- Comprehensive study examining Brazilian foreign policy by COHA Senior Research Fellow Sean W. Burges, published by the University Press of Florida - Burges’ work explains how and why Brazil has been building its role as a leader in South America and the global South - Research for the book draws on interviews with key Brazilian policy makers, including President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former foreign ministers Celso Lafer and Luiz Felipe Lampreia, and Lula...
- Brazil had a strong 2008 and will continue to rise in the global hierarchy despite setbacks caused by the world financial crisis - New ties to China, Russia, and other quasi-super power nations show Brazil trying to balance relations between Latin America and extra-hemispheric emerging markets In 1823 U.S. President James Monroe set forth a new policy, later known as the Monroe Doctrine, which explicitly stated that no foreign power could meddle in...
Ever since 1513, when the Conquistador Vasco Nuñez de Balboa decided to set his dogs on 40 Quarequa indigenous people for engaging in transvestism and homosexual acts, Colombia´s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) sector has enjoyed a stressful relationship with the dominant society. Following the conquest, indigenous cultures which tolerated gender and sexual diversity were violently discouraged, and the rigid gender and sexual constructions advocated by the Catholicism of the time were quickly...
February 23, 2009 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday won a referendum eliminating term limits opening a way for him run again as president in 2012 and possibly for many years to come. There are mixed feelings across the globe towards Chavez, some love him and others hate him. Some analysts believe that Chavez is on his way to become the next dictator in history after finally getting a grip of this long-sought victory...
By Michael Rose February 20, 2009 In a definitive policy speech on Latin American relations at a Cuban American National Foundation luncheon on May 23, 2008, President Barack Obama promised to “pursue aggressive, principled, and sustained diplomacy in the Americas from Day One.” In a January 15 speech, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez extended a warm invitation to Obama saying, “If he wants to converse with the Venezuelans, we are here at the order without...
