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November 8, 2012: The Difficulties of a Peace Deal
By Michael Shifter & Cameron Combs
Source: Política Exterior
Can President Juan Manual Santos apply Colombia’s experience negotiating with armed groups to bring the hemisphere’s longest internal conflict to an end?

November 8, 2012: La paradoja de pactar (PDF)
By Michael Shifter & Cameron Combs
Source: Política Exterior
¿Podrá Santos aplicar la experiencia de Colombia en la negociación con grupos armados para poner fin al conflicto interno más antiguo de América? Si bien los colombianos desean alcanzar la paz, no son muchos los dispuestos a conceder el perdón a las FARC.

November 5, 2012: Land of the Lost
By Michael Shifter
Source: Foreign Policy
Latin Americans may prefer Barack Obama over Mitt Romney, but few believe either candidate will pay the region the attention it deserves.

October 29, 2012: China acecha a Colombia y reta a Estados Unidos
By Michael Shifter
Source: El Colombiano
Aunque se mantiene una relación de confianza entre Estados Unidos y Colombia, China pronto será el segundo socio más grande del país.

October 29, 2012: China Engages Colombia, Challenges the United States
By Michael Shifter
Source: El Colombiano
Although a special relationship remains between the United States and Colombia, China will soon be the country's second-largest partner.

October 26, 2012: Will America Look South? US Policy in Latin America
By Michael Shifter
Source: Royal United Services Institute
In the final presidential debate, Latin Americans understandably took note when Governor Mitt Romney emphasised that the region represented a 'huge opportunity' for expanded trade with the United States. President Barack Obama's omission of Latin America in his list of regions where relations with the US had improved in the past several years set off a burst of tweets among Latin Americans.

October 12, 2012: Chávez Win Warrants Closer Look at Venezuelan Oil Policy
By Alexis Arthur
Source: Latin America Energy Advisor
For many observers, speculation over the future of PDVSA ended with the victory of President Hugo Chávez in Sunday's elections. Now that Chávez has comfortably secured another six years in office, there is a general assumption that the oil industry is also headed for more of the same.

October 8, 2012: Venezuela's Next Inning
By Michael Shifter
Source: Foreign Policy
Chávez may have won another election, but it's the opposition that should be celebrating.

October 8, 2012: Editorial: Los resultados
By Teodoro Petkoff
Source: Tal Cual
Bueno, perdimos. Es duro de reconocer pero los hechos son los hechos. Chávez tiene en principio seis años más de poder, otorgado por una mayoría relativamente estrecha de venezolanos. Pero la oposición venezolana dio un gigantesco paso hacia el futuro.

October 7, 2012: Venezuela already took a step forward
By Michael Shifter
Source: El Colombiano
Hugo Chavez is far from the candidate he was six years ago. In 2006, he soundly defeated his opposition challenger Manual Rosales. Chavez was then in sound health, his rhetorical powers were at their height, and he had ample resources thanks to high oil prices.

October 7, 2012: Venezuela ya dio un paso adelante
By Michael Shifter
Source: El Colombiano
Hugo Chávez está lejos de ser el candidato que era hace seis años. En 2006, cuando derrotó a su opositor Manuel Rosales, Chávez se encontraba en buena salud, sus poderes retóricos estaban en su apogeo, y tenía amplios recursos gracias a los precios altos del petróleo. Él se aprovechó, hábilmente, de una oposición inepta y desorganizada, y se benefició de dos personas: el presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, y el presidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe. Ambos presidentes jugaron duro y encajaron perfectamente en el estilo de confrontación de Chávez.

October 5, 2012: Ecuadorean Gov't Committed to Landmark Conservation Project
By Rachel Sadon
Source: Latin America Energy Advisor
The Ecuadorean government has raised around $200 million for a landmark conservation project and is committed to raising the funds necessary to reach its $3.6 billion goal by 2024, Ivonne Baki, secretary of state for the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, told the Energy Advisor this week.

September 25, 2012: O julgamento apressado do Mercosul
By Peter Hakim
Source: O Estado de S. Paulo
A reação do Brasil aos acontecimentos no Paraguai pareceu extraordinariamente passiva. É curioso que a mais importante potência regional da América Latina tenha falhado em tomar mais iniciativa e adotar uma atitude que fosse mais claramente consistente com as práticas democráticas que o Brasil afirmou estar buscando sustentar.

September 21, 2012: Arrest of Drug Lord Aimed at Political Gain in Venezuela: Uribe
By Rachel Sadon
Source: Latin America Advisor
The capture of the alleged Colombian drug lord Daniel "el loco" Barrera earlier this week was aimed at political gain in Venezuela, former President Álvaro Uribe said Thursday at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Implying that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez stood to benefit in the country's Oct. 7 presidential race from Barrera's apprehension, Uribe asked: "Why didn't Chávez arrest 'loco Barrera' in the last four or five years - why only now on the eve of the elections?"

September 21, 2012: Venezuela in Mercosur. What was Brazil Thinking?
By Peter Hakim
Source: Latin Pulse
Venezuela was formally incorporated into the Mercosur trade group on July 31. What made the Brazil government so eager to bring Venezuela into Mercosur remains a puzzle. Brazilian officials have made their case mostly on economic grounds, but the costs of bringing Venezuela into Mercosur could well turn out to be higher than the benefits.

September 18, 2012: La apuesta por la paz en Colombia
By Michael Shifter
Source: El Colombiano
Hay tantas razones para estar lleno de esperanza, así como de escepticismo, de que las conversaciones de paz anunciadas recientemente entre el Gobierno colombiano y las Farc llevará el conflicto armado que padece el país, desde hace mucho tiempo, a su fin.

September 18, 2012: Betting on peace in Colombia
By Michael Shifter
Source: El Colombiano
There are as many reasons to be hopeful as there are to be skeptical that the recently announced peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC will bring the country’s longstanding armed conflict to an end.

September 13, 2012: Chávez's Last Crusade
By Boris Muñoz
Source: Commentary at Sept. 13 Dialogue Event "The Press and Electoral Politics in Venezuela"
If I occasionally scratch my head during this presentation, it’s because it’s really hard to figure out what is going to happen in Venezuela in three weeks.

September 7, 2012: Colombia's Peace Process
By Peter Hakim
Source: Latin Pulse
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has taken a big gamble in launching negotiations to end the country’s half century of guerrilla warfare. The time has come for a resolute effort to achieve peace in Colombia, and there are reasons to be hopeful of success—although probably not quickly.

September 7, 2012: Conditions Favorable for Colombia Peace Talks
By Catherine Cheney
Source: World Politics Review
Colombia and the leftist rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced Tuesday that they had signed an agreement to launch peace negotiations. Chile and Venezuela will be observers at the talks, which will begin in Oslo, Norway, and continue in Havana, Cuba.