Hope for Guatemala?

The challenges for new president Álvaro Colom

By Javier Bernabé, 16th November 2007

Álvaro Colom is the new president of Guatemala after elections that were clean but marked by absenteeism and an elevated number of intentionally null votes. The principal objectives of the new legislature are to overcome the criminality rate, lack of security, poverty and low levels of production. Right now the key lies in governability.

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Venezuela does not want another Putin

The supporters of the “No” to the constitutional reform achieve a minimal victory

By Iraxis Bello, 13th November 2007

The hard-fought result of the referendum for the constitutional reform that President Hugo Chávez attempted to push through, evidence for the fact that Venezuela continues to be polarized into two sides without accepting any middle ground, with the social and political consequences that this entails. The triumph of the No is the Venezuelan society’s rejection of another Putin, and apart from that provides the leaderless political opposition, which now has no excuse to not get organized with an opportunity.

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How to Overcome the Mercosur Crisis

The ideological affinities that are not enough for integration

By Luciano Anzelini, 8th November 2007

The rejection of certain models that are not conducive to integration, overcoming the idea that ideological affinities like We can do it, decreasing the democratic deficit and carefully assimilating the potential of Venezuela: the story of the work that should be done to resolve the Mercosur crisis in order to escape stagnation.

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Rafael Correa and the “mother of all battles”

The historical challenge of correctly managing the victory after the Constituent Assembly

By Juan Pablo Morales Viteri, 8th November 2007

Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, indisputable winner in the elections for the formation of the Constituent Assembly, has initiated his particular reform of all of the pillars of the government. Far from the initial dialog, the imposition defines the leader’s ways, and so we will have to see if Correa is a statesman or another caudillo, says the author.

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How to Strengthen the Integration between Brazil and Argentina

Improving the strategic positioning for South America

By Javier del Rey Morató, 18th October 2007

The Argentinians and Brazilians must overcome their old historic mistrusts, because there is no possible fate for an isolated Argentina, or for an isolated Brazil. The solution is to strengthen integration, which demands giving up individual ownership and sharing certain positions. There is no alternative, because the risk of inaction is to be converted into simple segments indifferent of the international market.

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More Corporate Responsibility

A breach of trust between consumers and global corporations

By Bernardo Kliksberg, 16th October 2007

According to a recent report by the McKinsey Company published in The McKinsey Quarterly, there is a breach of trust between consumers and global corporations, which creates a lack of understanding between business leaders and consumers. The solution: more social responsibility. Where all will win: business, governments, and the civil society.

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Where is the Venezuela of Chavez Headed?

Doubts and certainties about the Bolivarian Republic

By Ricardo Angoso (for Safe Democracy)

Chavism has achieved certain successes (for some undeniable, for others disputable), but has failed in other aspects, and runs the risk of leaning toward a semi-authoritarianism wrapped in a plebiscitary democracy, according to the author.

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Latin America, Was Independence Really Worth It?

200 years of partial and deficient emancipation

By Javier del Rey Morató (for Safe Democracy)

Beginning next year, there will be bicentennial celebrations for the independence of the Hispanic-American republics. But, certain realities suggest instead a stubborn and steadfast dependence.

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Mexico Searches for a Global Strategy Against Drug-Trafficking

The undeclared war throughout the entire country

By Zidane Zeraoui, 13th August 2007

 Zidane Zeraoui believes that for the fight against drug-trafficking and organized crime to succeed in Mexico, Felipe Calderon’s government must take drastic measures: reforming and cleansing the police, and acting firmly with respect for the law.

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