A Global Americans Interview with Georges Fauriol
The immediate hurdle to overcome is already playing itself out in the days following Moïse’s assassination—who is the legitimate successor?
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July 12, 2021
Jovenel Moïse assassinated in Haiti
Occurring only days after Moïse had designated Ariel Henry as the country’s new prime minister, the assassination is expected to plunge the impoverished Caribbean nation of 11.4 million into further political and social instability.
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July 9, 2021
La elección de Pedro Castillo en Perú: de la fragmentación a la polarización, ¿o quizás una reforma centrista?
¿Cómo surgió esta angustiosa elección? ¿Y qué significa la aparente, y extremadamente ajustada, victoria de Castillo para Perú?
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July 9, 2021
La protesta social en Colombia
La amplia participación juvenil en las movilizaciones nos indica la percepción de muchos jóvenes de que son una generación sin futuro. Una juventud sin grandes objetivos no está a la altura de la historia.
José Antonio Ocampo
July 8, 2021
How should the U.S. support change in Cuba? Lift the embargo.
It’s time to call the Cuban government’s bluff. Ending the embargo would help the country’s embattled private sector, giving its people hope for a non-Communist future.
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July 6, 2021
A resurgence of violence in Colombia
Last Friday, the helicopter of President of Colombia Iván Duque was struck by multiple bullets as it approached the airport of the city of Cúcuta, capital of the Norte de Santander region, located on the Venezuelan border. No passengers were injured by the small-arms fire, although Duque’s government released photographs showing the helicopter’s exterior lacerated by bullet holes. The attack occurred in the context of escalating levels of violence in Colombia—as the landmark 2016 peace deal signed with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) lurches unsteadily toward its fifth anniversary—and record-low approval ratings for President Duque.
Henry Bacha
July 2, 2021
Adrift in the Caribbean: Haiti and the international community
The international community’s role in Haiti is adrift. None of this is going to end well.
Georges Fauriol
July 2, 2021
Peru’s election of Pedro Castillo: from fragmentation to polarization—or perhaps centrist reform?
How did Peru’s agonizing choice between Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori come about? And what is Castillo’s extremely narrow apparent victory—by a mere 0.42 percent of total votes cast—likely to mean for Peru?
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July 1, 2021