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COHA Blog Archive
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RE: “Argentina Freezes Price to Break Inflation Spiral”
By Kyongwon Kim, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on February 21, 2013 | No Comments -
Peace Over Profit
By Eric Stadius, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on July 13, 2012 | 1 CommentOn June 25, Washington set an important precedent in the ongoing battle between hedge funds and the Argentine government. Hidden in the busy final two weeks of the U.S. Supreme Court’s judicial season, the high court ruled in Argentina’s favor to unfreeze over $100 million USD in Argentine assets shored... -
Brazilian Federal University Professors on Strike
By Marcela Micheloni, Carolina Logato, and Arnaud Koehl, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on July 12, 2012 | 8 CommentsOn May 17, Brazilian Federal University professors launched a nationwide strike in an attempt to coerce the government into enacting highly sought-after reforms. During the strike, professors will continue their research, but are holding no classes. The decision to initiate this movement was made by professors who are members of... -
Legalize Abortion, Save Lives
By Elizabeth Briggs, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. on July 12, 2012 | 5 CommentsStrong legislative efforts have failed to prevent the approximately 4 million abortions that take place in Latin America annually, very few of which can be considered legal due to the region’s draconian abortion laws.(1) Only Cuba permits unrestricted abortions during the first trimester, while Chile, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic,... -
Bolivia Dares Western Globalization
By Roberta Bruno, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on July 2, 2012 | No CommentsOn May 1, Bolivian President Evo Morales ordered the military to seize the Transportadora de Electricidad S.A. (TDE), a private firm that controls 74 percent of the total electrical transmission lines in the country. A subsidiary of a Spanish firm, Red Eléctrica Internacional (REI), owned an estimated 99.4 percent of... -
Peace Archives Threaten Guatemala’s President
By Isaiah Marcano and Mar Guinot Aguado, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on June 29, 2012 | 1 CommentGuatemalans turned their attention to the prosecution of war crimes and human rights violations once more, as citizens criticized President Perez Molina’s administration for the dismissal of at least 17 research technicians employed by the Dirección del Archivo de la Paz (DAP), a governmental institution created to amass and digitize...