Yearly Archives: 2004

Chile: Less than Meets the Eye

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Fellow Jessica Leight
December 28, 2004

Chile’s much-belabored “economic miracle,” fashioned from high growth rates, macroeconomic stability and explosive export expansion, is widely considered by neoliberal advocates to be the masterpiece of the economic model that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded and sought to replicate around the world. In Latin America, where significant state intervention has been the economic leitmotif for decades, Chile has distinguished itself in recent years as a champion of the Washington Consensus which is...

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Honduras Again Validates its Banana Republic Status

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Gena Goodman-Campbell
December 27, 2004

Chile: Challenging the thesis that neoliberal reforms fully account for the country’s “economic miracle” — The Leight Report On Tuesday, December 28, 2004, COHA will publish the most recent political/economic essay by COHA Research Fellow Jessica Leight. Ms. Leight spent five weeks in Chile last summer researching trade issues. The Leight paper raises serious questions regarding the role played by the IMF in bringing about Chile’s so-called “economic miracle,” and provides an alternate argument...

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Aiding Oppression in Haiti: Kofi Annan and General Heleno’s Complicity in Latortue’s Jackal Regime

This analysis was prepared by COHA Senior Research Fellow Seth R. DeLong, Ph.D.
December 16, 2004

President Bush’s Haiti Policy undermines his proclaimed ideal of valuing democracy as well as stability. As Kofi Annan comes to Washington to meet with Secretary of State Colin Powell, among others, he is prepared to do Washington’s bidding regarding Haiti. Most likely, the interim government of Prime-Minister Gerard Latortue will indefinitely postpone, sabotage or find some other pretext to ban the pro-Aristide Lavalas party from participating in the 2005 presidential election. Among the responsibilities...

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John Bolton’s Appointment Would Destroy State Department Credibility

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Gabriel Espinosa Gonzalez
December 15, 2004

With court confidante Condoleezza Rice soon to be at the helm of the State Department, the possible ascension of ultraconservative political appointee John Bolton will stress the Bush administration’s conversion of the agency from a relatively passive and ineffective dissenter under Colin Powell, to an aggressive crusader for the administration’s ideologically-driven foreign policy agenda in the second term. In conjunction with new CIA director Porter Goss, who has instructed subordinates to “not identify with,...

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For Nuclear Brazil, It’s Good to Have Friends in High Places

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Claudia Patterson
December 14, 2004

Secrecy shrouding Brazil’s nuclear capabilities, suspected technological advances and provocative statements made by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his presidential campaign alarmed U.S. nuclear control advocates. But, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell, future nuclear weapons proliferation by Brasilia no longer is a distinct possibility. Could Haiti be the missing ingredient? The Bush administration now vehemently denies accusations by notable critics, like the Washington Post, which questioned why Brazil feels a need...

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