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Latin America’s Future is Already Here
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 1:08 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Within days, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) will be leaving the Senate for the last time after decades of distinguished service on the Hill. His departure will leave a vacancy of immense proportions that will be difficult to fill. This was because ... More >>
Latin America and State Recognition
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 12:45 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
In 2008, Russia fought a five-day war with Georgia, an independent nation in the southern Caucasus, which gained its independence following the breakup of the Soviet Union. While the details of the incident remain controversial, it is generally agreed ... More >>
Latin America's Increasing Recognition of Other Nations
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 12:28 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• Venezuela and Nicaragua recognize breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia • Taiwan and Kosovo, recognized by a number of Latin American states more likely due to national economic interest rather than abstract concepts of goodwill and friendship • Recognition ... More >>
Martinelli’s “Chorizo Law” Gets Sliced, but Concerns Remain
Monday, 13 December 2010, 9:57 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Since Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli began to face a wave of repercussions from a recent string of controversial political maneuvers, he has tightened his grip on the nation and turned his back on democratic behavior, silencing the press along ... More >>
Martinelli’s “Chorizo Law” Gets Sliced
Friday, 10 December 2010, 11:07 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Since Panamanian President Roberto Martinelli began to face a wave of repercussions from a recent string of controversial political maneuvers, he has tightened his grip on the nation and turned his back on democratic behavior, silencing the press along ... More >>
Haiti’s Election Debacle
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 4:27 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Expectations heading into Haiti’s elections on November 28 were modest at best. The country’s notoriously opaque Conseil Électoral Provisoire (CEP) once again excluded the country’s most influential political party, Fanmi Lavalas, from participating ... More >>
Iran: Less Than Meets the Eye in Latin America
Friday, 3 December 2010, 12:42 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As concern grows in Washington over the potential threat that Iran poses to the United States and its allies, scant attention has been given to the Islamic Republic’s expanding influence in Latin America. In the past year, a number of events revealed ... More >>
HIV/AIDS in Indigenous Communities
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 1:50 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Numerous indigenous men, women, and children have died from “an epidemic that may be malaria,” according to the Canadian Press in October 2010. Part of the Yanomami ethnolinguistic group, the affected towns are so remote from urban centers that health ... More >>
Wikileaks and Latin America: Same Old Imperious US Diplomats
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 10:40 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As more and more documents become available from Wikileaks, the public has gotten a novel and close up view of U.S. diplomats and their operations abroad. I was particularly interested to review heretofore secret documents dealing with Latin America, a region ... More >>
More Grim Days Ahead for Haiti
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 12:45 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Haiti’s fast-approaching November 28 presidential and legislative elections will take place at a critical juncture in the country’s history. Haiti is still reeling from the devastating earthquake in January, and now it has the additional burden ... More >>
Tax Havens: Stunting Latin American Development
Monday, 22 November 2010, 12:25 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Benjamin Franklin once stated, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” However, with battalions of highly paid “tax professionals” searching for ways around tax legislation for multi-national corporations (MNCs) ... More >>
Costa Rica-Nicaragua Border Dispute
Monday, 22 November 2010, 12:24 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
A number of you have emailed to express your surprise over COHA’s silence on the recent eruption of the longstanding border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Rest assured, the COHA staff has been following this issue closely; Director Larry ... More >>
Prediction for the Future of U.S.-Cuba Relations
Friday, 19 November 2010, 10:59 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As the April 2009 Summit of the Americas drew to a close in Trinidad and Tobago, President Obama’s statement that the U.S. was prepared to seek new relations with Cuba favorably resonated with the assembled Latin American leaders. But up to now, ... More >>
Made in Brazil: Confronting Child Labour
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 11:15 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made significant efforts to reduce child labor, at the end of his tenure the issue still remains urgent. Forging a successful strategy to reduce child labor is not a simple task, since the reasons ... More >>
Landlocked Bolivia’s Symbolic Step Seaward
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 10:20 am | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On October 19th, Peruvian President Alan García and Bolivian President Evo Morales signed an accord granting Bolivia access to a small stretch of coastline in southern Peru. The deal confirms the “Bolivamar” agreement initially signed in 1992, allowing ... More >>
The Haitian Cholera Outbreak: Preventable Tragedy?
Friday, 12 November 2010, 5:50 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On October 21, a case of cholera was identified in Haiti for the first time in 50 years. The disease spread rapidly through the Artibonite River basin, and by November 9, more than 580 people had died, and thousands more were gravely ill. More >>
President Chinchilla: The Puppet Sets Own Agenda
Friday, 5 November 2010, 5:08 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On May 8th, 2010, Laura Chinchilla was sworn into office as the first female president of Costa Rica, following the second term of fellow National Liberation Party (PLN) candidate Oscar Arias. More >>
Brazil’s First Female President
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 5:18 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Sunday, October 31st was a historic day in Brazil, as Dilma Rousseff of the ruling Workers Party (PT) was elected as the country’s first female president. Rousseff was catapulted to electoral success following the public endorsement of the wildly ... More >>
Tragic News From Buenos Aires
Friday, 29 October 2010, 3:40 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner died Wednesday, October 27 at his home in El Calafate, Argentina after suffering from congestive heart failure. Néstor had gone to the Patagonian town of El Calafate to be counted for the national census. More >>
Chile’s Lesser Told Story
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:25 pm | Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Most of the news out of Chile recently has been coming from a dark hole 2200 feet below ground in Copiapó, where 33 trapped miners became an international media sensation. This week, the news from Copiapó is particularly joyful, as the long-awaited rescue ... More >>
