In This Edition

In this Edition

Battling security challenges trilaterally
North America: Vision wanted
Insecurity and business
Security perimeter for two
The Mérida push
North American energy security
Good neighbours and environmental threats
Institutions, corruption and organized crime
Caribbean and continental defence
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Articles in this edition:

• Note from the Editor - Castro's Quiet Exit
  Rachel Schmidt
• Youth Employment Strategies: Developing Human Capital in Brazil
  Jenna-Dawn Shervill
• The Ironies of Colombia Free Trade
  Joachim Bamrud
• Costa Rica: Development at a Crossroads
  Peter Krupa
• Good “Politics,” Bad Policy: Washington’s Approach to Latin America
  Adam Isacson
• Advancing the Rights of Migrant Women
  Barb MacLaren interviews Tanya Basok
• Shifting Political Identities: Gender Roles in Venezuela’s ‘New’ Citizenship
  Jennifer Peirce
• High Noon at the Orinoco River: Venezuela and Exxon-Mobil
  Luis A. Pacheco

• Canada, the Americas and the Caribbean, by Carlo Dade
• Op-Ed: For a Bolstering of Canada’s Leadership in the Americas, by Joe Clark
• Canada and the Colombian Conflict: Opportunities and Perspectives, by Sandra Borda and Maria Paz Berger
• Brazil and Canada: Convergent Interests, by José Botafogo Gonçalves
• Chile-Canada Relations: Forging a Common Experience, by Carlos Huneeus
• Canada’s Developmental Role in the Caribbean, by John Rapley
• Haiti-Canada: Quel futur?, by Jacky Lumarque

1. Chávez Between Romanticism and Pragmatism, by Miguel Ángel Santos
2. Constituent Assembly and Turmoil in Ecuador, by Andrés Mejía Acosta
3. Mexico and Brazil: Myths and Reality, Toward a New Vision for Cooperation, by Federico Vázquez
4. The Paradox of Cuban American Identity, by Guillermo Grenier
5. Chávez entre el romanticismo y el pragmatismo, by Miguel Ángel Santos

1. Chávez Between Romanticism and Pragmatism, by Miguel Ángel Santos
2. Constituent Assembly and Turmoil in Ecuador, by Andrés Mejía Acosta
3. Mexico and Brazil: Myths and Reality, Toward a New Vision for Cooperation, by Federico Vázquez
4. The Paradox of Cuban American Identity, by Guillermo Grenier
5. Chávez entre el romanticismo y el pragmatismo, by Miguel Ángel Santos

• Bank of the South: Politically Driven Agenda Duplicates Existing Institutions, by Vladimir Torres
• A Revitalized Policy for the Americas, by John W. Graham
• Cuba’s Energy Future, by Jorge Piñon
• Brazil and Mexico Edging Towards a Strategic Relationship? by Alberto Pfeifer
• Troubles Mounting in Guatemala, by Carlos A. Rosales

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• Bank of the South: Politically Driven Agenda Duplicates Existing Institutions, by Vladimir Torres
• A Revitalized Policy for the Americas, by John W. Graham
• Cuba’s Energy Future, by Jorge Piñon
• Brazil and Mexico Edging Towards a Strategic Relationship? by Alberto Pfeifer
• Troubles Mounting in Guatemala, by Carlos A. Rosales

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• A Word from the Executive Director, Carlo Dade
• Finish the Canada–Central America Four Trade Negotiations, Donald R. Mackay
• New Data Sheds Light on Remittance Sending Patters of Immigrants in Canada, Per Unheim
• Governance and the Extractive Industries on Indigenous Territories, Jean-Pierre Chabot

• Good Foreign Policy Equals Good Domestic Policy by Rick Waugh
• The Benefit Of The Doubt by Sergio Ramírez (featured also in Spanish)
• Counterpoint: Argentina and Canada: Looking at the Future by Victor Armony y Lila Kowalewski
• A New Era for Human Rights by Omaira Mindiola
• Excellent Signals in the Canada-Mexico Relationship by Olga Abizaid
• Cuba Highlights 2006

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• Good Foreign Policy Equals Good Domestic Policy by Rick Waugh
• The Benefit Of The Doubt by Sergio Ramírez (featured also in Spanish)
• Counterpoint: Argentina and Canada: Looking at the Future by Victor Armony y Lila Kowalewski
• A New Era for Human Rights by Omaira Mindiola
• Excellent Signals in the Canada-Mexico Relationship by Olga Abizaid
• Cuba Highlights 2006

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