Cuban journalist Lázaro de Jesús González Álvarez expresses his sadness and embarrassment over the behavior of Cuban official civil society groups and Cuban officials at the VII Summit of the Americas Civil Society Forum.
When analyzing Latin America, it is high time we stopped using the imagery of a “pink tide” and stop depicting the region in “good lefts” or “bad lefts.” Despite the rhetoric we often hear from politicians and pundits alike, with few exceptions we are entering an era of pragmatism and centrism.
Here is John Oliver’s rightly surprised take not only on what President Fernandez de Kirchner tweet but also on China’s lack of response, though ultimately that may have come when the Chinese Premier didn’t include Argentina in his last swing through South America. He who laughs last, we guess, laughs the loudest, even in Beijing.
Earlier this month, Chile completed an overhaul of its system for electing legislators. This year’s reform presents an opportunity to reexamine the fairness of the system.
Can the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States save the region’s only pan-regional multilateral institution? The editor of LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.org, Chris Sabatini, discusses with @JuanCarlosLopez of CNN-E the new Secretary General Luis Almagro’s challenges and possibilities for staking out a new role for the OAS in a divided region where there are a lot more competitors for regional cooperation.
