Yearly Archive: 2005

Spain’s Zapatero Emerges as a Bold New Foreign Policy Factor in Latin America

In office for eighteen months, Prime Minister Zapatero has broken from his predecessor and rewritten the rules when it comes to his country’s relations with Latin America. He hopes to breathe new life into the Iberoamerican Summit to translate it …

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Haiti: Headed Down the Path Towards an Electoral Farce

On September 30, 2005, the “International Day of Solidarity With Haitian People” was celebrated in 44 cities and 16 countries with the theme being “Stop The War Against the People of Haiti.” This worldwide manifestation marked the anniversary of the …

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Noriega’s Latin American Policy: A Disservice to the Nation

On July 29, two years to the day after his Senate confirmation, Roger Noriega announced that he would be stepping down from his post as the State Department’s Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs. While Noriega’s personal assessments …

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University of Panama Situation Worsens

Since mid-August, when COHA first spotlighted the possibility of an emerging diploma scandal at the University of Panama and suggested that the case was symptomatic of the high degree of corruption and venality which critics claimed were adversely affecting both …

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Lori Through the Looking Glass: A New Perspective on the Berenson Case

Our perception of Lori Berenson has been clouded by a bewildering recent series of rulings and counter-findings surrounding her case. Lori Berenson has been imprisoned in Peru for almost ten years for allegedly conspiring with terrorists. (The grim anniversary of …

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