ANALYSIS
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Is the U.S. opening to Cuba dead in the water?
Obama’s historic normalization with Havana is under threat from Trump’s hardline cabal of Castro-haters
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Can Colombia meet its huge 2017 coca eradication goal?
Colombia has outlined plans to mitigate surging coca cultivations — one of the biggest threats to lasting peace in the…
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New US foreing policy
The incoming foreign-policy team has in mind a revolution in great-power relations
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‘Demagogue populism’ threatens human rights
The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while…
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Can Donald Trump and Raúl Castro make a good deal?
Cuba operates as if it had two parties, President Raúl Castro joked in his main report to the Seventh Congress…
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Will the 2017 Glass Be Half Full in the Americas?
2017 entered world stage under the sad and horrific shadow of the Aleppo genocide. In the Americas, however, 2017 seems…
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What the muck of walden pond tells us about our planet
At Walden Pond, the ecological changes revealed in the sediments of the last century were more extreme than anything in…
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Who’s really placing limits on free speech?
At least three times in the past six months, state legislators have threatened to cut the budget of the University…
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The End of the World? In Brazil, It’s Already Here
A constitutional amendment passed by the Senate last month is being called “the end of the world” amendment by its…
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A Change towards More Authoritarianism in Venezuela
The appointment of Tareck El Aissami as Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela can only be useful to…
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