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Category Archives: Latin America
US-Brazil relations
While much of the media attention in the following days is sure to focus on Obama’s appointment of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina woman to join the Supreme Court, another suspected Obama appointment in the coming days may prove pivotal to the direction of US-Latin American relations. On 26 May Southern Pulse reported that Thomas Shannon, current [...]
LatAmThought on Twitter!
LatAmThought is now on Twitter! Our mission remains the same – to share interesting stories from Latin America – but in microblogging form. Follow us @LatAmThought.
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An Apology
Dear LatAmThought Readers:
We would like to apologize for a lack of posting during the last few weeks. Our mission to deliver relevant, timely, insightful content that connects the dots between current events in Latin America requires a significant amount of time to conduct research, interviews, draft outlines, and provide timely relevancy. Our commitment to these [...]
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Colombia’s FARC rebels. Headed for defeat or hunkering down?
Withering military pressure by President Álvaro Uribe’s government has forced Colombian’s largest leftist rebel group, the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), to dig itself even deeper into the Colombian countryside. In 2008, more than 3,000 rebels surrendered their weapons and accepted Uribe’s desertion package. The kidnapping rate has taken a nose dive [...]
The End of the Drug War?
U.S. policy on drugs is as close to center stage as it has been probably since ten years ago, when Plan Colombia was first debated in Congress. This is mostly due to the rising levels of violence in Mexico, with over 6,000 people murdered last year in drug-related killings, and the crossing of [...]
Forgotten Continent?
I agree with Current History magazine’s assessment of Michael Reid’s new book, Forgotten Continent: The Battle of Latin America’s Soul (see William Finan’s review). The sensationalist title borders on ridiculous. Forgotten continent? Hardly. Africa, or even Antarctica, clearly claim that title. “Remembered in the wrong way” would be more accurate. With the immigration debate [...]
First post coming soon…
This blog is a space for young professionals researching and analyzing current events in Latin America to share news and their own analysis about the region. It is a venue for thoughtful exchange and innovative ideas. First post coming soon…
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LASA: Some thoughts on security in Brazil and Central America