"Odds and ends links
Paraguayan President Lugo said he will not resign over the recent paternity scandals. Statements denying resignation are on my list of signs that a government is in trouble, but I actually think Lugo will handle this one.
Fox News panics as it reports that "Open Veins of Latin America" is on a number of college course reading lists. I would hope anyone who has gone beyond the intro Latin American politics or history course has read it (or at least read the cliff notes). Understanding the ideas of dependency theory, whether you think they're right or wrong, is rather vital to understanding the development of political thought in the region. I wouldn't call a professor who assigns this book a socialist any more than I'd accuse one who assigns Williamson's "Washington Consensus" article of being a neoliberal. Some things need to be read, even if time has proven them wrong.
The State Department announced that Daniel Ortega's Nicaragua has joined the Merida Initiative and will be working with the US on cooperative security issues. Looks like another quiet success out of the Summit of the Americas for the Obama administration.
Finally, I just wanted to highlight the Guardian's coverage of how climate change will affect a small Bolivian indigenous group. The entire Andes are seeing changes in rainfall and glacier melting patterns that are heavily affecting everyone in the region. This article is a small tragedy within a much wider problem for the whole region.
Fox News panics as it reports that "Open Veins of Latin America" is on a number of college course reading lists. I would hope anyone who has gone beyond the intro Latin American politics or history course has read it (or at least read the cliff notes). Understanding the ideas of dependency theory, whether you think they're right or wrong, is rather vital to understanding the development of political thought in the region. I wouldn't call a professor who assigns this book a socialist any more than I'd accuse one who assigns Williamson's "Washington Consensus" article of being a neoliberal. Some things need to be read, even if time has proven them wrong.
The State Department announced that Daniel Ortega's Nicaragua has joined the Merida Initiative and will be working with the US on cooperative security issues. Looks like another quiet success out of the Summit of the Americas for the Obama administration.
Finally, I just wanted to highlight the Guardian's coverage of how climate change will affect a small Bolivian indigenous group. The entire Andes are seeing changes in rainfall and glacier melting patterns that are heavily affecting everyone in the region. This article is a small tragedy within a much wider problem for the whole region.
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