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JT Larrimore Archive
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![Three years after the 2010 earthquake, Haiti continues its struggle to rebuild. An expanding cholera outbreak and food shortages following Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 have hampered earlier relief efforts.[1] All the while, Haiti has become one of the most extreme cases of a state relying on foreign aid, receiving...](http://www.coha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Photo.png "Haiti Continues to Struggle Three Years After the Earthquake")
Haiti Continues to Struggle Three Years After the Earthquake
By JT Larrimore and Brielle Sharkey, Research Associates at The Council on Hemispheric Affairs on January 18, 2013 | 8 CommentsThree years after the 2010 earthquake, Haiti continues its struggle to rebuild. An expanding cholera outbreak and food shortages following Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 have hampered earlier relief efforts.[1] All the while, Haiti has become one of the most extreme cases of a state relying on foreign aid, receiving... -
![A day after Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s inauguration, opposition leaders met with the new leader to sign the “Pact for Mexico”, a bipartisan agreement to increase economic cooperation and improve the stability in a country notorious for its violent drug war and devastating corruption.[1] The current plague of instability...](http://www.coha.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pena.jpg "New Concerns for President Peña Nieto: Hezbollah’s Rising Profile in Mexico")
New Concerns for President Peña Nieto: Hezbollah’s Rising Profile in Mexico
By J.T. Larrimore, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on December 18, 2012 | 3 CommentsA day after Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s inauguration, opposition leaders met with the new leader to sign the “Pact for Mexico”, a bipartisan agreement to increase economic cooperation and improve the stability in a country notorious for its violent drug war and devastating corruption.[1] The current plague of instability... -
COHA in the Public Arena (December 1st – 7th)
By COHA Staff on December 7, 2012 | No CommentsOn Monday, December 3rd, COHA Research Associate JT Larrimore was interviewed by Colin Campbell of Press TV on the status of the US fiscal cliff. On Tuesday, December 4th, COHA Research Associate Kate Hayden was interviewed by Soheila Ghodsi of Press TV on the fiscal cliff deadline in “The So-Called Fiscal... -
Green Roofing in Mexico City: A Sustainable Success in Countering Food Insecurity and Climate Change
By JT Larrimore, Research Associate at The Council on Hemispheric Affairs on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsIn Mexico City, a form of urban agriculture known as green roofing has gained widespread popularity due to the significant role it has played in reducing air pollution and securing adequate food supplies. These gardens are constructed on elevated building surfaces such as parking lots or residential terraces. Although green... -
Re: “The Great Egg Crisis Hits Mexico”
By JT Larrimore, Research Associate at The Council on Hemispheric Affairs on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsDear Editor, Your article, “The Great Egg Crisis hits Mexico,” fails to properly place that country’s current- food shortage within the larger context of Mexico’s 21st century food security problems. The huge spike in the price of eggs, an essential commodity, is the latest example of how Mexico’s food access...