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US households becoming more Latin American?

By Eliot Brockner | Published: November 21, 2011
A major narrative in the US media (CNN, NYT, MSNBC, WaPo, just to name a few) these days is that of the ‘Lost Generation’, i.e. those recent college graduates who, unable to find jobs and saddled with debt, are returning to live at home after graduating college. A whole slew of articles has been written [...]
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Iranian Soft Power in Latin America: Yet Another Information Network

By Eliot Brockner | Published: May 17, 2011
Back in 2008, LatAmThought wrote about Iran’s presence in Latin America. The topic has generated significant interest in recent years, as the Islamic Republic has continued to strengthen ties with Latin American countries, particularly Venezuela, and remains a very real thorn in the side of any potential negotiations between the United States and many countries [...]
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The Media’s Role in International Diplomacy

By Eliot Brockner | Published: May 14, 2011
Two recent stories out of Latin America highlight some of the stranger ways the media plays a role in international diplomacy. The first is minor. Living in Peru blog has an article on a recent diplomatic dispute between Bolivia and Peru: “Bolivia’s Minister of Culture Elizabeth Salguero has requested clarification on the “plagiarism” of a Bolivian song [...]
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Venezuelan Influence in Nicaraguan Media

By Eliot Brockner | Published: January 29, 2010
Another opposition media outlet has fallen. And it’s not in Venezuela. Albanisa, a Venezuelan-owned conglomerate that controls below market-value Venezuelan oil imports in Nicaragua and has business ties to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, recently announced the formal purchase of Canal 8, a leading anti-Ortega media outlet, for US$10 million. The deal, which went through in December [...]
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Brazilian Oil PR Bonanza

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: September 3, 2009
Though there are a variety big issues in Brazil right now, mostly involving the Sarney corruption scandal and the Senate’s Internet censorship during the upcoming elections, there is another issue, one of President Lula’s pet projects and evidently one of the federal government’s top priorities: oil. Petrobras, the state-run petroleum company, has long been a leader [...]
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Twitter in Brazil

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: July 13, 2009
While Twitter has revolutionized communication in the US and around the world, it has had an especially large impact on Brazil. Embraced by pop stars and politicians alike, Twitter has taken Brazil by storm and has become one of the site’s fastest growing markets. More importantly, the site has changed the way Brazilians participate in [...]
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The use of the Red Cross in Operation Jaque: Why did it take a leaked video for us to find out?

By Sebastian Chaskel | Published: August 10, 2008
It was CNN that first reported on July 15 that a military officer had apparently used the Red Cross emblem during Operation Jaque. CNN had seen a tape leaked by a military officer that showed the use of the emblem. Even though CNN chose not to pay for the video and pictures at the [...]
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