Latin America
Book review: “Cuba and its Neighbors – Democracy in Motion”
October 4, 2013"Cuba and its Neighbors - Democracy in Motion" enables the reader to broaden his or her understanding of Cuban political life.
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Court throws out Guatemala genocide verdict
May 24, 2013The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on May 20 threw out the guilty verdict of General Efrain Rios-Montt on technical grounds, plunging the whole country into a state of new insecurity.
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Warnings about destabilization in Venezuela should be taken seriously
March 15, 2013Acting President Maduro accused a group of right wing former U.S. officials of working to destabilize Venezuela and strongly suggested that his election opponent is in contact with those circles.
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Militarizing Latin America: Obama has a choice
February 21, 2013This past December marked the 190th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy declaration by President James Monroe that essentially made Latin America the exclusive reserve of the United States.
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Latin Americans meet without the “boss”
February 4, 2013"It has cost us almost 70-80 years to have a meeting together with peoples of the Caribbean and without the boss from the North."
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