RSS- A top down scheme in Panama City to purge independent candidate from the race for Mayor - Harassment of Bernal is a clear reflection of the monopolization of Panama’s politics under Torrijos’ guided democracy - Is this part of a Torrijos plan to eliminate term and eligibility limits? - Is this[...]
Archive for February, 2009
More Letters on Venezuelan Policy and the Anti-Semitism Debate
Below, COHA publishes another selection of the letters which it received in response to its two recent articles on Venezuela, “Venezuelan Synagogue Vandalizing Takes New Turn,” and “Venezuela’s New Constitutional Reform 2009.” -COHA Staff _____ February 16, 2009 We think that the COHA team[...]
Chávez relishes victory
February 19, 2009 Venezuelans vote to scrap term limits in one of the president’s most resounding political victories. More than 54 percent of Venezuelans voted in favor of changing the country´s constitution to scrap term limits on Feb. 15, handing President Hugo Chávez a major political triump[...]
Lucky Bolivia and the Future of Lithium in the World Economy
- Bolivia contains half of the world’s reserve of Lithium - Automotive world needs to reinvent itself to fit the 21st century demand for clean energy - A rare opportunity for the historically impoverished country to become a major player in the global economy - U.S. could be running the risk of re[...]
COHA Readership Responds to Haiti Analysis
Below, COHA is reprinting several letters that it recently received in response to its research finding issued on February 9, 2009, “‘The Rock in the Sun’: Haiti’s Préval Pleads For the U.S. and Rest of the World to End Global Negligence Towards Latin America’s Poorest Country.” This do[...]
Drug violence spins Mexico toward ‘civil war’
By Arthur Brice CNN February 18, 2009 A shootout in a border city that leaves five alleged drug traffickers sprawled dead on the street and seven police wounded. A police chief and his bodyguards gunned down outside his house in another border city. Four bridges into the United States shut down by p[...]
Blockade Harms U.S. More Than Cuba
By Margot Pepper Wednesday February 18, 2009 The U.S. blockade is causing more economic damage to the United States than it is to Cuba. A December letter signed by a dozen leading U.S. business organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, urged then President-elect Barack Obama to initiate[...]
US Foreign Policy on Latin America and Cuba
COHA Director Larry Birns appeared on HITN’s “Destination Casa Blanca” show on February 12, 2009, to discuss the Obama administration’s approach towards Latin America. Click here to see the programme in its entirety. [...]
February 17th, 2009 - 11:49 am § in Front Page, Press Releases
China’s Latest Geopolitical Assault on Latin American Commodities and Bilateral Trade
- Chinese vice-president and vice-premier for agriculture on the road, visiting nine Latin American states, including regional powers Brazil and Mexico - China tops the list of emerging Latin American trading partners, with exports rising tenfold in last decade - In Washington, Obama administration [...]
Venezuelans vote on term limits
Referendum will decide if term limits can be scrapped, a proposal that would allow Hugo Chavez to run for re-election. By Charlie Devereux – GlobalPost Published: February 14, 2009 Updated: February 15, 2009 CARACAS — Venezuelans voted for a second time on Sunday on whether to scrap term li[...]