http://www.fpif.org/regions/latinamerica FPIF Regions: Latin America & Caribbean Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:33:28 -0500 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/oAf1OLA3E-s/humala_chavez_clone_or_washington_partner http://www.fpif.org/articles/humala_chavez_clone_or_washington_partner Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500 Half a year into his presidency, Peru's Ollanta Humala has not been the Chavez clone his critics predicted.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/oAf1OLA3E-s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/humala_chavez_clone_or_washington_partner http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/PGYxMnH52uQ/ron_pauls_anti-war_stance_is_to_progressives_as_atheism_is_to http://www.fpif.org/blog/ron_pauls_anti-war_stance_is_to_progressives_as_atheism_is_to Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0500 A personal post on the similarities with which a progressive experiences libertarianism and atheism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/PGYxMnH52uQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/ron_pauls_anti-war_stance_is_to_progressives_as_atheism_is_to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/yU2SR6SBVWs/review_the_unconquered http://www.fpif.org/articles/review_the_unconquered Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:49:00 -0500 A new book describes an attempt to map uncontacted tribes in the Amazon without contacting them.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/yU2SR6SBVWs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/review_the_unconquered http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/gGb4z7kHymA/democratic_speed_bumps_in_latin_america http://www.fpif.org/articles/democratic_speed_bumps_in_latin_america Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:23:49 -0500 Attitudes toward democracy are on the decline in Latin America, and U.S. foreign policy isn't helping.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/gGb4z7kHymA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/democratic_speed_bumps_in_latin_america http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/--2yFY1M0eY/china_and_the_end_of_the_monroe_doctrine http://www.fpif.org/articles/china_and_the_end_of_the_monroe_doctrine Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:20:52 -0500 Is a superpower confrontation over the Falkland islands a real possibility?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/--2yFY1M0eY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/china_and_the_end_of_the_monroe_doctrine http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/MkpdyQT4ixU/the_modern_gold_rush http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_modern_gold_rush Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:40:00 -0500 Multinational mining interests are using trade and investment treaties to turn profits and undermine democracy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/MkpdyQT4ixU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_modern_gold_rush http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/HopjXXInByM/is_alarm_about_seven_billion_modern-day_eugenics http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_alarm_about_seven_billion_modern-day_eugenics Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:00:00 -0400 From corporations to conspiracy theorists, many scoff at concerns about overpopulation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/HopjXXInByM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_alarm_about_seven_billion_modern-day_eugenics http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/W9p_coBW4pA/travel_writer_michael_jacobs_does_justice_to_the_andes http://www.fpif.org/blog/travel_writer_michael_jacobs_does_justice_to_the_andes Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0400 An interview with travel writer Michael Jacobs about his most recent book, "Andes."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/W9p_coBW4pA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/travel_writer_michael_jacobs_does_justice_to_the_andes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/PSxgyVxCJtE/cubas_culture_of_dissent http://www.fpif.org/articles/cubas_culture_of_dissent Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:07:57 -0400 Caricatures of Cuba as intolerant of political expression may contain a kernel of truth, but they miss the richness of dissent in the daily life of Cuba's political culture.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/PSxgyVxCJtE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/cubas_culture_of_dissent http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~3/pCuxDZABY7Q/the_extraterrestrial_atomic_energy_agency http://www.fpif.org/blog/the_extraterrestrial_atomic_energy_agency Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:00:00 -0400 Sightings of UFOs have correlated to nuclear weapons tests.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/LatinAmericaCaribbean/~4/pCuxDZABY7Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/the_extraterrestrial_atomic_energy_agency