Category Archive: Argentina

Argentina: At the Cusp of Change, Or, Continuity

October 11, 2007

October 11, 2007

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Montana James
  • 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 go on

With the presidential elections coming up on October 28, Argentina is astir with speculation regarding its top candidates. First Lady and president presumptive, Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, maintains first place in the polls, followed by Elisa Carrió, an outspoken critic of the current Kirchner administration, and Roberto Lavagna, former economy minister to that administration as well as the man credited with pulling Argentina out of its recent economic nightmare. The upcoming election, aside from all its innate drama, marks a very important milestone for the future of the Argentine polity as well as its economy.

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Latin America’s Process of Economic and Social Stabilization: A Stagnant Experiment or a Force to be Reckoned With?

September 27, 2007

September 27, 2007

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Concetta Kim Martens

Few critics would deny that in 2006 the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean reported growth performance at the highest rate since the 1970s. The present acceleration began in 2004 with a GDP increase of 5.9 percent. The region …

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Competition, Contributions and Contracts: Chávez’s Checkbook Mission in the Caribbean Basin

August 29, 2007

August 29, 2007

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Katie Dickson

While crowds of cheering supporters gathered outside the National Assembly in Venezuela on Wednesday, August 15, President Hugo Chávez outlined what could be the most radical phase of his proposed amendments to the constitution yet, the elimination of any term …

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Chile’s Aggressive Military Arm Purchases Are Ruffling the Region, Alarming in Particular Bolivia, Peru and Argentina

August 7, 2007

August 7, 2007

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez

• Is the Chilean military preparing for a new computer game: War of the Pacific: Part II? • Bachelet administration unwilling, or organically incapable of restraining unnecessary transactions • Chile’s neighbors turn to emphasizing social and economic reform as they …

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Argentina and the Falklands/Malvinas: Could the Conflict with Great Britain Have Been Averted?

August 1, 2007

August 1, 2007

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Martha Lauer

The Shrug That May Have Launched A Thousand British and Argentine Ships: General Vernon Walters’ Purported Epocal Role in Triggering the Conflict Even after the U.K.’s victory over Argentina in the Falkland War of 1982, the jurisdictional status of the …

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