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Hugo Chávez’s Third Devaluation (ARI) ARI 24/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 8/3/2010 Ronald Balza Guanipa The devaluation is the consequence of accelerated internal public spending funded through oil revenues. Although spending won Hugo Chávez votes, a significant number of voters may now be feeling the negative effects of devaluation.
The Defeat of the Concertación Coalition and the Alternation of Power in Chile (ARI) ARI23/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 5/3/2010 Carlos Huneeus The second round of the Chilean elections on 17 January 2010 handed victory to the opposition, putting an end to a run of four governments led by the centre-left Concertación por la Democracia coalition, in power since the end of the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-90). This is hugely significant because it signals the return of the right wing to the La Moneda presidential palace after no less than 52 years.
The US in Brazil’s Foreign Policy (ARI) ARI 31/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 3/3/2010 Carlos Malamud and Carola García-Calvo Brazil has opted for its own foreign policy in Latin America and clashed at times with the new US Administration. What is the state of relations between Brazil and the US? Can Brazil become the leader of South America and take a place on the world stage?
Honduras: Elections as a Way out of Political Deadlock (ARI) ARI 11/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/2/2010 Óscar Álvarez Araya The general election in Honduras on 29 November 2009 was a free and transparent process, whose implications for the Americas as a whole are also analysed in this ARI.
The Costa Rican Elections: The Fight for Continuity (ARI) ARI 3/2010 (Translated from Spanish) - 15/2/2010 Constantino Urcuyo President Oscar Arias’ party is seeking to stay in power, despite being weakened by the intensive and combative approach of its rivals.
General Elections in Bolivia, December 2009 (ARI) ARI 154/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 18/12/2009 Andrés Santana Leitner The Bolivian general elections were held in December 2009 in very special circumstances and conditions: they were the first elections under Bolivia’s New Political Constitution, the first (since the reinstatement of democracy) in which a President was eligible for reelection, the first in which biometric voter registration was implemented and the first in which it was possible to vote from outside the country.
The transatlantic cocaine business: Europe’s options as it confronts new drug trafficking routes (WP) WP 45/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 14/12/2009 Daniel Brombacher and Günther Maihold The goal of this study is to review European foreign policy tools involved in controlling supply, leaving aside domestic policy measures designed to cut demand, the efficiency of which is widely recognised in most countries of the EU.
The Amazonian Conflict: Biodiversity, Native Communities and Sustainable Development (ARI) ARI 151/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/11/2009 Luis E. González Manrique The resignation of the Peruvian Prime Minister, Yehude Simon, and the congressional repeal of two of the main legislative decrees that opened extensive Amazonian zones to commercial exploitation have provided a merely temporary relief to the reigning tension. The situation is similar, to varying degrees, in the other South-American countries that share the Amazon basin.
The ‘New’ Panama Canal: Present and Future (ARI) ARI 121/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 17/11/2009 María Gemma Prieto A Spanish company at the head of an international consortium has won the major part of the contract for the expansion of the Panama Canal. This analysis sums up the history, the present and the future plan of an oceanic corridor of prime importance in world politics and the world economy.
Evo Morales and Hugo Chávez visit Spain (ARI) ARI 146/2009 (Translated from Spanish) Carlos Malamud The visits to Spain of Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela have triggered a major domestic controversy as well as intense external debate, as Spain’s government is accused of seeking to move closer to certain populist leaders.
Relations between the EU and Latin America: Abandoning Regionalism in Favour of a New Bilateral Strategy? (WP) WP 36/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 21/9/2009 Celestino del Arenal Over the past three decades, Latin America has undergone a major process of diversification in its international relations, making it easier for the countries of the region to develop foreign policies that are more autonomous and more focused on the challenges posed by an international society that is increasingly interdependent and global.
The US and Latin America: A New Phase in a Complicated Relationship (ARI) ARI 97/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 14/7/2009 Carlos Malamud The Fifth Summit of the Americas has served to put relations between Latin America and the US back on the agenda.
The Fifth Summit of the Americas: Relations with the US are Played Out in Cuba (ARI) ARI 74/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 28/5/2009 Carlos Malamud and Carola García-Calvo The Fifth Summit of the Americas allowed the US to resume dialogue with Latin America. During the meeting, Washington sought to establish a relationship ‘among equals’, in line with Barack Obama’s idea of moving from a policy of acting ‘for’ Latin America to one of acting ‘with’ it.
Ecuador’s Foreign Policy: Presidential Interests and Ideology (ARI) ARI 61/2009 (Translated from Spanish) - 19/05/2009 Carlos Malamud & Carola García-Calvo Ecuador’s foreign policy, in the context of the Rafael Correa’s ‘government of the Citizens’ Revolution’, is complemented by the ‘Patria, altiva, digna y soberana’ project. Accordingly, a set of positions and alliances has been adopted. Some of these are very controversial and have a clear ideological bias, which has compromised the country’s international image.
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