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Archive for July, 2005
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Election Forecast in Haiti Goes from Bad to Dreadful
By COHA Director Larry Birns and COHA Research Fellow Sarah E. Schaffer on July 25, 2005 | No CommentsLatortue shows his cards as he tries to fix the deck. Democracy takes a turn for the worst in Haiti, where acts of political persecution are both encouraged and committed. Lavalas will make a tragic mistake if it adopts the strategy of sitting out the election—a move that would carry... -
Washington Secures Long-Sought Hemispheric Outpost, Perhaps at the Expense of Regional Sovereignty
By COHA Research Associates Mary Donohue and Melissa Nepomiachi on July 22, 2005 | No CommentsOn June 1, 2005 the Paraguayan National Congress entered into an agreement with Washington that allows U.S. troops to enter into Paraguay for an 18-month period. The troops will help train Paraguayan officials to deal with narcotrafficking, terrorism, government corruption and domestic health issues. The agreement grants the U.S. troops... -
A Functioning Democracy? The Intolerable Abuses of Guatemalan Women
By COHA Research Associate Shana Ramirez on July 22, 2005 | No CommentsCAFTA – The Bush administration insists that CAFTA should be seen as a reward for a job well done when it comes to democracy building. While modest progress has occurred in terms of strengthening democratic institutions – for the most part, Central America is composed of corrupt governments that are... -
Rising to the Occasion: Does Moreno Have What it Takes to be the Next President of the IDB?
By COHA Senior Research Fellow Joshua Soren Graae on July 22, 2005 | No CommentsOn July 27th, the governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will choose their new president. Currently, the position is held by Enrique Iglesias of Uruguay, who revitalized the IDB and infused it with ethics and a sense of professionalism that had eluded the organization throughout its long history. His... -
Nicaragua: A Three-Way Political Battleground
By COHA Senior Research Fellow Frank J. Kendrick, Ph.D. on July 20, 2005 | No CommentsIn February, a new political group was formed in Managua called the Movement for Nicaragua. Some 500 irate citizens, calling themselves non-partisan, rallied under the banner “Tomorrow is too late,” and called upon the people to “rescue” their country that had been “hijacked” by the country’s leftist and rightist party... -
The Promise and Limitations of International Human Rights Activism
By Rebecca Evans, Ph.D. on July 19, 2005 | No CommentsBREAKING SILENCE The Case That Changed the Face of Human Rights by COHA Senior Research Fellow Richard Alan White Georgetown University Press Washington, D.C. Chosen as one of six Outstanding Political Science Titles in 2005 by the American Association of School Libraries and the Public Library Association. COHA Senior Research...