South America: News and Opinion

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• Amid Increasing Violence, US Embassy in Mexico Closes Pending Security Review The Miami Herald. 
• FARC Rebels Kill 4 Colombian Soldiers Latin American Herald Tribune. Venezuela. 
• FEATURE. Are ‘Rearmed Contras’ for Real? Tico Times. Costa Rica. 
• Former British PM Thatcher Praises Uribe’s Strong Leadership Colombia Reports. 
• HR Group: Violence Against Journalists in Mexico Increasing Latin American Herald Tribune. Venezuela. 
• Kidnapped Mexican Journalists Become Pawns of Drug Cartels The New York Times. 
• Mexico Accuses Police of Corruption, Complicity with Cartels Latin American Herald Tribune. Venezuela. 
• OPINION. Chavez May be an Impotent Autocrat, but There is Little Evidence he is FARC Supporter Pablo Rojas Mejia. Colombia Reports. 
• UNASUR Stumped on Venezuela-Colombia Conflict MercoPress. Argentina. 
• ESSAY. Military Tribunals at Guantanamo Produce Questionable Success Foreign Policy. US. 
• FARC Deserter Surrenders to Panama Latin American Herald Tribune. Venezuela. 
• Mexican Police Capture Drug Cartel Leader The Miami Herald. 
• OPINION. Colombia-Venezuela Conflict Will Pass, then Surface Again Andres Oppenheimer. The Miami Herald. 
• Paraguay Police Kill Rebel Leader Trained by Colombia Rebels Reuters. 
• US Official in Honduras to Discuss Democracy, HR, Women’s Issues, Economic Development Latin American Herald Tribune. Venezuela. 

• Mexico, Colombia: President Calderon Hosts President-Elect Santos in Mexico Mexico. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Castro: US, Western Treatment of Iran a Carbon Copy of Overthrowing Mossadegh
  Fidel Castro Speaks to Cuban Ambassadors, Broadcast on Television and Radio Cuba. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Chavez: The Pope Is Not Jesus Christ’s Ambassador on Earth
  Venezuelan President Chavez Calls for Revision of Agreements with the Vatican Venezuela. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Venezuelan Official: Colombian President Uribe Obsessed with Destroying Relations Venezuela. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• OPINION. Rising from the Rubble; Haiti 6 Months Post-Earthquake Kenneth H. Merten. The Miami Herald. 
• Venezuela: Nation to Turn Three Drug Kingpins over to US Venezuela. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Venezuelan Official: Colombian FM Bermudez’s Statements Compromise Relations Venezuela. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Cuba: President Castro Meets Spanish FM Moratinos, Havana Cardinal Ortega Cuba. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Archbishop Ortega: Cuba Agrees to Release 47 Prisoners, Allow Them to Emigrate Cuba. PRESS RELEASE. 
• Maduro: Clinton Shows Obsessive Behavior against Independent Governments
  Venezuelan FM Maduro Reacts to US Secretary of State Clinton’s Civil Society Speech Venezuela. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Cuba: Haitian President Preval Visits Cuba, Thanks Nation for Its Assistance Cuba. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Colombia: Canada Approves Bilateral Free Trade Agreement Colombia. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• United Nations: Cuba Elected VP of Human Rights Council Cuba. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Mexico: President Calderon Congratulates Colombian President-Elect Santos Mexico. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 
• Cuban Official: US Policy the Main Incentive for Human Trafficking from Cuba
  Cuban, US Officials Hold Talks on Cuban Migration in Washington Cuba. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 

• On Probation: The Release of Political Prisoners in Cuba Gabriel C. Salvia. CADAL. Argentina. OPINION. 
• The BRIC Bloc Jose Ignacio Torreblanca. European Council on Foreign Relations. Spain. OPINION. 
• Brazil Drops Out
  Brazil Defects from the ‘Axis of Fixers’ Walter Russell Mead. Council on Foreign Relations. United States. ESSAY. 
• Santos Victory in Colombia:
  A Vote for Stability, Security and Hope Ray Walser. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• Freedom and Exchange in Communist Cuba Yoani Sanchez. CATO Institute. United States. POLICY BRIEF. 
• ANALYSIS. US-Mexico Cooperation-What Will the Future Bring? Council on Hemispheric Affairs. US. 
• Obama Cannot Ignore Chavez Terror Links Ray Walser. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• Tourism Development and Regional Integration in Central America Lucy Ferguson. Real Instituto Elcano. Spain. ESSAY. 
