RSSAfter a July 7th, 2010 meeting that included President Raúl Castro, Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, and Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, a representative of the Catholic Church announced that the regime would release 52 “prisoners of conscience” over the next several months. The[...]
Archive for the Category: "Letters"
A note from COHA regarding yesterday’s release (“Ecuador’s Flirtations with Democracy: Correa Does it Somewhat Differently,” 12/9/09)
After a careful analysis of FLACSO’s Guillaume Long’s admirable, if highly critical letter on Ecuador, which devastatingly took to task yesterday’s (December 9th, 2009) COHA research release on Ecuador, we decided that the quality of Long’s analysis justified it being sent to our entire mail[...]
UN Security Council Must Act on Honduras Crisis
Please consider signing this urgent letter to President Obama demanding the U.S. to support Brazil’s proposal to have the UN Security Council focus and act on the Honduran crisis. This is very important, as Security Council resolutions are binding and could finally result in effective sanctio[...]
Letter to the President: US-Colombia Military Bases
Dear Colleague: In accordance with our organization’s underlying mission to promote rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs has been asked by the esteemed Colombian Support Network (CSN), as well as by the offices of several members of Cong[...]
Mexico’s security
The Jan. 12 story Obama and Mexican president meet in Washington goes into the security threat posed by mounting drug violence in Mexico and the United States. It also notes that both leaders realize that this common threat necessitates a joint effort to combat the drug-trade industry and the widen[...]
A new approach to Chávez
Regarding the article “Venezuela ready to talk, but it’s not that simple” (Jan. 7): President-elect Barack Obama would be well advised to reassess America’s current relations with Hugo Chávez, even if the result is little more than a limited relationship between two sparring[...]
Trading Partners
SIR – Your evaluation of the Honduran government’s attempt to join the “anti-American” Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas attributed the decision to a presidential whim (“Zelaya plays the Chávez card”, November 1st). This misses a vital point. Trade co-operation between Central Ame[...]
November 6th, 2008 - 9:06 am § in Letters
Bracero back wage settlement a farce
Maria Inez Zamudio’s article, “Salinas area’s former braceros skeptical of deal,” reports how the long-awaited resolution for braceros who came to work as farm and railroad workers during World War II fell short of expectations. The settlement resulting from the class-action [...]
September 22nd, 2008 - 1:23 pm § in Letters
Víctimas del conflicto
Me dio gusto leer la noticia publicada en Prensa Libre “Programa reúne a personas separadas por conflicto armado”, donde familiares separados se han reencontrado. El país fue severamente afectado por el conflicto armado que duró 36 años y cambió la vida de millones de guatemaltecos. Artí[...]
September 15th, 2008 - 7:57 am § in Letters
Clouds gather again over the Pampas
Argentina was fortunate in that its rebound from economic desperation six years ago occurred under the blessings of rising global commodity prices, a flexible blue-collar worker pool, and above all the undervaluation of its national currency, which made tax increases on exports tolerable (“Clouds [...]