Brazil to Build Wall on Paraguayan Border
Brazil will build a two million dollar wall on its border with Paraguay. Reports say that the government of Brazil contracted the construction of the 3 kilometer wall to begin at the end of March […]
Month: March 2007
Bush Dodges Chavez Questions, Despite Repeated Prodding
Montevideo, Uruguay (venezuelanalysis.com)– President Bush may have gotten good at evading questions, but on this week’s five-country Latin American tour, it’s becoming more difficult and much more blatant. President George W. Bush once again dodged […]
Estados Unidos y Brasil: La nueva alianza etanol
Fuente: http://www.ircamericas.org/esp/4047 Desde que el proyecto del ALCA fracasó en la Cumbre de Mar del Plata, en noviembre de 2005, el viaje de George W. Bush a Brasil y Uruguay, como parte de una gira […]
President Bush Takes His Unpopularity to Latin America
Source: The Democracy Center Cochabamba, Bolivia: A January poll of 603 prominent Latin Americans (leading politicians, government officials, academics and journalists) found that 86 percent gave the Bush administration a fair or poor grade for […]
Women gain political ground in Latin America, World
More women than ever hold seats in parliaments around the world, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union [IPU]. Women now constitute nearly 17 % of parliamentarians now, up from 11.3 % 12 years ago. The IPU’s analysis is based on […]
One Year of CAFTA in El Salvador
March 1 marked the first anniversary of the implementation of the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) in El Salvador. While Presidents Bush and Saca met in Washington DC and made statements about how beneficial […]