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Obama, McCain, and the empty campaign

Josep Sanmartí — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:52 +0000

The global economy is not the only thing going through a crisis; that also occurred in the Nineties. What is happening now is that an entire model is being questioned. Although the campaign has been drained of content, it is Barack Obama who offers more solutions for the approaching change.

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How to make the multipolar world more stable

José María Peredo Pombo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:28:59 +0000

In the emerging multipolar world, strong leadership from the United States and other world powers like the EU, China, Russia, India and Brazil will be essential in order to get closer to resolutions for the conflicts in Iraq and Central Asia, and issues like terrorism, nuclear proliferation, environmental deterioration and poverty, the most persistent conflict.

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The “New Voters” elect Barack Obama

Lilian Bobea — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:30:49 +0000

The impressive machinery for incorporating new voters set in motion by Barack Obama is unprecedented in the history of American party politics. In this way, the Illinois senator and potential president of the United States has achieved, by virtue of his innovative instinct, the reinsertion into the democratic system of a considerably significant contingent of decitizenized Americans, members of the conglomerate of millions of newly registered voters. Main Street elects Obama by a large majority.

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Electoral Engineering and Minorities in the United States
por Josep Sanmartí
Religion matters (a lot) in the American campaign
por José Catalán Deus

Electoral Engineering and Minorities in the United States

Josep Sanmartí — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:50:14 +0000

Frequently, the media highlights the determinate role of minorities in the American elections, and provides data to back up its claim. But the issue is much more complex than it appears at first glance: not all Latino, Asian, Black, and Jewish communities vote en bloc. Far from it.

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Religion matters (a lot) in the American campaign
por José Catalán Deus
The largest minority counts in the United States
por José Luis Martínez

Change in the United States… but what kind of change?

Gustavo Palomares — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:50:58 +0000

The United States (and a large part of the world) has not been able to offer new mentalities, revitalized methods, nor new ways of approaching the most urgent global problems. The author explains that real change, that Yes we can for the international system as well, will only be possible if Barack Obama wins the presidency of our global village in November.

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The Multipolar World of Barack Obama
por José María Peredo Pombo

Religion matters (a lot) in the American campaign

José Catalán Deus — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:30:19 +0000

The two rival parties in the United States are bracing themselves for a tooth and nail electoral campaign. On the Democratic ticket are an African American who became a Christian as an adult and a progressive Catholic who defends a woman’s right to choose, whereas a non-fervent Episcopalian and a staunch Evangelist can be found on the Republican ticket. Read on to find out who is who in the complex American political-religious scene.

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The largest minority counts in the United States

José Luis Martínez — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:50:03 +0000

The annual purchasing power of the Hispanic community in the United States exceeds 830 billion dollars, but only 21 out of the 535 congressmen in both houses of Congress are Latino. The economic crisis, education and the failed immigration reform are among the complaints that Hispanics have for the next president. Their vote counts, and the principal candidates cannot avoid this fact: Latinos could define the elections.

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A breath of fresh air for relations between the U.S. and Latin America?
por José Luis Martínez

The Multipolar World of Barack Obama

José María Peredo Pombo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:45:13 +0000

Barack Obama faces a particularly troubled world and a different America. Iraq, Iran, the Middle East, Cuba. Climate change, poverty, and energy. The economic crisis, the boredom of the middle class, and health reform. Immigration, NAFTA, and the renegotiation of trade agreements. Diplomacy vs. force. International terrorism. The list of problems and challenges goes on and on. Obama must transform his message of hope (We can change) into an action plan, explaining how he will face these challenges in the new multipolar world of the 21st century.

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Barack versus "Billary"
por Eric Napoli

Hillary Clinton for Vice President?

Ricardo Israel Zipper — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:05:46 +0000

Will Hillary Clinton join Barack Obama as his vice presidential candidate? The answer, which should be simple, is in fact very complicated and is perhaps the most delicate decision that Obama will have to make before arriving at the White House–that is, if he does indeed win, which today is still far from clear. Convenience should solve the issue.

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A breath of fresh air for relations between the U.S. and Latin America?

José Luis Martínez — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:09:54 +0000

All indications are that, beginning in November, the scale of diplomatic relations between the United States and Latin America will increase. Although each has a different point of view, the three presidential candidates agree that Washington should pay more attention to Latin-American countries if it wants to influence the region.

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