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	<title>Council on Hemispheric Affairs &#187; Cuba</title>
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		<title>Rousseff Strengthens Caribbean Ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s recent visit to Havana could easily have been a tense one.  On Thursday, January 19th, jailed Cuban dissident Wilman Villar died in a prison hospital under murky circumstances, while Brazil recently granted a visa to well-known online journalist and longtime Castro critic Yoani Sanchez to leave her native Cuba and attend a documentary film premier in Brasília.  Rousseff avoided publicly criticizing the Castro administration when pressed by reporters on what the Cuban opposition calls human rights abuses, instead referencing the human rights record of the United States in regard to the Guantanamo Bay military prison.  However, she seemed perfectly happy to discuss Cuba and Brazil’s burgeoning economic partnership, which has grown significantly in recent years. The renovation and expansion of Mariel, a key port near Havana, represents the latest manifestation of the aforementioned partnership between the two countries.  Brazil has provided USD 683 million in loans to the Cuban government for the project, which is spearheaded by Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.  Brazilian officials have also signed a 10-year agreement to help modernize Cuban sugar company Azcuba’s sugar mills in Cienfuegos.  Brazil has given Cuba another USD 400 million in credits to buy Brazilian agricultural projects and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COHA in the Public Arena (January 30 &#8211; February 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interviews and Citations On January 29, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed by Al-Jazeera on the proposal by Cuban Lawmakers to institute term limits. On January 30, COHA Research Associate Christopher Araujo was cited by Policy Mic on crime and violence in Central America. On January 31, COHA Research Associate Jeniree Vasquez was interviewed by HispanTV on US cyberattacks on Cuba. On January 31, COHA Research Fellow Alejandro Sánchez Nieto by Telemundo on U.S. Presidential elections. On February 2, COHA Director Larry Birns and Research Fellow Alejandro Sánchez Nieto attended an off-the-record meeting at the Organization of American States with OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza. On February 3, COHA Research Fellow Alejandro Sánchez Nieto was interviewed by HispanTV on the no-fly list. &#160; Article links Mexico&#8217;s drug war: Not another Colombia &#8211; January 31 By: COHA Research Associate Natalia Cote-Muñoz Caribbean News Now! &#160; Panama News Latin America does not appear on the Radar Scope for Obama or his Republican Opponents &#8211; January 30 By: COHA Director Larry Birns and Research Associate Robert Valencia The Cutting Edge News Brazil&#8217;s Grand Design for Combining Global South Solidarity and National Interests: A Discussion of Peacekeeping Operations in Haiti and Timor By COHA Research Fellow Alejandro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COHA in the Public Arena (January 22 &#8211; January 27)</title>
		<link>http://www.coha.org/coha-in-the-public-forum-january-22-january-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 18, COHA Research Associate, Courtney Frantz was interviewed by Paul Wienburg of Straightgoods.ca on the state of security in Haiti. On January 24, COHA guest scholar Peter Tase was interviewed by Datamine concerning organic sugar exports from Paraguay to the United States and the deforestation problem in Paraguay. On January 26, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed by Oakland Ross of the Toronto Star on Venezuela&#8217;s President Hugo Chavez. On January 27, COHA Research Associate Tim Pelzer was interviewed by Peoplesword.org on the Cuba&#8217;s former president Fidel Castro. Article Links Venezuelan opposition rallies for &#8220;The Unit&#8221; - January  26 2012 By: COHA Research Associate Jeniree Vasquez Eurasia Review México: Basta de maltrato a los aborígenes - January 25, 2012 By: COHA Research Associate Christopher Oshinski Silobreaker]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad Visits Four Latin American Countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Venezuela&#8217;s ties are further frayed as Miami consul general is expelled from the country. President Obama’s authorization of the expulsion of the Venezuelan consul general from the consulate office in Miami has further deteriorated relations between the two countries. Although the Obama administration has not been explicit as to the reason for the expulsion, the action is within Washington’s legal right. This decision makes it even more apparent that Washington is unwilling or unable to implement policies that will constructively influence Latin America. The White House’s latest decision displays the hard truth that President Obama’s approach is to deal with left-leaning hemispheric regimes with a hard-line political agenda of ridicule rather than through constructive policy-making in the region. His administration’s attitude seems to be that no hemispheric issue has the potential to be a compelling factor in the next US presidential election. However, votes could be picked up from rightist exile groups coming from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela among other disaffected conservatives, who hold passionate thoughts on their personal political agendas. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived on Sunday night to Caracas in the first stop of a four-nation tour of Latin America. Besides Venezuela, the Iranian leader will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Chávez’s Illness, Is the Left All Right in Venezuela?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez spent a long absence from his country in Cuba earlier last year, opponents and sympathizers alike wondered about his future as his nation&#8217;s undisputed commander in chief. But mounting speculations about the exact nature and implications of his ailment proliferated. Later, it began to circulate that Chávez was suffering from an advanced case of colon cancer after information was made public by the Spanish media. After his health circumstances became known, Chávez pledged to the nation that he would continue ruling Venezuela “until 2031.” In fact, he boasted that he would consider the years between 2020 and 2030 to be his “golden decade.” The question now is whether Chávez was just being waggish or whether he realizes that his ultimate fate is not necessarily in his hands. Many experts are asking whether Chávez’s health will permit him to keep the Bolivarian Revolution nimble, with some arguing that Chávez won’t be able to accomplish all of his visions. This is because he may have “only…two years to live,” and he may be physically unable to run for the presidency, possibly even for the 2012 electoral cycle. Indeed, Chávez’s current health condition has fostered many questions about [...]]]></description>
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