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.
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March 4, 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.
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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
U.S. Leverage in Latin America
One of the legacies President Barack Obama will leave to his successor is increased foreign policy leverage in Latin America. Nowhere is this more evident than in U.S. policy toward Cuba and Venezuela—and because of those two countries with the rest of the hemisphere.
Greg Weeks
January 29, 2016
So you want to visit Cuba ‘before it’s ruined’?
The reason why some want to “visit Cuba before it’s ruined,” is because they expect that the “charm” of crumbling facades, cheap rum and cigars, old American cars and low prices won’t survive a transition toward a more open economic system. Some fear that as Cuba attracts foreign investment and continues reforming its economy, development and economic growth will fundamentally change what makes Cuba alluring.
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January 26, 2016
América Latina, la migración cubana y el falso desarrollo humano
Si Cuba efectivamente fuera un país en el cual sus habitantes gozaran de beneficios sociales y buena calidad de vida, como muchos lo afirman, incluyendo el gobierno Cubano y muchos gobiernos en la region, ¿cuál sería entonces la razón por la cual sus ciudadanos desean emigrar?
Gabriel Salvia
January 19, 2016
Actual Human Rights Recommendations Made at the UNHRC
Sometimes the statements at the UNHRC make the UN human rights body sound more like a comedy club than a serious forum dedicated to human life, security and dignity.
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January 15, 2016
Going Down the Rabbit Hole of the UNHRC’s Universal Review Process
Even in Latin America, a region often thought to share the same democratic orientation and values of the U.S. and Europe, there are some striking differences among groups of countries regarding supporting norms and practices on human rights internationally, with some countries lining up more with autocratic countries of the Global South.
Chris Sabatini & Amy Williams
January 7, 2016
Latest from Latin Pulse – December 18th
Politics and diplomacy provide the main themes for Latin Pulse this week. The program marks the anniversary of the diplomatic opening between Cuba and the United States with a special interview recorded in Havana. It also follows the complicated corruption scandal in Brazil that has now intersected with the political movement to impeach and unseat President Dilma Rousseff.
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December 18, 2015
Renewed US, Cuba relations hopes to bring progress
As of Thursday, it’s been one year since President Barack Obama announced historic change between the United States and Cuba, and now with embassies restored, commercial flights to Cuba may be coming.
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December 17, 2015