- 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 the type of country with which the U.S. should be signing a free trade agreement? Dr. Miguel Antonio Bernal is a highly...
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 deserves credit for the publication of the letters concerning Chavez- antisemitism and for the open dialogue concerning the other Chavez article. It shows that the institution is intrested in information...
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 triumph. A similar measure was marginally rejected in December 2007 in another referendum. Chávez, who marked a decade in office on Feb. 2, has already said that he...
- 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 replacing it’s dependence on foreign oil for a dependence on foreign lithium As the global automobile industry looks to alternate fuel sources,...
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 document was authored by COHA Research Associate David Felson. The first letter which we are running here was received from Reed Lindsay, who served a distinguished stint...
