RSSWill Mexico Prove its Independence or Defer to Washington’s Confrontational Havana Policies? Now Available Online: “Washington Unmakes Guatemala, 1954″ By COHA Research Fellow Matthew Ward Mexican-Cuban diplomatic relations fully restored with the reinstatement of ambassadors on J[...]
Archive for July, 2004
Mexican Truck Saga Indicative of the Power NAFTA Wields in U.S. Politics
As Democrats and Republicans vie for U.S. political power the implementation of NAFTA provisions is aggressively manipulated to fit opposing ideological agendas. Left-leaning interests – namely unions and the environment – enjoyed protection under Clinton and now suffer under Bush, as the curren[...]
Guyana: Born a Broken Nation, Always a Broken Nation?
A country riddled with racial conflicts rooted deep in its history struggles to establish a working democracy. After decades without political inter-dependence and cooperation, Guyana is at a loss for mending its most pressing economic and societal issues. Poverty on the rise – a difficult problem[...]
After the Fact, the International Community Moves to Bail Out Its Counterfeit Protégé in Port-au-Prince
Chile’s Juan Gabriél Valdés takes over as UN Special Envoy for Haiti, bringing hope that the international community led by Secretary General Kofi Annan will improve upon its deeply troubling previous behavior. Chile’s President Ricardo Lagos and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan have been given[...]
President Lagos, Chile’s Tony Blair, Visits Washington
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos’ foreign and domestic policy is rapidly gaining his country a reputation as Washington’s lap dog. Chilean President Ricardo Lagos came to the White House yesterday to meet President Bush and discuss “democracy and trade relations in the Western Hemisphere as wel[...]
Bolivia Could Explode in the Next 60 Hours: Peaceful Resolution or Internecine Strife is the Question, With the Issue Still in Doubt
Sunday’s All-Important Natural Gas Referendum in Bolivia The memoranda presented below relate to the political and social turmoil affecting Bolivia. The first focuses on the upcoming July 18 natural gas referendum and its implications on President Mesa’s political mandate and on his voca[...]
Sunday’s referendum could provide needed impetus to Bolivia’s beleaguered economic development, but at a cost
Sunday’s All-Important Natural Gas Referendum in Bolivia The memoranda presented below relate to the political and social turmoil affecting Bolivia. The first focuses on the upcoming July 18 natural gas referendum and its implications on President Mesa’s political mandate and on his voca[...]
The International Republican Institute: Promulgating Democracy of Another Variety
The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) ostensible democracy-building mission serves only as a screen for its energetic and unscrupulous promotion of an ultraconservative Republican foreign policy agenda. The IRI is more a cloak-and-dagger operation than a conventional research group. O[...]
July 13th, 2004 - 1:12 pm § in Cuba, El Salvador, Front Page, Haiti, Nicaragua, Press Releases, Venezuela
Otto Reich: A Career in Disservice
On Wednesday, July 14, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs will issue a lengthy report entitled, “The International Republican Institute (IRI) Promulgating Democracy of Another Variety.” In this report, Yale Researcher and COHA Fellow Jessica Leight contends that the IRI is not just another bland[...]
Trinidad’s Dirty Little Secret
COMING MONDAY, JULY 12: “Otto Reich: A Career in Disservice” • Port-of-Spain, the “cultural capital of the Caribbean,” appears to be importing a dangerous kidnapping culture from neighboring countries such as Colombia and Venezuela. • Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manni[...]