Monthly Archive: February 2012

Chavez’s Health Concerns Return

Source: Reuters

Source: Reuters We are repeatedly told that timing is a crucial factor, especially if you are up for re-election in less than eight months. Venezuela’s Incumbent President Hugo Chavez is a man whose circumstances demand that he be gripped of …

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Correa Ponders Reprieve for El Universo

President Correa. Source: Associated Press

Press freedom in South America has been in flux since the Diario de Pernambuco, the continent’s oldest newspaper, first put ink to paper in 1825.  As long as there have been authoritarian governments in the region, powerful figures in one …

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The OAS Defends its Turf: Competition Stirs Things Up

Secretary-General Insulza Turns in Stellar Performance; May Save the Day for OAS. With the second anniversary of the inaugural summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) fast approaching, the formation of additional regional groupings that feature …

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COHA in the Public Arena (February 20 – February 24, 2012)

On February 21, 2012 COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez was interviewed by Telemundo on the DREAM Act. On February 23, 2012 COHA Research Associate Alexander E. Gibson was interviewed by Voice of Russia on the train crash in the Argentine …

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Boiling point: A Survey of Hemispheric Water Policy – Part 1 of COHA’s Water Series.

Brazil has some of the world's largest and best managed water resources.

From the Texas Oil Boom to the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, petroleum was undoubtedly the most notorious liquid of the last one hundred years.  While some in the international marketplace still fixate on oil, recent political and environmental developments have helped …

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