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How Is Latin America? Could Be Better
Carlos A. Montaner, Miami H'ld
Latin America's 'Wiki-Constitutionalism'
Jose Azel, Miami Herald
Political Gridlock in Haiti
Miami Herald
Latin America Corruption Starts at Top
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Hld
Aid Cutoff a Wake-Up Call for Haiti
Miami Herald
How's Latin America? It depends. In my opinion, its performance is mediocre. It could be a lot better....(full article)
Latin America has the world’s most tortuous constitutional history. According to a study of constitutions around the world by Jose Luis Cordeiro, 19 of the 21 Latin American nati...(full article)
Sixteen months after Haiti was supposed to hold a critical round of elections, the voting procedure remains on hold. The country’s warring political factions can’t agre...(full article)
A new study on corruption in Latin America contains some alarming figures -- an average of about 20 percent of the region's people say they have been asked to pay a bribe by a poli...(full article)
Just in time for the third anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, Canada’s principal foreign aid minister, Julian Fantino, delivered a wake-up call to that...(full article)
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Haiti's Paramilitary Threat - Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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When UN Peacekeepers Cause Disaster - Jonathan Katz, The Daily Beast
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The Oxymoron of Haitian Justice - Washington Post
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Haiti's Politics of Blame - Jacob Kushner, Global Post
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How Haiti Can Be Rich Again - Laurent Dubois & Deborah Jenson, NY Times
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Haiti's Slow Recovery - New York Times
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Haiti 2 Years Later: Half a Million Still in Camps - Trenton Daniel, AP
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UN Must Face Up to Its Haiti Disaster - Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian
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Haiti's Terrible Idea - Washington Post
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Haiti Doesn't Need an Army - Los Angeles Times
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Haiti Does Not Need an Army - Tim Padgett, Global Spin
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Haiti's Old Dictator Must Face Justice - Thompson & Neve, Ottawa Citizen
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How the World Failed Haiti - Janet Reitman, Rolling Stone
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Haiti: The Failed State That Keeps Failing - Tim Padgett, Time
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Haiti's Needless Cholera Deaths - New York Times
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Haiti, Stuck in the Mud - Washington Post
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Politics Stymies Haiti's Recovery - Miami Herald
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UN Linked to Haiti's Continuing Cholera Outbreak - New York Times
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Haiti's Second Revolution - Lesly Michelot, Megacities
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Let Haitians Build Their Own Future - Tate Watkins, RealClearWorld
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Haiti's Pop Star Prez Goes Conservative - Trenton Daniel, Miami Herald
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Hope Amid Obstacles in Haiti - Miami Herald
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Can an Election Heal Haiti? - Los Angeles Times
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Haiti and Japan: A Study in Contrasts - Bill Flax, Forbes
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Obama Meekly Lets Haiti's Despots Back - DeWayne Wickham, USA Today
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Haiti's President Must Allow Free and Fair Vote - NY Daily News
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