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Archive for June, 2010
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COHA in the Public Arena (June 11 – June 17)
By on June 14, 2010 | No CommentsCOHA Research Associate Katie Zaunbrecher appeared on Destination Casa Blanca on HITN, Hispanic Information Telecommunications Network on June 17. She was featured in an hour-long panel on U.S.-Mexico policy. Clips from the episode can be seen here. COHA Research Associate Kati Charin appeared in an interview on Press TV, an... -
Two hundred years of Argentina, seven years of Kirchnerism
By COHA Research Associate Azul Mertnoff on June 11, 2010 | 10 CommentsSince its independence from Spain, Argentina has experienced two British invasions, a series of illegitimate governments, the Peronist movement, a dictatorship that cost 30,000 lives, the Falklands War and a neo-liberal economy during the 1990s followed by a major economic default. Today, as Argentina celebrates its bicentennial anniversary, the political... -
Argentina’s Bicentennial: Another Take
By COHA Research Associate Julia Nissen on June 11, 2010 | No Comments• The indigenous have little to celebrate “Los pueblos originarios están acá; están presente,” an indigenous woman shouted to the camera of Argentina’s Canal 7 news program on May 18th. She was surrounded by fellow protestors from across Argentina. In a period of eight days this group had marched to... -
Haiti’s Préval: Damned if he doesn’t, or even if he does: President René Préval and post-quake elections in Haiti
By COHA Research Associate Isabelle Van Hook on June 10, 2010 | 6 Comments• Préval’s shortcomings, although undeniable, should be cause of lamentation, not celebration • How not to lead a nation Upcoming 2010 Elections: Keystone of Haitian Stability Amidst the chaos and devastation caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti in January of this year, political catastrophe threatens to exacerbate... -
The Nature of the U.S.-Mexico Drug War: Equal Responsibility, Unequal Costs
By COHA Research Associate Devin Parsons on June 9, 2010 | 19 Comments“Drugs will be at the top of the agenda. It will dominate the agenda because the drug fight is all that Calderón talks about, all that he thinks about.” – Jorge Castañeda, Mexico’s former Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Trapped Mexico is suffering. Thousands of its citizens are trapped in the... -
International TV Brazil Launch in Africa
By COHA Research Associate Jeanie Gong on June 9, 2010 | No CommentsOn May 24, 2010, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil launched International TV Brazil, a government-owned television channel that will broadcast in Portuguese to forty-nine countries in Africa. While this is not Brazil’s first international television channel, it is the first government-owned one and means to set a...