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Mercosur, Unasur Holding Firm on Democracy in Paraguay
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U.S.-Honduras Counternarcotics Cooperation Stumbles
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Honduras: What is U.S. policy?
The sustained surge in crime and violence in Honduras – including more than 60 politically motivated murders in the past year – is raising doubts about the viability of the government and its...
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How Real is Anti-Americanism in Latin America?
Photo: WideAngleWandering | Flickr | Creative Commons American University professor Max Friedman’s new book* offers a refreshingly original account of the sources of “anti-Americanism” in international...
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Honduras: Simmering Crisis
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Egypt Policy – Latin America Style
By Fulton Armstrong U.S. Department of State Headquarters | Wikimedia Commons We who follow U.S. policy in Latin America shouldn’t be surprised to see Washington’s policy toward Egypt drift from...
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September 11 Coup in Chile: Global Ramifications
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Honduras Elections: Serious Challenges Ahead
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Honduran Election Crisis Marks New Phase in Country’s Agony
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Venezuela: Racing to the Bottom
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Haiti: Plus ça change …
By Fulton Armstrong Photo credit: a-birdie and Free Grunge Textures / Flickr / CC BY Haiti buried Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier last week, but his and his father’s ghosts continue to haunt Haitian...
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Is a “CICIH” the answer to Honduras’ Crisis?
By Fulton Armstrong and Eric Hershberg Photo Credit: US Embassy Guatemala / Flickr / Creative Commons The success of the Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG) in driving...
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President Obama’s Visit to Buenos Aires: An Important Gesture
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Tim Kaine: Boon for Latin America Policy?
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Brazil: Is Democracy Under Threat?
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Honduras: Simmering Crisis
Porfirio Lobo and Hillary Clinton US Embassy Guatemala / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Little good and lots of bad has transpired in Honduras since the night in June 2009 that an Army-backed coup d’état,...
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How Real is Anti-Americanism in Latin America?
Photo: WideAngleWandering | Flickr | Creative Commons American University professor Max Friedman’s new book* offers a refreshingly original account of the sources of “anti-Americanism” in international...
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U.S.-Honduras Counternarcotics Cooperation Stumbles
DEA Helicopter | by Andrew W. Sieber (Drewski2112) | Flickr | Creative Commons Four months after the launch of Operación Anvil, a joint U.S.-Honduran counternarcotics effort, cooperation has stumbled....
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Honduras: What is U.S. policy?
The sustained surge in crime and violence in Honduras – including more than 60 politically motivated murders in the past year – is raising doubts about the viability of the government and its...
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Mercosur, Unasur Holding Firm on Democracy in Paraguay
Photo by Christian Van Der Henst S. via Flickr , http://www.flickr.com/photos/cvander/5215442086/ As Paraguay marked the one-month anniversary of the summary removal of President Lugo from office, the...
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