Haiti

COHA in the Public Arena (January 22 – January 27)

January 27, 2012

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’s President Hugo Chavez. On January 27, COHA Research Associate...

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The CARICOM Blueprint for Illicit Drug Trafficking

This analysis was prepared by Melissa Beale, Research Associate for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
December 28, 2011
The CARICOM Blueprint for Illicit Drug Trafficking

Drug trafficking and related violence is on the rise throughout the Caribbean at a time that the region is being heavily influenced by organized Latin American criminal groups. U.S./Mexico border controls have been profoundly tightened, resulting in a growing spillover of drugs into the wider Caribbean. The Caribbean’s natural landscapes and diffuse geographical locations make it appealing for drug traffickers who take advantage of such terrain that features long often uncontrolled coastlines and mountainous...

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The “Enforcers”: MINUSTAH and the Culture of Violence in Port-au-Prince

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Courtney Frantz
November 28, 2011
Source: Toussaint on Haiti

Although at first glance it may seem that Haitian protests against the presence of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) are due to scattered incidents of violence committed by its members against locals, a close examination reveals a pattern of systematic acts of heavy repression against the population. Several international officials have indicated that Haiti does not offer a credible threat to international peace and security, which the UN Charter stipulates as...

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Leta Restavek: The Suppression of Democracy in Haiti

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Courtney Frantz
October 17, 2011

The U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has suppressed both electoral democracy and free speech in Haiti by organizing fraudulent elections and shutting down peaceful protests, which has helped to exclude Haiti’s poor majority from participation in the electoral process. Recently released WikiLeaks cables reveal the official U.S. view that MINUSTAH has turned out to be an “indispensible… financial and regional security bargain for the USG ” and that the “Aristide ovement ust...

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Latin America and the Zombie Factor

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez
September 13, 2011

Crossover analyses between fictive works such as zombie films and TV series like Game of Thrones continue with the publication of major works like Theories of International Politics and Zombies. Most zombie-films and books deal with disasters appearing in the U.S. or Europe (with the book World War Z, being one of the few exceptions), but Latin America remains virgin territory for these kinds of analyses. Given the plethora of issues currently affecting the...

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