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COHA Blog Archive
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The Mexican Debates: New Perspectives, Same Electoral Results
By Darya Vakulenko, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on June 28, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe Mexican presidential elections on July 1 appear to be a fait accompli for front-runner Enrique Peña Nieto of The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who currently enjoys a 15 percent lead in the polls. However, beneath the illusion of a smooth return to the party’s traditional position lie the significant... -
Transparency Needed in Sao Paulo Construction Project, Expenditure Not Necessarily Prudent
By Marcela Micheloni, with contributions from Carolina Logato, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. on June 27, 2012 | 1 CommentOn June 14, Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin signed a $1.5 billion dollar loan with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The loan, the largest that the state has ever been granted, ranks among the largest financing outlay that the IDB has undertaken to date and will facilitate the completion of... -
Up to Now, Washington Sits Out of the Paraguay Debate: Irrelevancy Displayed in Graphic Colors
By Eric Stadius, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on June 26, 2012 | 9 CommentsIn the wake of the impetuous impeachment of Fernando Lugo, the state of Paraguayan affairs threatens to galvanize the region. The unified response to this velvet coup by prominent Latin American leaders and international organizations highlights the complicating role and growing importance of regionalism in addressing areas of political... -
Obama’s DREAMers Announcement: Too Little Too Late?
By Ekow Bartels-Kodwo, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on June 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsOn Friday June 15, U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to halt the deportation of immigrants who meet certain requirements. This executive decision legitimizes plans that the president announced while running for office, but was unable to pass through Congress. This action will affect approximately 800,000 immigrants, who arrived in... -
Reexamining the U.S.-Honduran Relationship
By Ashton Farmanara and Alexander Frye, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 24, 2012 | 1 CommentLast March, U.S.-Honduran relations came under studied scrutiny after Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and 93 other House members sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advocating an across-the-board cutoff of all military and security aid to Honduras. In the Senate, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and six of her... -
The Latin American Left: A Work in Progress
By Dr. W. John Green, Associate Director of and Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 23, 2012 | 6 CommentsWhen Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently expropriated the Spanish oil company YPF, condemnation quickly blared out from the usual quarters. In a subsequent piece for the Washington Post, Juan Forero declared that the Latin American “radical left” is at a “crossroads,” and rounded up a posse of commentators...