In case you missed it:
Raul Castro was named first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party on Tuesday, with his aging brother Fidel not included in the leadership for the first time since the party’s creation 46 years ago….
The Congress also approved 300 economic proposals, though details have still not emerged. Apparently included in the measures was a […]
Archive for the 'LatinAmerica' Category
May4th2011
Nov16th2010
Why Isn’t Mexico Rich Yet?
Published by in Economics, FreeTrade, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 0 CommentsAn economics professor at UCSD explains:
Over the last three decades, Mexico has aggressively reformed its economy, opening to foreign trade and investment, achieving fiscal discipline, and privatizing state-owned enterprises. Despite these efforts, the country’s economic growth has been lackluster, trailing that of many other developing nations. In this paper, I […]
Jun23rd2010
The Context Behind The Arizona Law
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and LatinAmerica. 0 CommentsAs explained by Rodolfo de la Garza, professor of political science at Columbia University:
In recent years, Texas has been all but closed off, and so is California. It’s created a funnel, so you’ve got an increased flow of illegal immigrants into Arizona. Phoenix, and Tucson to a lesser degree, have become the unwanted recipients of […]
Jun21st2010
“In testimony before Congressmen Eliot Engel and Connie Mack at the House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, Enriquez sounded the alarm. Citing the return of the old dictator’s behavior of the 1980s, Enriquez described how Ortega is manipulating the courts, the constitution, and the National Assembly to maintain his control of the country and a growing share […]
Mar23rd2009
Latin America Fact Of The Day
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 0 CommentsGiven by Harvard’s economic historian Jeffrey Williamson:
Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence — they believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy to create a more egalitarian society. This paper argues that […]
Oct22nd2008
Fighting Corrupt Teachers Unions In Mexico
Published by in Economics, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues), LatinAmerica and Unions. 5 CommentsMexican President Felipe Calderon is doing his part in fighting teachers unions corruption:
Tens of thousands of teachers are blocking highways and seizing government buildings across Mexico to protest a federal education reform ending their longtime practice of selling their jobs or giving them to their children.
In central Morelos state, where opposition is centered, about 20,000 […]
Aug6th2008
Remember Hugo Chavez?
Published by in Communism, Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 9 CommentsWondering what he has been up to? The New York Times keeps us informed:
President Hugo Chávez is using his decree powers to enact a set of socialist-inspired measures that seem based on a package of constitutional changes that voters rejected last year. His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and […]
Apr29th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Economics, FreeTrade, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 2 Comments“Free trade with Colombia can’t have anything to do with loss of US jobs: Colombia’s exports already enter the US duty-free. Rather, the Free Trade Agreement would reduce remaining Colombian barriers to imports from the US….It is hard to escape the conclusion that the only reason Congressmen are opposing the Colombian […]
Feb29th2008
Democrats Will Improve Our Image Abroad?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, FreeTrade, Hispanics (Minority Issues), LatinAmerica and ModernPolitics. 8 CommentsIt looks like they are making the problem worse:
Candidates rebuked for attacks on Nafta
Mexico and Canada on Wednesday voiced concern about calls by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, as the Democratic presidential hopefuls compete to adopt the most sceptical stance towards free trade ahead of next […]
Jan30th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Economics, FreeTrade, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 1 Comment“Gustavo Vega, director of the Center for International Studies at the prestigious Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, said that while NAFTA has helped create more jobs for Mexicans, it has not helped create enough of them. Still, had it not been for passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993, Mexico would […]
Nov20th2007
The video is viewable here. Via my friend Peter.
A must see for anybody interested in Latin America.
Nov16th2007
“In fact, for the malcontents of Hollywood, academia, and the catwalks, Chávez is an ideal ally. Just as the sympathetic foreigners whom Lenin called “useful idiots” once supported Russia abroad, their modern equivalents provide the Venezuelan president with legitimacy, attention, and good photographs. He, in turn, helps them overcome the frustration John Reed once felt—the […]
Sep13th2007
Immigrants Attraction To The United States
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and LatinAmerica. 1 CommentHistorian Victor Davis Hanson makes an interesting comment:
One final thought here. Why would deported illegal alien and activist Elvira Arellano, who according to the LA Times, “symbolized inhumane treatment of migrants to some,” wish to return to the US?
News reports suggested she does in petitioning the Mexican government for a diplomatic visa. Surely she might […]
Aug7th2007
The To Be Venezuelan Dictator?
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 2 CommentsThe BBC reports:
Chavez seeks end to term limits
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has confirmed that he will try to change the law to allow him to remain in power indefinitely.
Under the current constitution, Mr Chavez will have to leave office at the end of his term in 2012.
But he says he wants […]
Jan30th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Books, Communism, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 8 Comments“Since the collapse of the Soviet empire, many defenders of socialism have argued that dictators, including Mao, Stalin, and Pol Pot, were aberrations; they took Marx’s ideas in the wrong direction. They claim that nationalization of the means of production (call it communism, socialism, or Marxism) and democracy can be compatible. In The Road to […]
Jan10th2007
Time To Pray For The Citizens Of Venezuela
Published by in Communism, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), LatinAmerica and Personal. 13 CommentsI don’t pray very often but there are times when events are so catastrophic, so desparate, and so predictable that prayer is in order and Venezuela has reached that point. While Hugo Chavez is big on socialist rhetoric, he has always been very short on actual implementation.
James Surowiecki, the financial columnist for the New Yorker, […]
