Can Spain Solve the Cuba Problem?
By all accounts, Spain wants to bring change to the European Union’s Cuba policy. In so doing, it is tackling a foreign policy challenge that often sheds more heat than light.
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Are Ecuador-United States Relations Looking Brighter?
Where do relations stand between Ecuador and the United States today, and how might the arrival of a new ambassador in Washington affect ties between the two countries?
Pentagon Official: Drug Traffickers Threatening Central America
Are drug traffickers seeking refuge in Central America?
A New Normal for US-Brazil Relations
Vice President Biden’s meeting with President Rousseff turned out to be yet another sign of the deterioration of US-Brazil relations.
Earthquake Exposes Haiti’s Silent Crisis
Haiti represents one of the most complex and deeply rooted challenges facing U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere: a failing state on the doorstep of the world’s most powerful nation.
Why the US Should Legalize Marijuana
Uruguay was the first nation to fully legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana. Colorado and Washington, however, beat them to the punch.
Washington’s Mixed Signals
It is not easy to interpret often mixed signals coming from Washington about US foreign policy. But with its wide-ranging agenda, Colombia seems especially complicated.
The US Needs a Drug Policy That Works Much Better
The picture of a drug-legalized America is sensationalist and plays on existing societal fears that drug use will spread like a disease.
The FTA, Not Such a Happy Story
Someday, someone will write the objective history of the US-Colombia free trade agreement For the US, the history is not a happy one.
Twin Failures
Last month’s CELAC meeting was a celebration of the single point of consensus among its members: their opposition to US policies.
Validez de la interpretación de una prueba y su uso
La validez es un juicio evaluativo integrado del grado hasta el cual, tanto la evidencia empírica como las justificaciones teóricas apoyan la adecuación y la pertinencia de las interpretaciones y las acciones basadas en los puntajes de pruebas u otros tipos de medición. Los principios de la validez se aplican…
Will Southcom Play an Important Role in Fighting Crime?
The inability of the Central American region to deal with organized crime has serious implications for US security.
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US-Brazil Relations after the Cancellation
Dilma Rousseff indefinitely postponed her October state visit to the US; however, US-Brazil relations will not likely be profoundly affected by the diplomatic row.
A Conversation with Maria Angela Holguín
It’s hard to find a country in the region that is more pro-America than Colombia and that is not going to change.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act
One of the major accomplishments of the 111th Congress, the Dodd-Frank reform was designed to protect consumers by placing new regulations on financial firms.