Democracy & Elections
Eric Farnsworth
September 7, 2010
"Over a five week span, voters in Venezuela, Brazil, and the United States, respectively, will make choices that will reconfirm or redirect the Bolivarian revolution, support or soften the international course that President Lula has set, and continue or overturn the ongoing pause in the U.S. trade agenda with the hemisphere," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth.
Jean-Marie Simon
Summer 2010
For a few, Guatemala is a paradise. For many, it is the exact opposite. With these words, photojournalist Jean-Marie Simon begins the first chapter of a newly published collection of her photographs of the 1980s Guatemalan civil war.
Miguel Centellas
Summer 2010
President Evo Morales is transferring more authority to departments—even when the results have been politically uncomfortable.
Bloomberg
Helen Murphy and Daniel Cancel
August 9, 2010
“Anything that complicates Santos’ plan to get trade back hurts his domestic economic agenda,” says COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth, discussing recently-elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' gestures to reestablish relations with Caracas.
TIME
Tim Padgett
August 8, 2010
"The party rank and file still like to bask in his stature, such as it is today," said AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, commenting on Fidel Castro's address to Cuba's National Assembly.
August 2, 2010
Juan Manuel Santos takes over Colombia’s presidency on August 7 and has built a team to take on economic and diplomatic challenges as the country celebrates its bicentennial. Learn more about the new cabinet.
Carlos Saladrigas
August 1, 2010
It's time for the United States to ease restrictions and promote development of IT services in Cuba, writes Carlos Saladrigas of the Cuba Study Group in an op-ed for The Miami Herald.
July 29, 2010
President Inácio Lula da Silva protogé Dilma Rousseff and rival José Serra poll neck and neck as the race heats up for Brazil’s October election.
Latin American Herald Tribune
Marcela Sanchez
July 26, 2010
Little tangible progress has been made to open up U.S. telecommunication investment access in Cuba, says an AS/COA report titled Empowering the Cuban People through Technology: Recommendations for Private and Public Sector Leaders.
Colombia Reports
Kirsten Begg
July 26, 2010
With Colombians choosing Juan Manuel Santos as the next president of Colombia, some say he will continue the previous administration's policies. However, COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth says: "Santos has an independent profile, he's spent years as a public figure... I've met both of them, and anyone painting him as Uribe's clone is just wrong."
