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New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2015

US Sanctions will Produce More Repression in Venezuela

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts say Maduro will further try to shift focus from economy to ‘imperialist threat’ The Obama administration’s decision to declare Venezuela a national security threat and slap sanctions on seven officials from the oil-rich nation gives President Nicolás Maduro another excuse to blame the United States for his country’s economic plight, according to […]

Venezuela

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2015

US-Cuba Round 2: Tough Talks Ahead

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts say both Washington and Havana have incentives to see progress The second round of talks between the United States and Cuba on February 27 will be marked by tough negotiations, but both sides have incentives to work toward a breakthrough, according to Atlantic Council analysts. “The United States wants to do a […]

Cuba

New Atlanticist

Feb 20, 2015

Under Pressure, Venezuela’s Maduro Lashes Out at Critics

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The arrest of the Mayor of Caracas is an attempt by President Nicolás Maduro’s crumbling government, which is under immense political and economic pressure to demonstrate authority, to consolidate the hardline base of the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), according to Atlantic Council analysts. Venezuela, which has suffered political turmoil since protests broke out […]

Cuba Venezuela

Press Release

Jan 29, 2015

Latin America Center Experts Comment on Lifting Cuba Travel Ban

This morning, a bipartisan group of eight senators introduced a bill that would lift the US ban on travel to Cuba. The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center experts are closely monitoring this story. Their reactions: 

Cuba

Article

Jan 29, 2015

Spotlight Energy

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

What do lower oil prices mean for Latin America’s energy potential in 2015 and beyond? Read five scenarios. The decline of the global benchmark oil price from around $100 per barrel to under $50 per barrel over the last six months has jolted oil producing and consuming countries throughout the world, including in Latin America. […]

Brazil Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jan 22, 2015

As US, Cuba Open Talks, Congress Is Likely to Favor a Gradual ‘Chipping Away’ at Embargo

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Opposition to Easing Embargo Is Vocal But Small, Atlantic Council Analyst Says As US and Cuban officials meet in Havana this week for their first talks on normalizing relations, Congress is likely to favor moving slowly on President Obama’s request for the lifting of the United States’ five-decade-old trade embargo on Cuba, says Atlantic Council […]

Cuba

New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2015

Rousseff Version 2.0: A New Chapter in US-Brazil Ties?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Panel Sees Hope as Brazilian President Pledges to Visit US in September Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s second term in office may present an opportunity for Washington and Brasilia to improve relations. Despite recent bumps in the road in the US-Brazil relationship, Anthony S. Harrington, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Brazil from 1999 to 2001, […]

Brazil

New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2015

Mexico’s President Visits Washington; He and US Hope He Can Regain Initiative at Home

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Peña Nieto, Hit By Scandal, Aims to Show Mexicans the Benefits of his Economic Reforms Before Mid-Year Election Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visits the United States in the midst of the toughest moment of his presidency. He will hope to use his meeting with President Barack Obama today to advance his domestic agenda, according […]

Mexico

Article

Dec 23, 2014

Column: Cuba Shift Could Help Break Iran Deadlock

By Barbara Slavin

President Barack Obama’s decision to transform the U.S. relationship with Cuba has obvious implications for the few remaining countries that lack normal diplomatic ties with the United States, especially Iran. While there are many differences between a resource-poor island of 11 million people 90 miles off the coast of Florida and a large, oil-rich nation […]

Cuba Iran

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2014

US Cuba Shift Was Presaged by Poll Showing Americans Were Ready for Change

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Relations with Cuba No Longer ‘The Poisoned Chalice,’ Atlantic Council Analysis Showed President Barack Obama’s sweeping changes to US-Cuba policy were at least in part influenced by an understanding that this was widely favored among the American people. The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center released a poll in February that found support on […]

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