On September 9, Director Larry Birns was quoted in a Bloomberg article “Castro Remark on Cuba Model Not Working May Signal Chance” about the relationship of Cuba and the United States. Bloomberg On September 9, Director Larry Birns was quoted …
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Negotiating A New NAFTA: What and Why This Is Needed
•Agricultural performance has been particularly disappointing At the end of 1992, the leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Once ratified, it took effect on January 1, 1994. Though its White …
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Suriname Elects the Country’s Most Controversial Political Figure as President
•Bouterse miraculously continues to avoid serving hard time for his past misdeeds On the 19th of July, the Peoples Assembly of Suriname, consisting of municipal and provincial representatives, selected as president former military commander general Desire Bouterse. This is not …
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Attention COHA Readers
Due to the electrifying news coming from Cuba, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ 10-researcher Cuban unit, under COHA director, Larry Birns, will shortly be issuing a series of memoranda on U.S. – Cuban – Iranian – and Venezuelan inter-relations. Themes …
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COHA Opinion: Brazilian Election: What Does South American Giant Want in Post-Lula Era?
In a scene from my first book, Hugo Chávez: Oil, Politics and the Challenge to the U.S. (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006), I discuss how Brazil became an ally of Venezuela during a key moment of heightened political tensions. It was December, 2002 …
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