• Brazil’s Take on Iran and NPT Antonio Ramalho. Council on Foreign Relations. United States. INTERVIEW. 
• Too Big a World? Lula, Brazil and the Middle East Gunther Maihold. Real Instituto Elcano. Spain. ESSAY. 
• Smaller Developing Countries and the G20:
  Ensuring Their Voices Are Heard Rohinton Medhora. Centre for International Governance Innovation. Canada. OPINION. 
• Are Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales Enemies of the United States? Francis Ward. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Brazil’s Lula Runs Interference for Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Ray Walser. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• Oil Spill’s Ripple Effect Michael A. Levee. The Council on Foreign Relations. United States. INTERVIEW. 
• Little Prospects for Truth and Almost None for Reconciliation in Honduras Matthew Lackey. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. OPINION. 
• Approaches to Fostering Productivity Growth in Brazil, China and India Agarwal, Li, and Whalley. The Centre for International Governance Innovation. Canada. REPORT. 
• Colombia – Drugs, Rebels, Politics: Less Violent, More Viable Paulo Wrobel. Chatham House. United Kingdom. OPINION. 
• The War on Drugs: A Pan-Regional Fight Robert Valencia. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Chavez Needed a Bailout – So He Made One Up! Jim Roberts. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• Human Rights Development in Venezuela
  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Annual Report 2009 Organization of American States. REPORT. 
• Justice for Haiti: Beyond Aid and Debt Forgiveneness Ethan Katz and Danial Boscov-Ellen. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Piñera’s Leadership Aims to Drive Chile’s Recovery Morgan Roach. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• Sparks of War?
  Military Cooperation Between Colombia and the US from a Strategic Perspective Vincente Torrijos R. Real Instituto Elcano. Spain. ESSAY. 
• The Interdependence Behind Bilateral Political Tensions
  Economic Realities Affecting Venezuela-US Relations Felix Blossier. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Cuba: Change Is Not One Sided Michael Orion Powell. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• The Problem with Alliances: Britain and the Falklands Doug Bandow. CATO Institute. United States. OPINION. 
• Chavez to Putin: ‘I Want to Be Your Friend’ Ray Walser. The Heritage Foundation. United States. OPINION. 
• Cuba in the 2010s: Creative Reform or Geriatric Paralysis? Archibald R. M. Ritter. Canadian Foundation for the Americas. Canada. OPINION. 
• Latin American and Caribbean States Create New Regional Bloc Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia. Canadian Foundation for the Americas. Canada. OPINION. 
• Security Sector Reform Monitor: Haiti The Centre for International Governance Innovation. Canada. ESSAY. 
• Tackling Haiti’s Institutional Deficit Kevin Casas-Zamora and Jose Tessada. The Brookings Institution. United States. OPINION. 
• The Next Level in the Colombian Conflict Juan Camilo Clavijo Martin. Canadian Foundation for the Americas. Canada. OPINION. 
• Haiti’s Yawning Leadership Vacuum
  René Préval Runs His Crisis of Confidence Quietly, If At All Ritika Singh. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. 
• Cuba-US Rhetoric Timeline: Hope for a Basic Shift in Policy Disintegrates into Continued Polarization Katya Rodriguez. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. 
• Winners and Losers of Venezuela’s Coercive Policy for Presidential Addresses Matthew Lackey and Denise Stanley. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Cuba-Russia Relations Now and Then Evgenij Haperskij. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ANALYSIS. 
• Climate Migration in Latin America
  A Future ‘Flood of Refugees’ to the North? Alexandra Deprez. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Hugo Chávez: This Year’s Challenges and Opportunities Patricia Kehoe. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• Americas Program Biodiversity Report—February 2010 Center for International Policy. United States. REPORT. 
• Brazil as a Key Player Center for International Policy. United States. OPINION. 
• Estimating the Direct Economic Damage of the Earthquake in Haiti Eduardo Cavallo, Andrew Powell, and Oscar Becerra. Inter-American Development Bank. US. 
• Military Dictatorship in Haiti: A Chronology Matayo Moshi. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. BRIEF. 
• No ‘Common Policy,’ as Europe Grapples over its Future Ties with Cuba
  Spain Takes the Lead in trying to adapt the EU to Cuba’s Rapidly Transforming Role Evgenij Haperskij. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. ESSAY. 
• The Military Balance 2010 The International Institute for Strategic Studies. England. REPORT. 
