Council on Hemispheric Affairs

The selection of Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo as Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has once again put Brazilian diplomacy on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. While without a doubt superbly prepared and qualified for this new post, Azevêdo’s appointment also owes much to Brazil’s international reputation…

“In Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela there is no free press—just state controlled anti-American propaganda.”  Republican Congressman Connie Mack, Florida “Under Chávez life for Venezuela’s poor only got worse … Public health is deplorable.” Republican former governor Bob Ehrlich, Maryland President Barack Obama behaves as if he does not understand Latin America and…

Retired General José Efraín Ríos Montt, the U.S. backed dictator who governed Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983, was sentenced by Judge Yasmín Barrios to 80 years in prison yesterday, 50 years for genocide, and 30 years for crimes against humanity. The focus of the trial was on the…

COHA Research on Immigration is an analysis of immigration-related measures being intermittently issued by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. On April 10, thousands of immigration reform supporters gathered together in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to rally for the inclusion of a reliable path to citizenship for…