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The Washington Post Ignores Coups in Article on Threats to Latin American Democracy
July 30, 2012
On Sunday, July 22, The Washington Post published “Latin America’s new authoritarians
Honduras: What's in it for the United States?
June 25, 2012
A June 20 blog post by Harvey Morris, featured on the website of The New York Times
Our Man in Caracas: The U.S. Media and Henrique Capriles
June 18, 2012
The presidential candidate of Venezuela’s coalition of opposition parties, Henrique Capriles, hosted a rally on June 10 to formally initiate his c
Protesters in the United States Shape Media Coverage of Porfirio Lobo
June 4, 2012
According to its recent press release, the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) “is the prem
The Washington Post’s Flimsy Critique of Argentina
May 2, 2012
On April 19, The Washington Post’s editorial board published a
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Emily
Achtenberg
December 23, 2011
On December 15, more than 240 U.S. and international labor, environmental, and civil society organizations called on World Bank officials to dismiss a $77 million lawsuit brought by the Pacific Rim Mining Corporation against the government of El Salvador. According to Pacific Rim, the Salvadoran...
Fred
Rosen
December 20, 2011
While the general level of violence has remained constant over the past few weeks, the apparent targeting of grassroots activists has increased dramatically over the month of December. This targeting should remind us that political violence, and not just organized narco-based criminality,...
Joseph
Nevins
December 15, 2011
Like a virus, or any other pathogen, “security” (of the police-state variety) goes wherever it can, typically creeping into the lives of marginalized or vulnerable populations and communities, and gradually and detrimentally transforming them in the process. In the name of Homeland Security, there...
Fred
Rosen
December 13, 2011
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s political skills were very much in evidence this past December 2 and 3 as the heads of 33 sovereign Latin American and Caribbean states signed on to a project that has long been dear to Chavez's heart. At the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, Mexico’s...
Nazih
Richani
December 12, 2011
Yesterday morning Colombia and Latin America lost one of its most influential intellectuals and social scientists: Álvaro Camacho Guizado, a colleague, mentor, and, above all, a very dear friend. I have known Álvaro since 1995 when I was a visiting scholar at the National University of...
Emily
Achtenberg
December 09, 2011
This week, Bolivian government officials and lowland indigenous leaders agreed on a new regulation to define the “untouchable” character of the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory. Still, the controversy over the proposed TIPNIS highway continues, six weeks after pressure from indigenous...