RSSInterviews -Today, February 9th, COHA director Larry Birns and Research Associate Nicole Fillion-Robin appeared on Free Speech Radio News discussing the recent election in Costa Rica. -On Wednesday, February 4th, COHA Research Assistant Ethan Katz appeared on Jamaican morning show The Breakfast Clu[...]
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January 28th, 2010 - 11:55 am § in In the News, Uncategorized
COHA Interviews and Citations (February 1 – 7)
COHA Recent Interviews -On Wednesday, February 3rd, COHA Research Assistant appeared on Jamaican morning show The Breakfast Club. For Recent COHA Citations, See - On February 7th, Director of COHA Larry Birns is quoted in the Christian Science Monitor analyzing the recent election in Costa Rica. - [...]
January 28th, 2010 - 9:58 am § in In the News
Senior Research Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Greg Grandin
COHA Senior Research Fellow Greg Grandin also serves as a professor of History at NYU, and was the 2009 National Book Award Finalist for the current best seller, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan Books). [...]
January 22nd, 2010 - 11:17 am § in In the News
COHA: This Week in the Public Arena
COHA Recent Interviews - On Thursday, January 21, COHA Research Fellow Shantel Shurb-Beach participated in a teleconference with a representative from the Consumer Energy Alliance to discuss low-carbon fuel standards. - Today, Friday, January 22, COHA will host a meeting with Roberto Zamora to discu[...]
A new president in Honduras – same old Uncle Sam
By: Cyril Mychalejko Bucks County Courier Times January 20, 2010 Some things in Latin America never change – like U.S. foreign policy in the region. In the early hours of June 28, Honduran Gen. Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, a graduate at the infamous “School of the Americas” in Fort Ben[...]
Scenarios: What comes next for the U.S. and Haiti?
By: Andrew Quinn Reuters January 17, 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s pledge for long-term U.S. help to earthquake-stricken Haiti could saddle Washington with a lead role in yet another of the world’s most desperate countries — a risky proposition. Obama h[...]
January 22nd, 2010 - 9:25 am § in Haiti, In the News
Will the world honour its commitments to Haiti?
By: Steven Stanek The National January 22, 2010 (WASHINGTON) Even as Barack Obama and other world leaders pledge hundreds of millions of dollars and a sustained effort to rebuild Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating January 12 earthquake, some experts are warning of yet another grim reality: t[...]
January 20th, 2010 - 1:42 pm § in Haiti, In the News
Escenarios- que vendran a continuacion para EEUU y Haiti?
By: Andrew Quinn Terra January 16, 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – El compromiso del presidente Barack Obama de que Estados Unidos brindará una ayuda de largo plazo a Haití, nación caribeña azotada por desastres, podría dar a Washington un rol de liderazgo en uno de los países más pobres d[...]
Haiti provides new test for Obama administration
By: Lesley Wroughton Reuters January 17, 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s promise to build a new Haiti out of the ruins of the earthquake could prove politically risky if the United States finds itself in a losing battle to rebuild the impoverished nation. Obama has [...]
Haiti pode elevar status do Brasil na agenda de Obama
January 20, 2010 Estadoa Da BBC Brasil em Washington – O trabalho de reconstrução do Haiti, arrasado por um terremoto, pode representar uma oportunidade para o Brasil assumir um papel mais importante em sua relação com os Estados Unidos, afirmam analistas. “A Casa Branca respeita o[...]