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COHA Opinion Archive
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Immigration Hearts Could be Shattered by Washington Breaking Their Dreams
By Pamela F. Izaguirre, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 6, 2013 | No CommentsCOHA Research on Immigration is an analysis of immigration-related measures being intermittently issued by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. On April 10, thousands of immigration reform supporters gathered together in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to rally for the inclusion of a reliable path to citizenship for... -
COHA Research: Partners Not Enemies
By Kimberly Bullard, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsAt the present time, President Obama is in Mexico dialoging with Enrique Peña Nieto. The U.S. Latino population is growing at a pace faster than all other groups, so every day the United States is becoming more Latin Americanized. Yet, the Obama administration has not even begun to develop a... -
COHA RESEARCH – Brazil’s Foreign Policy: Putting the B in BRICS
By W. Alejandro Sánchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Amandha Lopes, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 25, 2013 | 2 CommentsIn recent years Brazil has taken its ambitions of becoming a global power to the next level. The Portuguese-speaking giant has experienced major economic and social development over the past decade. As a result, it enjoys a strong military and growing influence both in the geographically defined Western Hemisphere and... -
Paraguay: No Big Deal
By Peter Tase, Guest Scholar at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 25, 2013 | 1 CommentOn April 4, 2013, Paraguay’s departing president, Dr. Federico Franco Gómez, met with the leadership of one of Washington’s lobbying firms, the Livingston Group (L.L.C.), headed by former Colorado Senator Wayne Allard (R). During the discussion, President Franco shared his views on his country’s “business-friendly environment and its bright future.”... -
The Terrorist List, and Terrorism as Practiced Against Cuba
By Keith Bolender, Guest Scholar at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 22, 2013 | 16 CommentsOf all the components to the United States hostile strategy against Cuba, nothing raises the ire of the Castro government more than its inclusion on the State Department’s list of states that sponsor terrorism. The designation is seen by Havana as an impediment towards improving relations and as a cruel... -
Post-Election Conflict in Venezuela and the Hemispheric Response
By Larry Birns, Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 18, 2013 | 7 CommentsCOHA UPDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN VENEZUELA VENEZUELA’S NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL APPROVES 100 PERCENT AUDIT OF LAST SUNDAY’S VOTE On April 18, in response to a formal request by the Capriles campaign, Tibisay Lucena, President of the Venezuelan National Council (CNE), announced that the CNE will expand its audit...