International Community
Articles, Opinions and Papers
April 2012
| Date | Title |
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| 4/18/12 | Issue #10: The Catholic Church and Nationalism Lenier Gonzalez Mederos, From the Island |
| 4/15/12 | Regional summit's future in doubt without Cuba MiamiHerald.com |
| 4/15/12 | Cuba casts big shadow over Summit of Americas MiamiHerald.com |
| 4/9/12 | Pope brings Cuban-born priest Felix Varela closer to sainthood Miami Herald |
| 4/6/12 | Benedict XVI in Cuba George Weigel, National Review |
| 4/3/12 | Ecuador to boycott Americas summit over Cuba exclusion BBC |
| 4/3/12 | Good Friday Declared Cuban Holiday At Pope Benedict's Request Reuters, BBC |
March 2012
| Date | Title |
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| 3/30/12 | The Pope’s Historic Visit to Cuba Tomas Bilbao, Americas Quarterly Blog |
| 3/30/12 | Judging Cuba's Cardinal Ortega and Pope Benedict's Trip to the Island Anya Landau French, The Huffington Post |
| 3/29/12 | Pope urges greater openings in vast Cuban Mass Anne-Marie Garcia and Nicole Winfield, AP |
Links
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Solidaridad Española con Cuba
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Pax Christi International
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Jacques Maritain International Institute
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Catholic Church of Cuba
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Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
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Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue (FRIDE)
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International Committee for Democracy in Cuba
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U.N. Commission on Human Rights
Suggested Books
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Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul
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Michael Reid
Yale University Press (2008)
Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade, nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world’s largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily transforming its political and economic landscape. This book argues that rather than failing the test, Latin America’s efforts to build fairer and more prosperous societies make it one of the world’s most vigorous laboratories for capitalist democracy. In many countries—including Brazil, Chile and Mexico—democratic leaders are laying the foundations for faster economic growth and more inclusive politics, as well as tackling deep-rooted problems of poverty, inequality, and social injustice. They face a new challenge from Hugo Chávez’s oil-fuelled populism, and much is at stake. Failure will increase the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants to the United States and Europe, jeopardize stability in a region rich in oil and other strategic commodities, and threaten some of the world's most majestic natural environments. Drawing on Michael Reid’s many years of reporting from inside Latin America’s cities, presidential palaces, and shantytowns, the book provides a vivid, immediate, and informed account of a dynamic continent and its struggle to compete in a globalized world.