I’ve got a new article about the Aug. 28 extraordinary meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in which South America’s heads of state discussed the U.S.-Colombia Defense Pact. The Pact would allow the U.S. greater access to seven of Colombia’s military bases, which has caused a stir among the regions leaders, many [...]
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My new article “Uribe Gains Access, Loses Credibilty” was just posted at the World Politics Review: BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Barack Obama’s election as U.S. president last November signaled a defeat not only for his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, but also for the outgoing Bush administration’s strongest hemispheric ally, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe. When George W. Bush [...] Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations Celso Amorim gave an interview of interest to those following Cuba’s foreign relations to Colombian daily El Tiempo this week. The whole interview is available (in Spanish) here, but I’ve translated below the section that deals with Cuba’s entrance into the OAS (which I blogged about earlier this month). We couldn’t [...] |
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