Brazilian Elections: Labor Pain?
By: Felipe Amin Filomeno, guest scholar at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs In 1992, on the eve of the arrival of neoliberal elites to power...
View ArticleIs the Grass-fed Really Greener? Beef Production in the Americas
By: Maria Alicia Nuñez, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the Americas, three nations prevail as leading consumers and producers of beef: the...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violations in Brazil: Report of the National Truth Commission
By Clemént Doleac, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Editorial credit: Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Professor and...
View ArticleDevelopment Bank in Latin America: Towards a So-Called Radical Emancipatory...
By: Clemént Doleac, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. The End of Mainstream International Conditional Loans? Mainstream lenders such as the International Monetary...
View ArticleLift Off: Drone Usage In Latin America Takes Flight
By: W. Alejandro Sanchez, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs 2014 could be remembered as the year when drone usage, both for...
View ArticleCOHA ANNOUNCEMENT: “REVISITING CONSENSUAL HEGEMONY: BRAZILIAN REGIONAL...
Sean Burges, Ph.D, a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) in Washington DC, has published a paper entitled “Revisiting Consensual Hegemony: Brazilian Regional...
View ArticleInsufficient Media Reforms in Latin America: Urgency to Go Further
By: Clément Doleac, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Dating from the 1980s until the 2000s, the private sector in Latin America has...
View ArticleAttempted Coup And Misguided U.S. Sanctions in Venezuela
Attempted Coup And Misguided U.S. Sanctions in Venezuela On February 11, 2015, the government of President Nicolas Maduro, along with a number of his senior...
View ArticleBrazil Implements Femicide Legislation as the UN Assesses Global Gender Equality
By Kate Sopcich, Research Associate at the Council On Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) Brazil Joins the Movement On March 9, 2015, a day after International Women’s...
View ArticleCOHA Research: Brazil’s Weapons Industry
By: W. Alejandro Sanchez, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Latin America does not depend solely on exports from extra-regional powers for...
View ArticleSolar Energy Lights Up in Latin America
By: Melanie Diaz, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the face of rising global temperatures, glacial retreat, and ocean acidification, sustainable development...
View ArticleBrazil Between Caracas and Washington: Rousseff and Vieira Try To Chart a...
By: Nicholas Birns, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), Faculty at the New School, and Co-editor of The Contemporary Spanish American Novel...
View ArticleForced Prostitution and Modern Slavery: Brazil’s Response
By: Chen Jiang, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Tourism statistics have shown that the World Cup and sexual slavery can be dangerously...
View ArticleNicholas Birns Interview with Opera Mundi on U.S. policy in Latin America...
This interview was originally conducted and published by Lamia Oualalou,”‘EUA precisam de Brasil amigável, mas independente’, diz analista,” Opera Mundi, published April 11, 2015 at...
View ArticleComparative Studies Between Latin American Giants Regarding Egalitarian Policies
By: Paul Gioia, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Latin America, along with Southeast Asia, is one of the most dynamic economic regions...
View ArticleSelective Adulthood: Brazil Moves to Lower Age of Criminal Responsibility
By: Sam Aman, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs With PEC 171 making its way through Congress, the political arm wrestle in Brasília now carries implications for the most...
View ArticleThe Twin Ocean Project: South America’s Transcontinental Railroad
By: Thomas David Alvarez, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs The story is not new. In 1863, the United States began construction on...
View ArticleA Potential Accord: An EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
By: Michael Paczkowski, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs On June 11 and 12, a summit between the European
View ArticleIncome Inequality and Poverty: A Comparison of Brazil and Honduras
By: Raiesa Ali, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs It is an unfortunate truth that poverty chronically plagues
View ArticleCombatting Corruption for the Sake of the Economy: The Afflictions of...
By: Eliza Davis, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs On June 19, leaders of the two largest construction
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