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Jun 10, 2014

Sennes on How World Cup Will Impact Brazil

By Ricardo Sennes

The Financial Times features a report by Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ricardo Sennes on how the turmoil surrounding Brazil’s preparations for the World Cup may set the country on a path towards reform:

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Jun 9, 2014

Marczak: The US Should Extend a Hand to El Salvador’s New President

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak writes for Fox News Latino  on why the United States should engage with El Salvador’s new president and what opportunities lie ahead for the US-El Salvador relationship:

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Jun 9, 2014

The Colombia Conundrum: Predictions for the Presidential Runoff

Join us on June 13, 2014 from 12:30 to 2:00 pm for a lunch discussion on the Colombian presidential elections with expert analysis from Miguel Silva, international political consultant and former chief of staff to President César Gaviria, and Peter Schechter, director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center and former political strategist. Before Sunday’s […]

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Jun 9, 2014

Marczak: US Should Extend a Hand to El Salvador’s New President

By Jason Marzak

Deputy Director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Jason Marczak writes an op-ed for Fox News Latino urging US engagement with El Salvador’s new administration:

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President Barack Obama in Normany, June 6, 2014

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Jun 6, 2014

Obama Honors D-Day Sacrifice: Normandy is ‘Democracy’s Beachhead’

By Barack Obama, Washington Post

Just last week, I received a letter from a French citizen. “Dear Mr. President and the American people,” he wrote, “we are honored to welcome you to thank you again for all the pain and efforts of the American people and others in our common struggle for freedom.”

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, April 17, 2014

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Jun 5, 2014

The West Shows No Willingness to Defend Freedom Against Russia

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

[W]hat of the defense of freedom, about which Mr. Obama spoke at Warsaw’s Castle Square? The president and his European partners are going only so far as they perceive they can without unduly upsetting Mr. Putin.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, May 23, 2013

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Jun 5, 2014

NATO Commander Accuses Russia of Destabilizing Eastern Ukraine

By Adrian Croft and David Brunnstrom, Reuters

NATO’s top military commander accused Russia on Wednesday of destabilising eastern Ukraine through the use of Russian-backed forces and demanded that it stop interfering.

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, May 9, 2014

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Jun 4, 2014

Harper Sees ‘Long-Term Menace’ in Russia, Sending More Canadian Troops to Europe

By Steven Chase, Globe and Mail

Canada is sending additional troop to Eastern Europe as part of the NATO response to Russian aggression

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Jun 4, 2014

Canadian Parliament Examining Joining US Missile Defense Program

By Murray Brewster, Canadian Press

Canada’s top commander at NORAD says participating in the U.S. ballistic missile program would mean smoother decision-making in a crisis if — or when — a hostile missile were on its way towards the continent.

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Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico at NATO HQ, April 24, 2012

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Jun 4, 2014

Slovakia and the Czech Republic Reject NATO Bases

By Jan Lopatka, Reuters

Slovakia joined neighbor the Czech Republic on Wednesday in effectively ruling out hosting NATO units, when Prime Minister Robert Fico said he could not imagine there would be foreign soldiers on its territory.

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