Obama: el nuevo “Buen Vecino” visita la Argentina
Obama no ha desatendido la región, aunque puede ser que la prensa norteamericana no se ocupe de ella como a muchos nos gustaría.
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March 22, 2016
El viaje de Obama a América Latina
Está claro que América Latina no es un solo país. Asimismo, a Estados Unidos no le ha quedado otra opción que muchas veces mirar la región como una misma masa de países. Porque si bien los que siguen “gritando contra el imperio” son cada vez menos, los que callan ante esos gritos son cada vez más. Nadie se atreve, en la región, a frenar la ola de discursos vacíos de mea culpa.
Nicolás Albertoni
March 22, 2016
Why Obama’s Cuba trip is the perfect chance to talk about human rights
Obama’s opening to Cuba could be one of his policy’s most convincing successes. But there’s a problem. In the time since his executive actions permitted greater U.S. personal and commercial contact with the socialist island, the autocratic Cuban regime has failed to meaningfully improve its human rights record.
Christopher Sabatini
March 15, 2016
Press Release: New regulations ease restrictions on financial transactions with Cuba
The Brooklyn-based research and advocacy group Global Americans welcomes the new round of U.S.-Cuba regulatory changes announced by the Departments of Commerce and Treasury today.
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March 15, 2016
Trudeau and Obama meet: Can the bromance sustain relations after 2017?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s state dinner at the White House, the first in 19 years, and the summit with President Obama was big news in Canada. But will the elections in the U.S. undermine the personal and policy progress that was made?
John Parisella
March 15, 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
Obama, Rousseff and the crucible of human rights
When Presidents Obama and Rousseff gather next week in Washington, DC, one topic, unfortunately, is unlikely to get much attention: the roiling global rights crisis. But there is a common agenda on which both democratic leaders could establish a much-needed, progressive consensus, involving digital freedom and promoting dialogue and human and democratic rights in Cuba and Venezuela. Will they?
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June 25, 2015
The ups and downs of Obama’s executive action on immigration
In truth, the administration’s use of executive action to push for immigration did more harm than good. It precluded comprehensive immigration reform from Congress and only stoked greater opposition from the Republicans and the public in general.
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June 24, 2015