Open Democracy
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 00:00
The Cuban government has had to deal, since 2008, with the fact that expectations of Obama were as unrealistic among Cubans as they may have been among Obama supporters.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 00:00
Mrs Kirchner's ideological ambition and uncertain grasp of reality are taking her political experiment in worrying directions
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 00:00
This dispute is played out in the region with a more aggressive Brazil shaping Latin relations and internationally, between a newly assertive China and a waning United States.
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 00:00
The negative connotation of being embedded – that it implies complicity with one of the actors involved in the conflict – should be scrutinized according to the journalist's work in each case.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
A "pink wave" across three Latin American states has lifted to power radical presidents committed to a pro-indigenous but also developmentalist agenda.
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 00:00
No matter what the issue in Colombia today, there is a glass-half-full and a glass-half-empty view.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:00
A shadowy election and blocked political process reinforce the sense of drift. Yet a coherent international effort can still make a real difference.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
If Juan Manuel Santos surprises everyone - including his supporters - by continuing to do the right thing, Washington must be prepared to support him.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 00:00
Six months after the catastrophe in Haiti's capital, the realities of insecurity, displacement and poverty co-exist with opportunities and agents of reconstruction.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 00:00
By utilizing a non-binding, anonymous straw poll, elected officials can express their true leanings without feeling the political backlash from myriad sources.