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Archives: Latin America
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What’s Cuba *Really* Like?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…![Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/climate-change-5-lessons-the-us-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America
By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | - - Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with less. During the week of March 12,…![Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-threatens-to-send-us-army-187x137.jpg)
Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’
TeleSur | - - It was not clear from the excerpt who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres" — drug cartels, immigrants, or both. President Donald Trump threatened his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/walln-1-187x137.jpg)
Mexico ‘Astonished’ at Israel’s Netanyahu’s Tweet backing Wall
TeleSur | - - Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: "President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border... Great success. Great idea." Mexico's government on Saturday rebuked Israel for…![Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/why-the-great-wall-of-trump-will-187x137.jpg)
Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure
David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid…![When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/when-reagan-backed-s-africa-raci-187x137.jpg)
When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela
TeleSur | - - The world remembers Nelson Mandela as the freedom fighter and president who liberated South Africa from apartheid. But many look back with a selected memory of how the…![Fidel Castro’s Top Moments in the Middle East](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/fidel-castros-top-moments-in-the-187x137.jpg)
Fidel Castro’s Top Moments in the Middle East
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Fidel Castro is dead at 90. He presided over the only pro-USSR Communist state in the Western Hemisphere, and was therefore a thorn…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/image-3-750x563-187x137.jpg)
Obama in Historic Tour of Old Havana
TeleSur | - - Obama will spend two and half days in Cuba, where he will meet with U.S.-backed activists and attend a baseball game. U.S. President Barack Obama, together with First…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/palestine_brazil.jpg_1718483346-187x137.jpg)
Brazil opens Palestine Embassy after rejecting Israeli Squatter Envoy
TeleSur | - - The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel's ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its first embassy in the Western Hemisphere in…![Mexican Tour Organizers, Buddhist Healers, Baffled by Egyptian Army Attack](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/mexican-tour-organizers-buddhist-187x137.jpg)
Mexican Tour Organizers, Buddhist Healers, Baffled by Egyptian Army Attack
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Gabriela Bejarano Rangel, the sister and daughter of the Mexican organizers of the tour to Egypt that met with tragedy Sunday, has been…![As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/as-glaciers-melt-in-ecuador-pope-187x137.jpg)
As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message in poor countries where over-exploitation of natural…![Venezuela to Boost Palestine to Full Embassy Status](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/venezuela-to-boost-palestine-to-187x137.jpg)
Venezuela to Boost Palestine to Full Embassy Status
By Ben Tavener - IMEMC/PNN - Venezuela will boost its diplomatic representation in Palestine to full embassy status, according to the Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs. "Following instructions from President Nicolás Maduro,…![US history of coup-making Overshadows Obama’s outreach to Iran, Latin American Left](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/us-history-of-coup-making-oversh-187x137.jpg)
US history of coup-making Overshadows Obama’s outreach to Iran, Latin American Left
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - President Obama met with Cuban President Raoul Castro for an hour on Saturday, and the two made progress on plans to restore diplomatic relations. Before…![US “War on Drugs” ruined Mexico even worse than it did Afghanistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/03/us-war-on-drugs-ruined-mexico-ev-187x137.jpg)
US “War on Drugs” ruined Mexico even worse than it did Afghanistan
By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) - They behead people by the hundreds. They heap headless, handless bodies along roadsides as warnings to those who would resist their power. They have penetrated the…![How the Iraq Wars began with the Invasion of Panama](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/how-the-iraq-wars-began-with-the.jpg)
How the Iraq Wars began with the Invasion of Panama
By Greg Grandin | (Tomdispatch.com) -- As we end another year of endless war in Washington, it might be the perfect time to reflect on the War That Started All Wars --…![Cuba: Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/cuba-top-5-other-dictatorships-w-187x137.jpg)
Cuba: Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations
By Juan Cole | -- The US sanctions on Cuba were justified by their supporters with reference to the Communist government's human rights record. That record, bad as it is, however, cannot…![Pope Francis Backs Obama’s Cuba Opening](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/pope-francis-backs-obamas-cuba-o-187x137.jpg)
Pope Francis Backs Obama’s Cuba Opening
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Dec 18 2014 (IPS) - In perhaps his boldest foreign-policy move during his presidency, Barack Obama Wednesday announced that he intends to establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba.…![Top 5 Things wrong with US AID Social Media Plot Against Cuba](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/top-5-things-wrong-with-us-aid-s-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Things wrong with US AID Social Media Plot Against Cuba
(By Juan Cole) The US Agency for International Development established a microblogging platfrom similar to Twitter for Cubans. It used it to promote critical discussion of the government but also to gather…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701032252im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/empiregrandin-180x137.jpg)