Open Letter to The Economist – RE: “Hugo Chávez’s Rotten Legacy”
“Hugo Chávez’s Rotten Legacy” bequeathed by The Economist offers many sloppy factual errors regarding the memory of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. In its shamelessly ideologized bushwacking of the...
View ArticleRevisiting Iran’s Relations with Venezuela and Argentina
The growing economic relationship between Argentina and Iran has been compared to a pact with the devil, but does this rather extreme metaphor have any justification in real life, or is it a product of...
View ArticleThe Free Market Experiment in Latin America: Assessing Past Policies and the...
Note: Part I of this three part series set the background regarding neoliberalism in the region. It explored the shortcomings of the free market strategy with respect to economic growth and...
View ArticleVidela: Argentine Asesino Dead
The author would like to thank COHA Director Larry Birns and recently appointed COHA trustee, Henry Raymont (formerly with The New York Times and the International Press Service), for their cooperation...
View ArticleRE: “Argentine Leader Raises Cash Handouts 35 Percent”
Dear Editor, In “Argentine Leader Raises Cash Handouts 35 Percent,” Michael Warren discusses Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s (CFK) May 22 announcement to increase annual...
View ArticleTeachers Unions: Corrupt Institutions or Necessary Protectors?
Across Latin America, several countries have witnessed a growing number of strikes and marches organized by students and teachers who are protesting the current state...
View ArticleHow the First Latin American Pope is Reshaping the Catholic Church
“How many poor people there still are in the world! And what great suffering they have to endure!” – Pope Francis, 2013 On March 13,...
View ArticleLeaving Behind the “Axis of Unity”: The Future of Iranian-Latin American...
On June 14, the Iranian people elected Hassan Rouhani as the nation’s new president in an election that was hailed by the international community as...
View ArticleCOHA Spotlights CSIS Roundtable Discussion with Macri’s Economic Development...
Washington, DC’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a roundtable discussion led by Carlos Pirovano, Economic Development Advisor to Mauricio Macri, mayor of...
View ArticleUpcoming Legislative Elections in Argentina: A Looming Defeat for the...
As Argentina prepares for its midterm elections on October 27, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s ruling party—the Frente Para la Victoria (Front for Victory, FPV)—is...
View ArticleLatin America Extends a Helping Hand to Europe
Mass unemployment and a hard quest for fiscal austerity have led Europe to the brink of abyss. This situation resonates with the “lost decade” in...
View ArticleUruguayan First Lady Should Condemn All Perpetrators of Violence, the...
In an October 3 interview with The Associated Press, Uruguayan First Lady and former guerrilla activist Lucía Topolansky was asked about the past justification for...
View ArticleWater and Sovereignty throughout the Western Hemisphere
While water issues are quite complex, among the most common themes running through the treatment of water in the Western Hemisphere are issues of...
View ArticleThe Two Worlds of Buenos Aires: Macri’s Legacy of Inequality
Inequality is nothing new in Latin America; the region has long occupied the unenviable position of being considered the most unequal area in the world....
View ArticleCOHA Report: Drones in Latin America
Over the past several years, drone usage has become increasingly widespread, not solely among global military powers but also among rising mid-level military powerhouses and...
View ArticleRE: Argentine govt OK’s media group’s breakup plan
Dear Editor, In “Argentine govt OK’s media group’s breakup plan” (February 17), the Miami Herald reports that Grupo Clarín, one of Latin America’s leading media...
View ArticleTrouble Looming for Fernández de Kirchner’s Justicialists: Argentina Battered...
Argentina is plagued by continually rising inflation rates and high fiscal and foreign debt, while Argentine society experiences problems with rising violence and drug use....
View ArticleArgentina For Sale: Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Argentina
By: Otto Raul Tielemans, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs NML Capital, the investment firm of multibillionaire Paul Singer, proved itself victorious against...
View ArticleThe President Wears Prada: The Rise, Fall, and Misconceptions of Cristina...
By: Otto Raul Tielemans Jr., Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Introduction: For years, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was the woman who walked...
View ArticlePeronism in the Twenty-first Century
By: James A. Baer, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs The current economic and political morass in Argentina stems from a confluence...
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