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U.S. Security Policy in Latin America
Brian Fonseca and Alex Crowther have an op-ed in Latin America Goes Global on U.S. security policy in Latin America. It argues to shift policy focus away from the narrowly defined issues such as drugs...
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LGBTQ Rights in Latin America
A student (and political science major) from last semester's Latin American Politics class, Mackenzie Hardin, has an op-ed on LGBTQ rights in Latin America Goes Global's student section. It's a very...
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Zika: A Political Demography Conspiracy
A new conspiracy theory coming from Venezuela is that the Zika virus was created to hurt the Global South. And it includes political demography:En el Sur desde 2010 y hasta 2040 se estará desarrollando...
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The Left and the Venezuelan Crisis
On Twitter Patrick Iber pointed out this op-ed about Venezuela by Anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz, which includes a call for the left to reflect on its enthusiasm for Chavismo.El segundo pendiente,...
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China's Role in Latin America
It's almost as if Americans need to feel some sort of threat in Latin America. Losing the Soviet Union left a void. Iran is a popular choice, of course, but so is China. So we have this from a CNN...
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Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger
The New York Times has a piece on Hillary Clinton's praise of Henry Kissinger. It is not easy to find anything to positive to say about Kissinger's impact on Latin America. Maybe his support for the...
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Femicide in Latin America
Insight Crime takes a look at femicide in Latin America, which is the highest in the world.A recent report by a number of international organizations (pdf) revealed that seven out of the ten countries...
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Supporting the Peace Deal in Colombia
Stephanie White is a political science major and student from last semester's Latin American Politics class. She just published an op-ed in the student section of Latin America Goes Global how it's...
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Metro Cost in Latin America
The Santiago metro is the most expensive subway in Latin America. At 740 pesos it is the only one over a dollar (current exchange is about 709 pesos to the dollar).This has obvious socio-economic...
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Minors Deported From Mexico
Boz has a hardbreaking story about sitting next to a Honduran boy on a flight from Mexico City to San Pedro Sula. The boy was being deported, and wanted to get to his parents in New York City.I asked...
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Is Venezuela a Trustworthy OPEC Partner?
OPEC announced a freeze in oil production to get prices back up. A Bloomberg reporter asks about the trust problem. More specifically for this blog, Venezuela is the worst off as a result of dropping...
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Obama Visiting Cuba
President Obama will be visiting Cuba within just a few weeks. Although this announcement had been hinted at for months, it's still remarkable given the history of bilateral relations and the fact that...
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Trump Responds to the Pope by Attacking Mexico
So the Pope questioned Donald Trump's Christianity, which prompted Trump to criticize Mexico and undocumented immigrants.If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s...
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Indian Investment in Latin America
Hari Seshasayee has an interesting article at Americas Quarterly on Indian investment in Latin America, especially compared to Chinese. Here is one contrast:However, perhaps most indicative of India’s...
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Framing Evo Morales' Loss
Of course, lots of attention on the fact that it appears Evo Morales lost his bid to run for a fourth term. Yesterday I was at a retreat all day, which meant I really only had time to look at...
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The Future of the MAS in Bolivia
Telesur has a solid analysis of Evo Morales' failure to win the ability to run for another term, much of it based on an interview with Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network. The...
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Rubio and Cruz Need a U.S.-Latin America Class
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have been saying that President Obama plans to give Guantánamo back to Cuba. This would be huge news if it were true. But it's not. What Obama is discussing, of course, is not...
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U.S.-Latin American Relations in the Campaign
Following up on yesterday's post about Ted Cruz's comments on the Panama Canal, check out this message (from the Foreign Relations of the United States series, see esp. pp. 102-103) the State...
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Odede and Posner's Find Me Unafraid
I read Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner's Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum (2015). It's pretty hard not to be impressed at the way these two young people came together and...
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Latin America Links
Every so often I try to highlight posts in blogs that I read:Mike Allison on Jimmy Morales and the executive in GuatemalaAt Honduras Culture & Politics: Trying to deal with corruption in...
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Make Latin American Leftists Great Again
Rafael Correa says he thinks a Donald Trump victory would give a boost to Latin American leftists seeking office.In an interview with the Ecuadorian Broadcasting Association, the left-wing Correa said...
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Obama's Argentina Trip Coincides with 1976 Coup Anniversary
There is growing criticism for the timing of President Obama's visit to Argentina, which falls on the 40th anniversary of the coup that launched the Dirty War. The United States was highly supportive...
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Guantánamo and Republicans
Congressman Matt Salmon tweeted that he is introducing legislation to require congressional participation in any negotiations to close Guantánamo Naval Station. This points to two things:First,...
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Anti-Politics in Chile
Adimark shows Michelle Bachelet with an approval rating of 27% (67% disapprove) and the Nueva Mayoría at 22% approve/68% disapprove.One could try to lump Bachelet in with other left or center-left...
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The End of the Cuban Baseball Leagues?
There is increasing attention to Major League Baseball's efforts to normalize its relationship with Cuba, a process that is blocked by the embargo. As this Washington Post article notes, the sticking...
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