Mercosur

In Response to: “Peru Summit: Latin American Presidents To Sign Trade Accord”

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Roberta Verardi
June 2, 2011

Dear Editor, Regarding your April 28, 2011 article, “Peru Summit: Latin American Presidents To Sign Trade Accord”, please permit a few words concerning the recently inked Pacific Alliance. Approximately a month ago, the presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, signed the Pacific Alliance. The pact was initially conceptualized to be a roadmap to facilitate the increased economic integration of a market that could effectively compete against some of the region’s other major economies and...

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No “Common Policy,” as Europe Grapples over its Future ties with Cuba.

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Evgenij Haperskij
February 4, 2010

– Spain takes the lead in trying to adapt the EU to Cuba’s rapidly transforming role. In January, Spain took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Despite being deeply affected by the global financial crisis, Spain confidently proclaimed ambitious objectives for its term at the head of the EU, including the cancellation of the EU’s “Common Position.” The latter defines the EU policy towards Cuba that has been in place...

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The Politicization of MERCOSUR: With a Divided Past, Is There Hope for a United Future?

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Kristin Bushby
July 1, 2008

Today the leaders of Mercosur are convening in Tucumán, Argentina for their semi-annual conference and for the inauguration of Brazil’s Luis Inácio Lula da Silva as its pro-tempore president. San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northwestern Argentina and the capital of the province of Tucumán, was the site of Argentine independence from Spain in 1816. Mercosur should take advantage of the historic significance of this site and use this meeting to redefine...

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The Greater Significance of the 2008 EU-LAC Conference

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Kristin Bushby
June 20, 2008

The fifth biennial summit between members of the European Union and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Countries was held in Lima, Peru on May 16-17, 2008. In spite of the regions’ active pursuit of tangible agreements that would address the problems of poverty and development, little progress was made. The lack of progress was a devastating blow to the legitimacy of the conference. Leaders of both regions must be held accountable...

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Still on the Drawing Board: the Banco del Sur a Half Year Later

This analysis was prepared by Research Fellow Thomaz Alvares de Azevedo e Almeida
May 27, 2008

COHA and the history of the Argentine human rights situation


COHA Director Larry Birns was recently mentioned in Hugo Alconada Mon's article, "Piden desclasificar los archivos sobre los desaparecidos," in La Nación. The article may be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://www.lanacion.com/ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=1013271

• In the wake of the third summit of heads of state for the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the newest development is the creation of a South American...

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