• Inflation and Corruption on the Horizon in Venezuela
  Endangered Chávez Gambles to Retain Popularity Matthew Lackey. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. ESSAY. 
• ¿Cambio? The Obama Administration in Latin America: A Disappointing Perspective Guy Hursthouse and Tomás Ayuso. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. ESSAY. 
• Peacekeeping and Military Operations by Latin American Militaries
  Between being a Good Samaritan and Servicing the National Interest Council on Hemispheric Affairs. United States. OPINION. 
• Abusing Patients: Health Providers’ Complicity in Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
  2010 World Report Human Rights Watch. US. REPORT. 
• Bleak Prospects for Haitian Recovery: To Avoid Repeating Past Mistakes, US Role Must be More Than Rhetorical Christina Esquivel. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. US. OPINION. 
• Three Keys to Success for Haiti Relief Elizabeth Ferris. Brookings Institution. POLICY BRIEF. 
• Haiti Deserves a Total and Unconditional Debt Cancellation Eric Toussaint and Sophie Perchellet. Latin America in Movement. OPINION. 
• Chile’s Winds of Change: The Real Thing or the Most Discreet of Nudges Evan Ouelette. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. 
• State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples United Nations. REPORT. 
• CO2: The New Indulgencies Trade Umberto Mazzei. Latin America in Movement. Peru. OPINION. 
• OPINION. 2009 Proves Mixed Year for Region
  Some Historic Gains for the Left Also Met with Conservatives' Advances Andrés Gaudin. Comunicaciones Aliadas. Peru. 
• Our Hapless Man in Havana CADAL. Argentina. OPINION. 
• The Dirty Little Secret
  Nuclear Security Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean Alex Sanchez. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. 
• Landmark Human Rights Case in Argentina Puts Torture on Trial Marie Trigona. Center for International Policy. US. ESSAY. 
• OPINION. Latin America Lost a Major Battle in Copenhagen Magali Zevallos Ríos. LatinAmericaPress. Peru. 
• Transforming the Americas: The Chilean Experience Luke Seidl. Atlas Economic Research Foundation. United States. BACKGROUNDER. 
• How Much Energy Will It Take to Make Portugese Go Global? Thomaz Alvares de Azevedo e Almeida. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. US. ESSAY. 
• Hard Times for Populists Carlos Sabino. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. REPORT. 
• Here We Go Again: Nicaragua-Honduras-Re-Election Christopher Sabatini. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. OPINION. 
• Latin America, the European Union and Cuba: Approaches Towards Totalitarianism Pablo Brum and Mariana Dambolena. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. ESSAY. 
• Crisis of Democracy in Honduras Libertad y Desarrollo. Chile. ESSAY. 
• The Honduran Coup Is Still a Coup: But Where Was Everybody Before? Christopher Sabatini. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. OPINION. 
• Indigenous Populations and Convention 169: Where Should Changes Be Aimed At? Libertad y Desarrollo. Chile. ESSAY. 
• On Diplomatic Commitment to Human Rights Pablo Brum and Mariana Dambolena. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. ESSAY. 
• Cuba: 21st Century Slavery Hilda Molina. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. ESSAY. 
• Cristina Kirchner Left in Cuba What Little Credibility She Had for An Honest Defense of Human Rights Gabriel Salvía. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. OPINION. 
• Socialism and Nation Fernando Iglesias. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. ESSAY. 
• The Mystery of Capital Among the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Instituto Libertad y Democracia. Peru. VIDEO DOCUMENTARY. 
• Democracy, Market and Transparency 2008 Gabriel Salvia and Hernán Alberro. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. REPORT. 
• Local Level Journalism and Democracy Indicators in Latin America Fernando Javier Ruiz. Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. REPORT. 
• Latin America and European 'Soft Power' Geopolitics Centro Para La Apertura y El Desarrollo de América Latina. Argentina. ESSAY. 
• Hernando de Soto on the Future of Democracy and Markets in Latin America Instituto Libertad y Democracia. Peru. VIDEO INTERVIEW. 
• Ruined Lives: Segregation from Society in Argentina's Psychiatric Asylums Center for Legal and Social Studies. Argentina. REPORT. 
• The Process of Seeking Truth and Justice Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales. Argentina. REPORT. 
• Is Economic Freedom for Everyone? Hernando de Soto at Heritage Foundation. Instituto Libertad y Democracia. Peru. LECTURE.