Archive for the ‘In the News’ Category

February 23rd, 2010 - 9:22 am § in In the News, In the News-Front Page

COHA in the Public Arena

Thursday March 11th, Director of COHA Larry Birns is interviewed by Sarah Dingle from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation discussing the inauguration of new Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. Thursday, March 11th, Director of COHA Larry Birns is appears of the Jamaican Program The Breakfast C[...]

February 3rd, 2010 - 8:55 am § in In the News

COHA in the Public Arena (February 7 – 14)

Interviews On Friday, February 12th, COHA Research Associates Nicole-Fillion Robin and Evgenij Haperskij appeared on The Jeff Farias Show discussing the recent Costa Rican election and improving relations 11 On Wednesday, February 10, COHA Director Larry Birns appeared on Jamaican Breakfast Club dis[...]

January 28th, 2010 - 11:55 am § in In the News, Uncategorized

COHA Interviews and Citations (February 7 – 14)

Recent COHA Interviews On Friday, February 12th, COHA Research Associates Nicole-Fillion Robin and Evgenij Haperskij appeared on The Jeff Farias Show discussing the recent Costa Rican election and improving relations 11 On Wednesday, February 10, COHA Director Larry Birns appeared on Jamaican Breakf[...]

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[...]

January 22nd, 2010 - 9:42 am § in Honduras, In the News, Obama, Opinion

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[...]

January 22nd, 2010 - 9:35 am § in Haiti, In the News, Obama

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[...]

January 20th, 2010 - 1:37 pm § in Haiti, In the News, Obama

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 [...]