MEXICO CITY – After 47 years, the Organization of American States, at its annual General Assembly, has repealed its suspension of Cuba’s membership. The so-called ALBA countries (the Spanish acronym for the so-called Bolivarian Alternative for the America
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Cuba está de regreso
CIUDAD DE MEXICO – Después de 47 años, la Organización de Estados Americanos, en su Asamblea General anual, revocó la exclusión de Cuba del organismo. Los llamados países ALBA (el acrónimo en español para la llamada Alternativa Bolivariana para las Améric
‘Alo Ciudadano’
Entrevista en ‘Alo Ciudadano’, Venezuela el 28 de mayo de 2009.
Stopping Latin America’s Budding Arms Race (copy)
In recent weeks, many observers of the Latin American military situation have detected what could be the beginning of a new arms race in the region. Brazilian President Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva was photographed boarding the Tikuna, his country’s first
Why Chávez May Outlast Us All
Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez finally emerged from his electoral slump. After mediocre results in municipal and state governors’ elections late last year, and a scathing defeat in a constitutional referendum in December 2007, in February he convincingly won a v
Latin America’s Deafening Silence
To the myriad foreign challenges Barack Obama will have to confront upon taking office we may have to add a complex conundrum next door in Latin America. On three fronts that have posed serious problems for the United States before, there is a growing and
Estado de los Derechos Humanos en Venezuela
Como si Hugo Chávez no contara ya con suficientes problemas -la caída del precio del petróleo, la expulsión del embajador de Estados Unidos en Venezuela, y la del venezolano en Washington, el registro de su país por cuarto año seguido en la lista negra no
La expulsión de José Miguel Vivanco de Venezuela.
Jorge Castañeda platica con Carlos Puig sobre la expulsión de José Miguel Vivanco de Venezuela.
Paradojas en América Latina
The Economist publicó un artículo sobre la expansión de la clase media en Brasil. Citando a la fundación Getulio Vargas, informaba que 100 millones de habitantes de 190 pertenecían a una clase media definida por ingresos, posesión de coche, vivienda, líne
United Nations: A Bitter Defeat for Chávez
Three things are clear regarding Venezuela’s campaign to land a seat on the United Nations Security Council. First and foremost, flamboyant President Hugo Chávez has lost: after dropping 34 out of 35 votes in a head-to-head match against Guatemala (only t