January 18, 2010
Op-Ed
Forbes Online
The election of a new president, argues Shannon K. O'Neil, ushers in new era for politics in Chile.
January 12, 2010
Interview
The Obama administration's missteps on the Honduran coup and Colombia have frustrated Latin American states hoping for fresh U.S. policies, says CFR's Julia Sweig.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 28, 2009
Must Read
Jorge G. Castaņeda writes on when the Yanquis go home.
See more in Central America, International Peace and Security, Foreign Policy History
December 14, 2009
Podcast
Peru's rainforest may be the next region of major deforestation unless measures are taken to avoid it, says environmental advocate Bruce Cabarle. He notes that a new international agreement on climate change is essential to efforts by countries to combat deforestation.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment
December 7, 2009
Op-Ed
Weekly Standard
"The turnaround in the past decade is so dramatic as to be almost unbelievable," write Max Boot and Richard Bennet, commenting on the positive changes in Colombia since it was on the brink of being taken over by insurgents as recently as 2000.
See more in Colombia, Nation Building, Rule of Law
November 18, 2009
Transcript
Session Three of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat? Subject: Regional and Multilateral Policy Responses. Held at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.
See more in Central America, Drugs, Narcotics Control
November 18, 2009
Transcript
Session Two of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat? Subject: Local and National Policy Responses. Held at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.
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November 18, 2009
Transcript
Session One of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat? Subject: Organized Crime and Transnational Threats. Held at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.
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September 23, 2009
Must Read
Nadja Drost reports on the controversial construction of a dam in Neiva, Colombia by Spanish energy giant Endesa and why local residents in Neiva are concerned Colombians won't receive energy from it.
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September 2, 2009
Must Read
Eduardo Gomez writes that as President Obama pushes to pass healthcare reform in the United States, "he would do well to examine the praiseworthy successes -- and the worrying failures -- of a decades-old universal system in the region's second-largest democracy."
See more in Brazil, Global Health, Congress
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