RSSPublished by United Press International By Carmen Gentile MIAMI, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Venezuela will supply Paraguay “with all the oil it needs,” said President Hugo Chavez, who welcomed the election of another leftist leader in Latin America. While officials with the Venezuelan state-r[...]
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Brazil’s Nuclear Ambitions: Worrisome?
On Thursday, July 31, Brazilian authorities gave the final go ahead to the civilian nuclear power company, Electronuclear, to continue construction of the country’s third nuclear power plant. Though the decision to revitalize the 22-year-old nuclear reactor, Angra 3, came late last year, plans we[...]
Duarte’s Resignation in Paraguay: A Final Blow to Stability and Accountability
Paraguay’s ongoing internal unrest, a direct result of current president Nicanor Duarte Frutos’ submission of his resignation on 23 June 2008, may end up shattering the fragile alliance that president-elect Fernando Lugo has managed to cobble together during the past few months. Lugo’s success[...]
July 1st, 2008 - 1:34 pm § in Argentina, Brazil, European Union, Front Page, Mercosur, Paraguay, Press Releases, Uruguay, Venezuela
The Politicization of MERCOSUR: With a Divided Past, Is There Hope for a United Future?
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 Tu[...]
May 27th, 2008 - 10:06 am § in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Economic, Ecuador, Front Page, Mercosur, Opinion, Paraguay, Reports, Uruguay, Venezuela
Still on the Drawing Board: the Banco del Sur a Half Year Later
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[...]
Nearly All-White Argentina Confronts Its Troubled Racist and Religious Past
- Tuesday's manifestation by the indigenous in Buenos Aires proclaimed that neglect of the country's first people must not be ignored.
- Land raids in the indigenous area of Chaco leads to protests and later charges that over 20 inhabitants of the impoverished province [...]
The Fight Against Latin American Terrorism or the Destruction of Democracy?
On August 29, demonstrators tried to break through a police blockade around La Moneda, Chile’s presidential palace in the center of Santiago. This sparked yet another string of police violence against social protestors in a Latin American country. That day in Chile, the Central Unitaria de Traja[...]
PARAGUAY-US: ‘Base’ story revived, with twists
The stories about a putative US base in Paraguay currently circulating on the Internet have been given a new lease of life, in two different quarters that had subscribed to the original version. In both cases Paraguay is said to be of great strategic importance to the US, but for quite different rea[...]
COHA Backgrounder on U.S.-Paraguay Relations: Why Paraguay Matters
illustration by Margaret Scott As a landlocked country in South America and a nation whose economy heavily depends on illicit smuggling activities, Paraguay demonstrates a history of political instability, corruption and painfully slow structural reforms. In recent years, it has attracted more att[...]
Is Paraguay Set to be the Next Latin American Country to Lean to the Left?
COHA Series on Forthcoming Latin American Elections: Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo Méndez wants to be the next president while current President Nicanor Duarte contributes to the institution of democracy by not running for re-election Paraguay Presidential Election April 2008 After deciding not to se[...]