Helping Cuban Reforms Through Agricultural Trade – Analysis
By Timothy Ashby The freehold buying and selling of residential real property became legal in Cuba on November 10, 2010, marking a major milestone on the island’s road to economic liberalization. The...
View ArticlePrivatization Without Representation: Panamanian Doctors’ Long Strike – OpEd
By Courtney Frantz and Gianfranco Banna Panamanian doctors, medical workers, and teachers ended a month-long strike on November 18 by signing a series of agreements with the Panamanian government about...
View ArticlePeru: Mining Conflicts Grow
By Cecilia Remón “Which is more important: water or gold? You don’t drink gold, you don’t eat gold. So mining cannot take over the waterbeds,” said President Ollanta Humala, during his campaign last...
View ArticleCSI Mexico: Bodies Of Cartel Victims Found In Abandoned Trucks
Mexican police discovered 23 bodies inside three abandoned vehicles in a central area of Guadalajara, capital of the western Mexican state of Jalisco and host city of the recent Pan Am Games, according...
View ArticleCindy Sheehan: Ugly Americans – OpEd
After overnighting in Cancun, I caught the 2:47 PM flight to Havana (which left an hour late—standard operating procedure). The flight was approximately 3/4ths filled and I would guestimate that about...
View ArticleUN Condemns Colombian Narco-Terrorists’ Execution Of Hostages
On Sunday, the United Nations released a statement condemning Colombia’s ruthless terrorist group, FARC, for its execution of four military and police hostages who had been held in captivity for more...
View ArticleMS-13 Leader Convicted Of Racketeering In San Francisco
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Danilo Velasquez, aka “Triste,” a local leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, in federal court in San Francisco of racketeering conspiracy and related charges,...
View ArticleBrazil Can’t Swim Against Climate Current
By Mario Osava With no meaningful proposals, internal setbacks and an adverse international context, Brazil is largely unprepared to assume the leadership role expected of an environmental power at the...
View ArticleColombia: FARC’s Killing Of Captives A War Crime
The killing of four captive members of the Colombian security forces by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) shows the guerrilla group’s blatant disregard for human life and the laws of...
View ArticleSecurity’s Ugly Side: How To Uncorrupt The Corrupt – Analysis
By Katie Steefel Police forces and corruption often go hand-in-hand throughout the hemisphere. Deeply entrenched corruption pervades the region from the highest level of the police establishment down...
View ArticleEcuador: Media Caught In Crossfire Between Popular President And Defenders Of...
By Olga Imbaquingo Throughout its history, free speech in Ecuador has been under constant threat by the government. After the country’s democratic life resumed in 1979, León Febres Cordero soon became...
View ArticleBrazil, Bolivia And Chile Trapped Between Development And Environmental...
By Sara Bruziches Are urbanization and efforts toward environmental sustainability and land preservation compatible? Can we imagine a development strategy that does not destroy territory and also...
View ArticlePeru: Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Against REDD
Peruvian indigenous organizations along with the Forest Peoples Program, an international non-profit that defends the rights of native forest-dwelling peoples, said in a recent report that carbon...
View ArticleTons Of Drugs Found In US-Mexico Border Tunnel
More than 36 tons of marijuana were discovered in what’s being called the “most sophisticated tunnel on the border” between Mexico and the United States, a U.S. drug enforcement source said on Friday....
View ArticlePetro And Cano Offer Two Distinct Paths For One Colombia – OpEd
By Robert Works On October 30, 2011, Bogotá elected Gustavo Petro as its next mayor. After earning a plurality of 32 percent of the vote in a highly contested election, Petro—a former member of the...
View ArticleChina And The End Of The Monroe Doctrine – Analysis
By W. Alex Sanchez and Lauren Paverman The British firm Rockhopper Exploration was the first company to obtain oil off the coast of the Falkland Islands in 2010. Since then, these oil deposits have...
View ArticleHugo Chávez And The Future Of Venezuela – Analysis
By Keven Dickey As the 2012 Venezuelan presidential electoral season begins, many question whether Hugo Chávez will manage to remain in power and if his overall performance merits another term in...
View ArticleKidnappings In Venezuela – OpEd
By Vanessa Neumann The November 9 kidnapping and subsequent rescue of Major League Baseball player Wilson Ramos, a catcher for the Washington Nationals, has shone a spotlight on Venezuelan crime rates....
View ArticlePeru Declares Emergency Over Protests
A two-month state of emergency is in effect in northern Peru following violent protests over a gold mine project that critics fear will taint and diminish water supplies. The emergency declaration...
View ArticleGuyana: Fraud Allegations Mar Vote
A lag in vote counting by Guyana’s electoral board is marring the country’s Nov. 28 presidential election, as the opposition accuses the Guyana Electoral Commission of favoring the ruling-party...
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