Democracy News
"Algeria’s Islamists Crushed in First Arab Spring Elections" by David B. Ottaway
May 15, 2012
David B. Ottaway is a senior scholar at the Wilson Center who has recently returned from Algeria. The following piece is an overview of his observations of Algeria’s May 10 parliamentary elections.
Brazil's ex-president Cardoso lauded for nation's return to democracy
May 15, 2012
Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute, speaks with PRI's The World on former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's recent award from the Library of Congress
Brazil's ex-leader honored as scholar
May 14, 2012
Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute, discusses the Library of Congress's decision to award former former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso the John W. Kluge Prize.
The Brazilian Challenge: How to Manage Asymmetrical Regional Relations Beyond the OAS
May 12, 2012
View the latest article by Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute in the most recent issue of Revista CIBOD d'afers internacionals.
The stars align at Canada's recent university mission to Brazil
May 10, 2012
Public Policy Scholar Ted Hewitt discusses the Brazil-Canada education relationship
Nabeel Rajab's Arrest Featured in Newsletter of the World Movement for Democracy
May 09, 2012
The recent arrest of Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini human rights activist and recipient of the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, has drawn world-wide media attention. Human rights organizations have issued statements in support of releasing the activist, as media networks reported on the arrest.
Brazil Institute in the News
May 01, 2012
A review of news items related to President Dilma Rousseff's first visit to Washington, D.C.
Latin American Program in the News: Insulza urges U.S. to accept Cuba at Summit of the Americas
Apr 25, 2012
“The fact that we have talked about Cuba so much demonstrates that this is a problem of the United States”, said Insulza during a conference at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. “Is it worth keeping an artificial situation for the rest of the countries in the region, and indeed, defend a policy that has had no success in 50 years?”, he questioned in relation to the trade embargo that Washington imposed on the communist island in 1962. (In Spanish)
Latin American Program in the News: OAS delivers conclusions about the Summit of the Americas
Apr 25, 2012
“Even though the priorities and concerns are the same, the Americas are not as synchronized as we would like and there is still a lot of work to do”, was the first conclusion from the secretary general of the Organization of Americas State (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, in regards to the hemispheric encounter in Cartagena. During the conference organized at the Woodrow Wilson Center, in Washington DC, Insulza emphasized that “we have to find ways of cooperation in pending themes and that is what is going to determine if this is going to be a decade of success for the Americas”. (in Spanish)
Conference Report: The Cold War: History, Memory, and Representation
Apr 25, 2012
H-Soz-u-Kult has released a report on the CWIHP co-sponsored conference The Cold War: History, Memory, Representation, which was held from 14-16 July 2011 at the European Academy in Berlin.
