There are a few realities that have hit the world this past year and this past month, to which most of the world has been affected by to some degree. Luckily enough, the issues which affect most Americans have made the greatest impact in the last few weeks of the election campaign, and the decisions […]
In the last two weeks while markets tumbled, the amount of information about common issues such as poverty, the food crisis and even the economies of otherwise notable countries have also dwindled as American candidates preach of change and the rest of the world deals with economic aftershock. While Europe and the US slowly absorb […]
This Blog has also been posted in FPA's Latin America Blog. Since the election of the PAN in Mexico and Vicente Fox, there has been a slow movement towards Free Trade economics, policies in cooperation with the US and a cooling of relations with Cuba. In the late 1970s and early 1980s it was quite […]
Since the election of the PAN in Mexico and Vicente Fox, there has been a slow movement towards Free Trade economics, policies in cooperation with the US and a cooling of relations with Cuba. In the late 1970s and early 1980s it was quite the opposite, with new oil wealth in Mexico pushing the government […]
This blog has also been posted in the FPA Latin America Blog. CNN made a great acquisition taking on policy expert Fareed Zakaria and giving him his own show, Fareed Zakaria GPS which allows for a diverse perspective and a balanced international approach to a network which is often known for its Washington point of […]
CNN made a great acquisition taking on policy expert Fareed Zakaria and giving him his own show, Fareed Zakaria GPS which allows for a diverse perspective and a balanced international approach to a network which is often known for its Washington point of view as opposed to the perspective of global politics and policy. The international […]
Today's Wall Street Journal is running an insightful piece on a relatively new development in US immigration policy: return migration. Faced with fewer economic opportunities, in part through tightening regulations and the overall economic slide, illegal immigrants are returning home. This, in turn, has a significant effect on the economies in their countries, who have […]
In 2001 the head of the Inter-American Development Bank spent much of his time fighting speculation that one of Latin America's giants, Argentina, had enough national reserves to maintain a 1:1 ratio between the Peso and the US Dollar and maintain confidence for investors that they would have their investments returned with acceptable risk. Five […]
This week Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez was lucky enough to avoid an assassination plot against him. Two unknown men were found in the State of Zulia on the border with Colombia with a number of grenades and an anti-tank weapons system that officials say was going to be used to bring down Chavez's plane in […]
Many in America do not realize that 89,000 of their neighbours living in their towns and cities were born in Iraq or have parents from that country. With so many US troops going to Iraq and serving in the conflict there, the immigrant communities living in the US have had surprisingly very little media attention. […]
In much of the popular political debate in English speaking media, issues of defense and economy often shape the question of what is considered a democracy. Defensive explanations for altering a country towards a democratic systems is most notable in Iraq and Afghanistan, where many who took the stance similar to the Bush administration that […]
Argentina has always been marked by two political trends that have been eventful enough to attract the attention of foreign investors and playwrights alike. Regarding investment, Argentina has always been a special case because of the large amount of potential in its economy that often seems to end in varying degrees of chaos as opposed […]
This post can also be read in the FPA's Latin America Blog. In 1973, the murder of elected President Salvador Allende of Chile and many left wing and party supporters became the model of how repression and dictatorship in Latin America would dominate much of the region into the mid 1980s, and for Chile, consume […]
In 1973, the murder of elected President Salvador Allende of Chile and many left wing and party supporters became the model of how repression and dictatorship in Latin America would dominate much of the region into the mid 1980s, and for Chile, consume the legal system and keep the nation in traumatic debate well into […]
I was pleased to watch an interest show on Brazil's infamous Cidade de Deus/City of God. In an episode of the show 4 Real, American rap artist Mos Def accompanied the 4 Real host Sol and met up with Brazilian rap artist MV Bill, who was holding one of Brazil's biggest hip hop and rap events […]