RSSOn November 29, 2009, José “Pepé” Mujica of the left-center coalition, Frente Amplio (Broad Front-FA), won the run-off election in Uruguay with 53.2% of the vote compared to the 42.7% of his opponent, former president Luis Alberto Lacalle. Mujica’s win represents a consolidation of power f[...]
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COHA In The News: Uruguay runoff pits ex-rebel, ex-president
Published by CNN November 27, 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay (CNN) — Uruguayans electing a new president in Sunday’s runoff election will choose between a former guerrilla fighter jailed for 14 years and a politician who already has held the office. Jose Mujica, a former Marxist Tupamaro guer[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 10:52 am § in In the News, Uruguay
COHA In The News: Uruguay Headed for Presidential Runoff Next Month
October 26, 2009 Arthur Brice in Atlanta and journalist Dario Klein in Uruguay contributed to this report. CNN Montevideo, Uruguay (CNN) — A former guerrilla fighter jailed for 14 years and an ex-president were headed for a runoff for the presidency of Uruguay, after neither was expected to c[...]
A response to UNASUR – Death before Life?
COHA recently received a very exhaustive response to the organization’s release on 12/16/08 of staff members Andrea Moretti’s and Alex Sanchez’s article “UNASUR – Death before Life? Disagreements over Leadership as National Agendas Divide South America, Dashing Argentina’s UNASUR Pro[...]
UNASUR – Death before Life? Disagreements over Leadership as National Agendas Divide South America, Dashing Argentina’s UNASUR Prospects
• Uruguay vetoes former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner becoming UNASUR’s first permanent Secretary General • Peru sends mixed signals regarding its support for the Argentine candidate • Venezuela’s Chavez curiously shy about Secretary-General post • Mercosur and LAC Summits on Dece[...]
Uruguay Plays Hardball Politics Against Argentina’s Kirchner
Pulp Mill Dispute Threatens to Do Grave Damage to MERCOSUR, Which Could Then Spread to Newly-Formed UNASUR • Surely this dispute must not be permitted to get out of control • The problem is that both sides can mobilize a strong case for themselves • Uruguay needs a strong economy, while Argent[...]
July 21st, 2008 - 11:32 am § in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Front Page, Mexico, Press Releases, Uruguay
The Hemisphere’s State of Same-Sex Partnership Recognition: Canada Very Much in the Lead
Gay couples are rejoicing in California, where they have recently obtained the right to marry, but in other parts of the Western Hemisphere, same-sex partnership-recognition is more of a dream than a reality. In Latin America, the historical influence of traditional rigid Catholic values toward gen[...]
July 1st, 2008 - 1:34 pm § in Argentina, Brazil, European Union, Front Page, Mercosur, Paraguay, Press Releases, Uruguay, Venezuela
The Politicization of MERCOSUR: With a Divided Past, Is There Hope for a United Future?
Today the leaders of Mercosur are convening in Tucumán, Argentina for their semi-annual conference and for the inauguration of Brazil’s Luis Inácio Lula da Silva as its pro-tempore president. San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northwestern Argentina and the capital of the province of Tu[...]
May 27th, 2008 - 10:06 am § in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Economic, Ecuador, Front Page, Mercosur, Opinion, Paraguay, Reports, Uruguay, Venezuela
Still on the Drawing Board: the Banco del Sur a Half Year Later
COHA and the history of the Argentine human rights situation
COHA Director Larry Birns was recently mentioned in Hugo Alconada Mon's article, "Piden desclasificar los archivos sobre los desaparecidos," in La Nación. The article may be[...]
Argentina: At the Cusp of Change, Or, Continuity
- A tumultuous past, a potentially problematic future
- The candidates and projections of their political fate
- What will another Kirchner presidency mean for Argentina?
- Ideas about the nation's future
- Peronist-bred mystifications[...]