemala’s peace process by announcing a USD ten million contribution from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. More >>
New Guantánamo Papers Show Massive Egg on the Face of US
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 9:58 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On April 24, 2011, hundreds of classified documents regarding the U.S. military prison camp maintained by Washington in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were released to The New York Times and National Public Radio (NPR). More >>
May 7 Ecuadorian Referendum Fast Approaches
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 4:33 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council on Hemispheric Affairs Research Memorandum About COHA Contact COHA In the News Internships Press Release: May 7 Ecuadorian Referendum Fast Approaches New vote will prove if President Correa still packs political power and whether Ecuador's ... More >>
Panamanian Corruption Concealed Amidst FTA Negotiations
Friday, 29 April 2011, 11:06 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
From April 27 to April 29, Martinelli and 11 other Panamanian officials are meeting in Washington D.C. to discuss free trade, regional security, and bilateral cooperation with various U.S. departments and organizations. More >>
Campaign Against School of the Americas Continues - COHA
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 10:55 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The School of the Americas is an institution rarely spoken of in a positive light. This less-than-reputable academy was created at the beginning of the Cold War epoch as a U.S. military training facility for Latin America’s armed and police forces. More >>
Cuba Champions its New Direction, But Only to an Extent
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 10:47 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Communist Party Congress of Cuba ended its first session in 14 years on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. The date for the meeting was announced in November of 2010 with the publication of 311 proposed reforms intended to revive the socialist spirit of the ... More >>
Peru’s Less-Than-Benign Environmental Policy
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 6:18 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The enormous segment of Amazonian rainforest that covers over half of the country has always been an issue of contention for Peru due to the number of indigenous tribes that inhabit it. As early as the 16th century, the Peruvian Amazon has been linked ... More >>
Field Still Open for García’s Successor
Saturday, 2 April 2011, 9:10 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Questions on the presidential election in Peru grow as April 10th approaches • Country is bound to have a run-off balloting More >>
Obama’s Final Stopover: Ignoring CAFTA Protests
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 3:21 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
President Obama arrived in El Salvador on March 22 in order to hold up that country as an example of what Latin American states can achieve through cooperation with the United States. Given the Central American country’s acquiescence in the militarization ... More >>
Strauss-Kahn’s Visit to Latin America
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 1:45 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
President Obama is not the only world figure who has headed south recently. During the first week of March, director-general of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, visited Latin America. During his fast-moving tour across ... More >>
Obama’s Trip to Brazil: COHA’s Evaluation
Friday, 18 March 2011, 12:54 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Multiple COHA specialists in U.S.-Latin American relations are available for briefings concerning President Obama’s upcoming trip to Latin America. On Saturday, the President leaves for Brazil for a two-day visit, marking the president’s first visit to a ... More >>
