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COHA in the Public Arena (March 26 – March 30, 2012)
By on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsOn Wednesday, March 28, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed by Jamaica Speaks, a talk-radio station, about the Pope’s visit to Cuba and Mexico On Thursday, March 29, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed by Colombian newspaper, El Colombiano on the new peace deal that was brokered in Syria by... -
Pope Benedict XVI’s Cuban Pilgrimage & the Suppression of the Ladies in White
By COHA Research Associate Faizaan Sami on March 29, 2012 | 4 CommentsThe Cuban government, the Roman Catholic Church and the Cuban humanitarian group, the Ladies in White (Las Damas de Blanco), all formidable entities in their own right, found themselves thrust upon the world stage together this week as a result of Pope Benedict XVI’s first trip to Latin America in... -
Re: “New Study: Chinese Exports undermine Latin American manufacturing”
By COHA Research Associate Lynn Yi-Ling Tu on February 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe article published on your website entitled “Trade Competition from China” by Osvaldo Rosales painted in a somewhat entirely deserved negative light the impacts of such Chinese exports on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. However, the region could also view such trade as an opportunity rather than just a threat, and even the ambivalent ongoing... -
Rousseff Strengthens Caribbean Ties
By Jaim Coddington, Research Associate for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on February 8, 2012 | 5 CommentsBrazilian 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... -
COHA in the Public Arena (January 30 – February 3)
By on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsInterviews 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... -
COHA in the Public Arena (January 22 – January 27)
By on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsOn 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....