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Feb 10, 2014

The Beginning of the End

By Pedro Freyre and Matthew Aho

The results of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center poll on Americans’ attitudes on U.S.–Cuba relations can be interpreted in only one way: the tide of U. S. public opinion has turned away from isolation and toward engagement and normalization.

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Feb 10, 2014

Twin Failures

By Peter Hakim

Last month’s meeting in Havana of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which incorportates every country of the hemisphere except the United States and Canada, was a celebration of the single point of consensus among the Community’s member states: their opposition to US policies that seek to isolate and punish Cuba, which […]

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Feb 10, 2014

Prospects of Relationship between Cuba and the United States

By Miriam Leiva

(translated from Spanish) Cuba has been used in the confrontation with the United States to isolate Cubans from the outside world, justify the failures of the plans executed by the will of Fidel Castro , violate the rights and suppress any different opinion than that authorized by the government.

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Feb 10, 2014

Changing the Political Calculus on Cuba

By William M. LeoGrande

When it comes to controversial issues, the public is often far ahead of politicians in supporting sensible policy alternatives. Issues that are intensely salient to small constituencies scare the daylights out of elected officials because the committed single-issue voter poses a greater electoral threat than the pragmatic general public, whose votes are rarely determined by […]

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Feb 3, 2014

Student Graduation in Latin America: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

It is likely not a surprise to most experts that education quality in rural Latin America lags far behind the region’s urban areas. Even though robust growth over the past decade has been fundamentally based on the commodities sector — oil, gas, copper, gold, soybeans and others — there has been little impact on education […]

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Jan 31, 2014

Urban Innovation at Home and Abroad

By Adrienne Arsht Latin American Center & Strategic Foresight Initiative

More than half the world’s population lives in cities and this number continues to grow. The rural-to-urban transformation creates challenges and opportunities for humankind. Please join the Atlantic Council, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, UN-Habitat, and other partners on February 4, 2014 for the Washington, DC launch of a national series leading […]

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Jan 30, 2014

From Outlaws to Law Enforcers: Mexico’s Vigilantes Legitimized

By Victor Salcedo

Since January 13, Michoacán has been the most pressing national issue for President Enrique Peña Nieto, and the most talked about problem for the international media. The autodefensas group- commonly known as vigilantes- within the state created strong momentum in favor of fighting and eradicating the control that the powerful drug cartel, the Knights Templar, […]

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Jan 24, 2014

Uncharted Waters: Chile, Peru, and the ICJ

By Thomas Corrigan

Next week brings an important moment for Latin American maritime border relations and transnational cooperation. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to announce on Monday, January 27 its decision in the dispute between Peru and Chile involving nearly 40,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the continent. Not […]

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Jan 23, 2014

Violence in Venezuela: Marczak on VOA

Deputy Director Jason Marczak appeared on VOA to discuss the recent increase in violence in Venezuela. Marczak identifies the relationship between economic turmoil, institutional instability, and the people’s need to seek violent solutions to the plagues of injustice and shortages of basic goods.

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Jan 21, 2014

When it Comes to Education Reform, What Do Parents and Students Want?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Over the past several years, a number of new players have been getting involved in the push for education reforms to increase school quality in Latin America. This includes civil society groups, Non-Governmental Organizations, the private sector, and –increasingly – parents and students.

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