On June 18th, COHA Directory Larry Birns was featured in a Smithsonian Magazine article about ballerina Margot Fonteyn’s involvement in the 1959 failed coup in Panama. The article is currently available at Smithsonian.com.
COHA Director Larry Birns was featured in a June 20 story in BusinessWeek regarding the victory of Santos in Colombia’s recent presidential elections.
On Monday, June 21, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed by Al Jazeera and PressTV. On Al Jazeera, he discussed Colombia’s newly elected president, Juan Manuel Santos. That interview can be seen here. On PressTV he discussed the BP oil spill. The transcript of that interview can be found here.
Also on June 21, COHA Director Larry Birns was quoted in a Businessweek article about the outcome of Colombia’s recent presidential election.
On June 26, COHA Director Larry Birns was quoted in an AOL news article about Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s recent comments about the connection between immigration and drug smuggling.
Article Citations and Links
“Brazil’s Black Gold (But also its Black Stain)” by COHA Research Associate Luiza Mello Franco.
-Scoop and The Cutting Edge
“The Struggle Between Indigenous Folkways and National Law: Resolving the Past and the Present” by COHA Research Associate Abigail Griffith.
-Realpolitik.tv and Baiganchoka
“Filmmaker Don North Examines El Salvador’s Past and Hopes for Its Future” by Independent Filmmaker Don North & COHA Research Associates Whitney Cole and Alexander Brockwehl.
-Baiganchoka
“A Belated Happy World Environment Day, President Morales” by COHA Research Associate Katherine Charin.
-Scoop and The Cutting Edge
“Argentina’s Bicentennial: Another Take” by COHA Research Associate Julia Nissen.
-The Cutting Edge
“Disparities in U.S. Immigration Policy toward Haiti and Cuba: A Legacy to be Continued?” by COHA Research Associates Alice Barrett & Kelsey Cary.
-Caribbean Net News


