Nov 20, 2009
Americas
- NewsletterNov 17, 2009
Until Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, it was taken for granted that no African-American could become president of the United States. Any great talent in that population group, about 13.5 percent of Americans, was discarded for the top position in the country. The situation has changed, and the United States is surely better for it.
- NewsletterNov 6, 2009
A backlog of immigrants seeking refugee status in Canada forced the Canadian government to announce new immigration reform. President Calderón dissolved the state-run electric company Luz y Fuerza, sparking political controversy in Mexico.
- Critical QuestionsOct 30, 2009
Q1: Is the political impasse in Honduras resolved?
- NewsletterOct 6, 2009
A water shortage in the capital of Mexico has prompted the government to take new measures to
prevent agricultural and health crises. Also in Mexico, federal agents targeted state and muncipal
police forces in Hidalgo on charges of colluding with drug traffickers. The Clinton Global Initiative has 
ReportSep 29, 2009Colombia in the mid-1990s was in deep trouble. The insurgent group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) appeared capable of defeating the Colombian military in pitched battles and, combined with the Army of National Liberation (ELN) and growing paramilitary forces, controlled vast areas of the country.
ReportSep 21, 2009Nearly two decades after the end of the Cold War, Cuba remains a policy dilemma for the United States. The transition from Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl, which began when Raúl assumed the responsibilities of the presidency of the Council of State on July 31, 2006, as a result of Fidel’s illness, is still ongoing after three years.
- NewsletterSep 18, 2009
President Felipe Calderón just delivered his third annual Informe and it calls for a thoroughgoing change in policy direction. President Barack Obama, for this part, is trying to rescue as much of his health-care proposal as he can from a confrontational Congress.
- Critical QuestionsSep 16, 2009
Q1: What is the purpose of Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Washington?
- Critical QuestionsAug 7, 2009
Q1: What is the North American Leaders Summit? What is on the agenda?
- Critical QuestionsAug 6, 2009
Q1: Will energy and climate change be on the agenda for the upcoming North American Leaders Summit?
