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merkel_right
(07/26/09) -

Germany: Grand Coalition No More

Chancellor Merkel is emboldened to embark in a new type of government coalition.
Gabriela Perdomo – If the dozens of polls conducted this year in the run-up to Germany’s federal election are right, the conservative Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU) will have once more the chance to form the government.

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(07/15/09) -

Ungovernable Japan Heads to Election

Opposition DPJ, calling for “change”, has a good chance of winning.
Mario Canseco – When Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi prepared for his retirement from public life in 2006, support for his cabinet remained above the 50 per cent mark. He had just overseen the privatization of Japan Post—the cornerstone of his domestic policy portfolio—and had faced the harshest criticism not for his management capabilities, but for his decision to visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. Koizumi left office as Japan’s third-longest serving post-war leader, and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is still struggling to rule without him almost three years later.

barichara
(06/26/09) -

Mr. Uribe Goes to Washington, Again

The Colombian president will once again try to convince Democrats in the White House and Congress of the benefits of signing a free trade agreement with his country.
Gabriela Perdomo – Álvaro Uribe arrives in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jun. 29. He will hold a private meeting with his counterpart Barack Obama in which two major topics will certainly be discussed: one is the continuation of Plan Colombia, a generous yearly aid package that the United States has granted Colombia for the past 10 years. The other one is a stalled bilateral free trade deal.

cristina_peace
(05/08/09) -

Argentina’s Disappointing Government

The Kirchners have failed to convince their fellow countrymen that their governing duo is the right choice moving forward.
Gabriela Perdomo – Argentina will hold mid-term elections on Jun. 28. The ballot will undoubtedly be a referendum on the government of current president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her predecessor and husband, Néstor Kirchner.

rob_haiti
(03/27/09) -

Haiti’s senatorial campaign off to a rocky start

Early stages of process show need for inclusiveness.
Rob Annandale – Haiti’s senatorial election campaign officially kicked off last week, but it remains unclear just what the impacts of a long and worrying opening act will be.

madrid_via
(03/20/09) -

Spain is Sending Them Back Home

The government tries to tackle unemployment by repatriating immigrants.
Gabriela Perdomo – It has been a challenge for Spaniards to adjust to the huge number of immigrants invited by the government to relocate over the past 10 years. As it is, Spain is today one of the world’s top destinations for immigrants from three main areas: Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. Today, roughly 10 per cent of Spain’s population is foreign-born.

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(03/14/09) -

El Salvador’s Quest for Centrist Politics

It is time to put an end to the far-left, far-right divide.
Gabriela Perdomo – It was an ugly one. El Salvador’s civil war, waged between 1980 and 1992, left a death toll of well over 70,000 and thousands more disappeared. It was only 17 years ago that the United Nations (UN) helped broker a peace deal that would see the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) renouncing violence and becoming a legal political party.

obama_blurry
(02/03/09) -

Obama’s Honeymoon

The American president is very popular abroad, for now.
Mario Canseco – Barely two weeks have passed since Barack Obama took the oath of office—twice—and the positive feelings towards the administration of the first African American president in the history of the United States are palpable. The first poll of his tenure sees Obama garnering twice the support of George W. Bush in his last days in office, an expected development considering the significance of his victory.

ruins
(01/28/09) -

How the World Saw the Gaza Conflict

This time around, Hamas and Israel both lost the public relations war.
Gabriela Perdomo – No one would argue that the most recent outburst of violence in Gaza between Israel and the militia-and-political-party Hamas was in any way an advance towards a brighter future in this troubled region. But if by a twisted logic one were to find a positive spin to those horrifying three weeks, it is that people and nations around the world are sickened by the crudity of this conflict, and therefore the international community is more certain than ever to endorse dialogue as the only way out of this mayhem.

brazil_article_jan
(01/14/09) -

Lula’s Shoes Will be Hard to Fill

With one more year to go, Brazils president has already made his mark on Latin Americas political history.
Gabriela Perdomo – Few Latin American presidents manage to end their terms on a high note—let alone on a higher note than they began with. But Brazil’s Luis Inacio Lula da Silva will likely manage to do just that when his successor is picked next year. At home, Lula will leave behind big shoes to fill. Abroad, he will bestow an important legacy for governance in Latin America.

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