Region Related Event Feeds

Hemisphere Insider: Volume II, Issue 1 - January 2012

Mgraybeal — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

IN BRIEF: Cuba, Honduras, Southern Cone, Foreign Relations

UPDATES: Chile's Former President Ricardo Lagos Discusses New Book; Upcoming Events; Elections 2012

PacNet #2 - The Time Has Come for Economic Reform in Myanmar

ellise — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

On the eve of a critically important IMF Article IV Consultation Mission to Myanmar, the basic question is: where's the beef on economic reform? After over a year of post-election policy debate, meaningful economic reform initiatives have been meager.

Critical Questions for 2012

ian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

From international security and regional study to global challenges, CSIS experts will address many of the world's most difficult policy concerns and critical questions in 2012. To kick off the new year, we asked 25 of our scholars to identity what worries them most and what are the biggest opportunities in their respective areas of study.

Colombia: Post-Conflict Politics

Mgraybeal — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

UP CLOSE: Colombia's Post-Conflict Politics, Economic Reform in Cuba

IN BRIEF: Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Oil, and Inauguration Updates

The Dominican Response to the Haiti Earthquake

jdunton — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

In the immediate aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Dominican Republic launched a massive cross-border emergency assistance mission, providing critical medical assistance, logistics support, and humanitarian aid.

Managing Brazil's Boom

Mgraybeal — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

UP CLOSE: Brazil's Global Reach, Argentina's Election

PROGRAM HIGLIGHTS: Central American Security Integration: The Greater Regional Response

IN BRIEF: Mexico, Haiti, Peru, and Trade Updates

Hemisphere Focus: Rebooting Haiti—A Burden to Be Shared

mentman — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Judging from his recent whirlwind Washington tour, Haiti’s president-elect Michel Martelly has hit the ground running. Although official election results had yet to be announced on April 20, Martelly was already in meetings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank officials.

Haiti’s Orderly Runoff Election—Progress You Can Believe In?

mentman — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

On Sunday, March 21, Haitians turned out in significant numbers to vote in runoff elections for president, as well as several legislators. Initial exit polls suggest that Michel Martelly, a popular entertainer turned politician, leads Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady and academic. While official results will not be available until March 31, the second round appeared to go smoothly.

Hemisphere Highlights Volume X Issue 1 - February 2011

cwatson — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

HEADLINES

Presidential contests in five countries promise excitement this year, the first taking place in Haiti next month. All mix familiar candidates with fresh faces. Though there are early leaders in each race, the possibility of close contests or upsets should not be discounted.

Haitian Presidential and Legislative Elections: What’s at Stake on November 28?

ian — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: What are Haitians voting for on November 28, 2010?

Hemisphere Highlights Volume IX Issue 7 - October 2010

cwatson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Canadian prime minister vetoes proposal to extend the detention period for asylum seekers in Canada. Haiti prepares to elect a new president and legislators in November. Mexican president announces a plan to protect journalists in Mexico from drug violence.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume IX Issue 6 - June 2010

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

A new bill could change enrollment requirements for Englishlanguage public schools in the Canadian province of Quebec, further recognizing French as the primary language of the region. Mexican electrical workers continue to protest the liquidation of state-owned power company Luz y Fuerza del Centro.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume IX Issue 4 - April 2010

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Energy ministers from across the Americas met with other groups to launch the Energy and Climate Partnerships of the Americas. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with officials from Peru, Colombia, and Barbados to strengthen military and security partnerships.

Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia

ian — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: On March 1, the State Department released the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), whose country report on Colombia estimated a large decline in coca cultivation and cocaine production potential in 2008. How significant is this?

What Next for Haiti’s Reconstruction?

ian — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: What is the current situation on the ground in Haiti?

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume IX, Issue 9 - November 2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 8 - October 2009

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

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

Cuba Outlook

jdunton — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Nearly 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.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 7 - July 2009

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

An overwhelming volume of refugee claims leads Canada to impose visa restrictions on Mexican citizens seeking to enter the country.

Hemisphere Highlights - Volume VIII, Issue 6 - June 2009

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The province of Alberta, Canada announces an extension of incentives to attract investment in the oil and gas sector.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 5 - May 2009

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative comes into effect for travelers entering the United States from Canada. Police raids in Mexico successfully arrest 30 suspected members of the La Familia drug cartel. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is appointed as a special envoy to Haiti by the United Nations.

Hemisphere Highlights, Volume VIII, Issue 4 - April 2009

Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Fifth Summit of the Americas conference takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Canada announces it will create a Canadian International Center for the Arctic Region in Norway to strengthen its voice on Arctic issues in Europe.

Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The United States’ geographic proximity to Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as its extensive trade, migration, and border relationships with countries in the hemisphere, make addressing health issues in the Americas a matter of national interest.

Ratification of the OAS Firearms Treaty

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President Barack Obama announced on April 16 that he intends to seek ratification by the Senate of the 1998 Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Material (known as CIFTA).

Q1: What is CIFTA?

Prospects for the Summit of the Americas

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President Barack Obama will take part in the Summit of the Americas meeting held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 17–19.

Q1: What is the Summit of the Americas? Is it important? Why?

Opportunities for Obama in the Americas

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Obama administration has gotten off to an exceptionally promising start in activating relations with other countries in the Americas.

The Haiti Donor's Conference

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Background: This long-postponed conference has put Haiti back on the agenda of the international community at a critical time in the country’s history.

Food Riots in Haiti Threaten Progress

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In the four years since the UN Stabilization Force (MINUSTAH) entered Haiti, there has been progress in security on the streets. And after security, the political stability of the nation was advanced by a successful election that returned René Préval to a second term as president.

The First Lady Visits Haiti

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

On March 13 and 14 Laura Bush will travel to Haiti and Mexico to visit U.S.-supported projects on healthcare and education. This visit will reinforce administration efforts to help with the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and the assistance that has come from the global AIDS initiative, the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR).

Issues in International Political Economy: The Derivative Nature of U.S. Hemispheric Policy

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have long been unsatisfactory. Many U.S.

Energy Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Is there a model for Western Hemisphere energy cooperation? How would individual countries and the hemisphere as a whole benefit from cooperative understandings for hemispheric oil and natural gas? What are the impediments to creating cooperative agreements, and how can the region overcome them? What would be the consequences of not adopting a plan for energy cooperation in the Americas?

Policy Papers on the Americas

Thu, 27 Jul 1995 00:00:00 -0400

Despite much hand-wringing about the fate of the Caribbean, GDP growth was satisfactory for the majority of countries in the region during the 1980s, certainly as compared with Latin