Bipartisan Senate Support on Latin America
The U.S. Congress is as relevant as the executive branch on many specific issues that affect U.S.-Latin American relations, from trade to immigration. Yet individual Members of Congress rarely pay sustained attention to policy toward the region as a whole. Instead, Capitol Hill’s focus tends to be narrow, reflecting the domestic sources of foreign policy … Read more
Weekly Roundup from Across the Americas
From Americas Society/Council of the Americas. AS/COA Online’s news brief examines the major—as well as some of the overlooked—events and stories occurring across the Americas. Check back every Wednesday for the weekly roundup. Sign up to receive the Weekly Roundup via email. Giuliani Advises Peru’s Fujimori as She Pulls ahead Conservative Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko … Read more
Weekly Roundup from Across the Americas
From Americas Society/Council of the Americas. AS/COA Online’s news brief examines the major—as well as some of the overlooked—events and stories occurring across the Americas. Check back every Wednesday for the weekly roundup. Sign up to receive the Weekly Roundup via email. Calderón on NorthAm Integration, Clinton on Hemispheric Cooperation U.S. Secretary of State Hillary … Read more
[i]AQ[/i] Interview: Judith Morrison on Afro Latinos in the Region
Afro Latinos continue to make significant strides in furthering their integration across the Americas. Judith Morrison, senior advisor in the social sector of the gender and diversity unit at the Inter-American Development Bank talks with AQ online about how African descendant communities are using technology to increase inclusion as well as the role of government … Read more
Obama’s Trip to Latin America: Accomplishments, Shortcomings, and What It Presages for U.S.-Hemispheric Relations
Typically, it takes time to gauge the full effect of a presidential visit, and the March visit by President Barak Obama to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador is no exception. If anything, because of the controversy that ensued over whether Obama should have taken the trip in the first place and because it was his … Read more
A Guide to ALBA
by Joel D. Hirst What is the Bolivarian Alternative to the Americas and What Does It Do? “…all who served the revolution have plowed the sea.” Simón Bolívar, 1830 A little over a year after taking office under his new Bolivarian Constitution, at a conference of Caribbean states on the Island of Margarita in 2001, … Read more
Civic Innovators: Diego de Sola, Ken Baker and Celina de Sola, El Salvador
Real change begins when communities learn how to help themselves, believe Diego de Sola, his sister Celina, and her husband Ken Baker. This idea guided the three former Connecticut residents to pack their bags and move to El Salvador four years ago to start a small NGO, Glasswing International. Inspired by groups like Habitat for … Read more
Martelly’s Online Popularity a Deciding Factor in Haitian Presidential Victory
After his landslide victory in the March 20 presidential runoff, Haitiian President-Elect Michel Martelly joined Ruben Blades (Panama’s minister of tourism from 2004-2009) and Gilberto Gil (various positions including Brazilian minister of culture from 1987-2008) as an artist who has made a successful transition into politics. But his presidential election is also unique for its … Read more
The Paradoxes of Indigenous Politics
Indigenous peoples in the Americas, long on the sidelines of government and policymaking, continue to achieve significant political clout and representation. Their growing political presence and the policy changes that have resulted constitute a profound and rapid transformation. But questions remain as to what these changes mean for the lives of Indigenous peoples. As late … Read more
The New Brazil and the Changing Hemisphere
Articles: Reflections on Brazil’s Global Rise by Celso Amorim The man who led Brazil into its new global era discusses his diplomatic vision and Brazil-U.S. relations. Full text available. The Other BRIC in Latin America: India by Jorge Heine and R. Viswanathan India emerges as a major partner for Latin America. Full text available. Immigrants … Read more
Weekly Roundup from Across the Americas
From the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. AS/COA Online’s news brief examines the major—as well as some of the overlooked—events and stories occurring across the Americas. Check back every Wednesday for the weekly roundup. Sign up to receive the Weekly Roundup via email. Term Limits, Economic Liberalization, and a Leadership Shuffle for Cuba Cuban head … Read more
[i]Leopoldo López v. Venezuela[/i]: A Case Not About Venezuela
The date is November 17, 1969. In San José, Costa Rica, the states of the Americas are about to decide what degree of protection to grant citizens’ political rights under the American Convention on Human Rights. After three days of discussion, the text of Article 23.2 reads as follows, “The law may regulate the exercise … Read more
President Obama’s Trip to Latin America: Now What?
President Obama’s trip one week later: Did it matter? It barely made a splash in the U.S. media, but at a regional and personal level it did. Talk to Brazilians, Chileans or Salvadorans and they appreciate the fact that he went there. Sure, he couldn’t do it with the festive, family-oriented aura that he had … Read more
[i]Betty la Fea[/i] Misses Her Shining Moment During Obama’s Latin America Trip
With President Barack Obama having returned from Latin America a little over a week ago, Washington has again turned its attention to other world regions. The problem is that, even during the trip, Washington never really focused on our hemisphere. Yes, the timing of the Libya military intervention certainly did not help coverage of Obama’s … Read more
It’s Not Like President Obama Went to Cancun on Spring Break
Conservative critics have had a field day criticizing President Barack Obama’s trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador this week. Former speaker of the house and now presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich implied the President was abdicating his leadership by taking the long-anticipated trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador and Fox News commentator Sean Hannity … Read more
