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Latest from Latin Pulse – March 4th

War and peace in Colombia and Mexico provide the key themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program updates the status of the long-running peace talks in the 51-year-old civil war in Colombia. This discussion includes fears that different rebel groups will supplant the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the FARC). The program also analyzes the problems of human rights and corruption in Mexico as that country tries to successfully prosecute its part in the Drug War.

admin March 4, 2016

Wrong Way!

While Cuba’s foreign minister of trade travels to the U.S. to enhance commercial relations, Venezuela’s economy falls deeper into a crisis that seems to have no end.

admin March 4, 2016

The (Re)discovery of Venezuela

In 16 years Venezuela has fallen from being a model for the anti-globalization movement to an example for doomsday planners, video gamers and screenwriters of post-apocalyptic chaos.

admin March 4, 2016

Canadians perplexed at Trump surge

After the March 1st Super Tuesday results, many Canadians are ready to concede that Trump could become the next Republican candidate. That doesn’t mean, though, that they aren’t worried.

John Parisella March 3, 2016

Ex presidentes prefieren sandías caladas

Precisamente porque ellos han ayudado a construir las instituciones que hoy poseemos, los ex presidentes Lagos y Piñera, si finalmente se deciden a ser candidatos, deberán someterse al proceso de primarias que ellos mismos ayudaron a institucionalizar.

Patricio Navia March 2, 2016

Why Obama’s trip to Argentina is more important than to Cuba

In terms of U.S. national interests, the more important of President Obama’s stopovers on his March trip won’t be Cuba, it will be Argentina. Here’s why.

admin March 2, 2016

Obama and Cuba: Should he stay or should he go?

With few concrete human rights improvements since he announced his embargo changes over a year ago, President Obama’s decision to travel to Cuba could be a surrender of U.S. principles or a master stroke of democratic diplomacy. It all depends how he plays it.

Christopher Sabatini March 1, 2016

Dos crisis, dos medidas

Desde hace algunos meses, la crisis económica y el abismo político en el que se encuentran los gobiernos de Brasil y México han ocupado editoriales y portadas de los principales diarios internacionales. Mientras Brasil enfrenta una recesión económica agravada por una débil gobernabilidad, México se hunde en una pocilga moral caracterizada por la corrupción endémica y una crisis de derechos humanos que ha tocado fondo.

Daniel Cerqueira March 1, 2016

MACCIH takes shape in Honduras – how effective will it be?

Whether MACCIH will have a real impact remains to be seen. But its installation in Honduras offers at least a glimmer of hope that positive changes can begin to take place. Continued pressure and monitoring from civil society, journalists, and international donors will be necessary to ensure that MACCIH reaches its full potential rather than frustrating good-faith efforts in the fight against corruption.

admin March 1, 2016