Category Archives: Regions

Raw Footage from Caracas, 3.7.2013

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

See footage from this morning in Caracas as Hugo Chávez’s coffin is driven through the city

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged Caracas, Chavez's death, Hugo Chavez | Leave a comment

Three (not so simple) Steps for Curing the Venezuelan Economy

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

Posted in Andean Region, Uncategorized | Tagged Chavez, currency, Economics, oil, Venezuela | 4 Comments

Chávez Obituaries From Around the Globe

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Newspapers around the world were ready.

Posted in Andean Region, Daily Mancha, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

VENEZUELA AFTER CHÁVEZ

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Samuel George

Three reasons Chavistas will keep power in the short term, three reasons they will lose it by 2020 ARTICLE HERE

Posted in Andean Region | Tagged Caracas, Chaves, Maduro, PSUV, Venezuela | 2 Comments

Colombia: An Imperfect Peace – The Sooner the Better

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

An Editorial from Felipe Buitrago

Posted in Andean Region, Uncategorized | Tagged Caguan, Colombia, FARC, Peace Talks, Uribe | 4 Comments

Cuba in Transition, United States Stuck in Yesterday

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Samuel George

The United States’ embargo against Cuba is like the war on drugs – everyone in Washington realizes the policy is shortsighted and ineffective, yet nobody steps forward to change it.

Posted in Caribbean | Tagged Castro, Cuba, Cuba embargo, Diaz-Carnel, Helms-Burton, Raul | 1 Comment

Colombia Battles for Peace – Maybe this is the Problem

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

An Editorial from Natalia Lozano, a Colombian International Relations Specialist Colombia cannot end the violent conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC) unless the peace process gains popular support. But to do so, Colombians must expel the … Continue reading →

Posted in Andean Region, Uncategorized | Tagged Colombia, FARC, Peace, Santos, Uribe, War | 8 Comments

Who is Sicker- Chávez or the Chávez Economy?

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returned to Caracas on February 18th after two months of medical treatment in Cuba. If he took any Venezuelan Bolivares there with him they are now worth only two-thirds of their value when he left.