The 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...
View ArticleCOHA Research: Partners Not Enemies
At the present time, President Obama is in Mexico dialoging with Enrique Peña Nieto. The U.S. Latino population is growing at a pace faster than...
View ArticleConservationist’s Murder Tarnishes Costa Rica’s Environmental Agenda
On July 31, Costa Rican police in the provinces of Limón and Guapiles arrested seven people in connection with the murder of Jairo Mora Sandoval,...
View ArticleOil Drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park: Correa’s Drive Towards...
Abandoning his previous conservation plan, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced on August 15 that he will allow oil drilling in the country’s Yasuní National Park....
View ArticleCOHA Report: Peru on Probation When it comes to Protecting Dolphins and Sharks
For a PDF version of this article, click here. Peru’s record is improving but it rises from a relatively low base Lima’s current lackadaisical approach...
View ArticleCOHA Research – January 27, 2014: A Date with Destiny for Peru and Chile
The events of this upcoming January 27, 2014 are likely to determine the short and long-term future regarding the relations between Peru and Chile. [1]...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violations in Honduras: Land Seizures, Peasants’ Repression, and...
Human Rights Violations in Honduras: Land Seizures, Peasants’ Repression, and the Struggle for Democracy on the Ground In Honduras, arguably the most unequal country in...
View ArticleNew York Justice Sputters in the Ecuadorian Oilfields
A longstanding legal battle between indigenous Ecuadorians and the megalithic U.S. corporation Chevron has decisively tipped in favor of the oil giant and other global...
View ArticleDevelopment and Indigenous Rights: ¿Por qué no los Dos?
History is repeating itself for the U’wa people, a peaceful indigenous group from the remote Andean cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. Once 20,000 strong, the...
View ArticleBrasil: Um Passo à Frente e Dois para Trás
Corrupção e pobreza no Brasil têm projetado bastante pressão no governo por parte de protestos que vem levando milhares de pessoas às ruas. A Copa...
View ArticleChile’s Hidro Aysén Project Terminated
On June 10, Chilean cabinet ministers, claiming to be acting in accordance with the “complaints presented by the community,”[i] unanimously rejected the Hidro Aysén proposal,...
View ArticleA Tradeoff: Human Rights and the Environment or National Prosperity and Growth
By: Sarah Cassidy-Seyoum, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Water is the world’s most precious resource and covers approximately 71 percent of the...
View ArticleThe Open Pit and the Great Green Macaw in Costa Rica
By: Lynn Holland, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs This is Part I of a three-part series on
View ArticleFor the Love of Water: The Ban on Mining in El Salvador
By: Lynn Holland, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs This is Part II of a three-part series
View ArticleThe Asháninka: Illegal logging threatening Indigenous Rights and Sustainable...
By: Mariana Araujo Herrera, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article,
View ArticleNazca-Desventuradas: Chile’s New Marine Reserve
By: Sara Jones, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article, click here.
View ArticleThe Dangerous Path Toward Mining Law Reform in Honduras
By: Lynn Holland, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs This is Part 3 of a three-part series on
View ArticleZika Virus and Microcephaly in Brazil: Outbreaks that Question the...
By Wondia Mireille Yeo, Research Associate at Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article, click here.
View ArticleThe Canal Stuck in a Quagmire
By Edwin Nieves, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article, click here.
View ArticleThe Dubious Impact of Chinese Investment in Latin America
By Ian Gustafson, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs To download a PDF version of this article, click here. Much
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