http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com The World Affairs Blog Network Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en November 10th brought much attention to Brazil as a blackout in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo shrouded Brazilians in darkness. The rest of the world on the other hand is starting to see Brazil in a new light as the BBC World Service reported the announcement of the first ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/11/brazils-unique-growth-as-a-unique-bric/ FPA Latin America blog is proud to bring you Sean Murphy from the FPA Global Film Review Blog who has posted two reviews recently about Latin American themed movies from around the world. The first film  is called Romero (1989) and is a film about the real Monsignor Romero who was ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/24/pages-from-fpas-global-film-review-blog-2/ This upcoming week and month will bring attention from the FPA towards Latin America. In addition, Fareed Zakaria interviewed Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia last week and the interview was aired this past Sunday. Brazil and Rio de Janeiro has also won their bid to host the first Olympics for ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/05/the-fpa-on-latin-america-zakaria-and-uribe-and-rio-2016/ This past week has been filled with numerous interesting policy stories and interviews regarding issues that affect every nation in the world, focusing on those regions such as the Middle East and Latin America, which seem to be the source of much of the security tensions for the members of ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/09/26/security-and-the-voice-of-the-populists-latin-america-in-the-world/ Around the world the way to deal with the aftermath of past violence and police states has yet to come to a definitive closure or method to resolve crimes of the past. Often the ruling class in one era of a society remains in the next era, whether it be ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/09/18/juna-mandelbaum-presents-%e2%80%9cour-disappearednuestros-desaparecidos%e2%80%9d-airing-on-pbs-sept-21st/ Whatever people may think about Fidel Castro, he is likely one of the luckiest and most challenging leaders towards his opponents in the last three generations of world history. While his actions towards the surviving opposition, journalists and opposing leaders in Cuba is less than civil, and Raul Castro himself ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/09/09/emerging-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-who-is-the-new-fidel/ FPA is proud to present one of its newest bloggers, David D. Sussman and its new blog, FPA's Venezuela Blog. Below is a post by David on some movies dealing with Migration and Latin America that I am proud to post on this blog and encourage readers to check out ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/08/24/from-the-pages-of-fpas-venezuela-blog-%e2%80%9cwhich-way-home%e2%80%9d-the-journey-of-undocumented-child-migrants-entering-the-us/ The yearly two month Cold War between Colombia and Venezuela has come this summer amidst talks between the US and Colombia to place approximately seven US bases in Colombian territory in order to aid US anti-drugs forces. A week ago as a response, Venezuela withdrew its ambassador from Colombia and ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/08/07/if-colombia-is-latin-americas-israel-does-that-make-venezuela-the-regions-iran/ The last month of economic news has been as diverse as the last 10 months of the same forecasts. With the start of July, the drop in recent markets worldwide and predictions of further problems in large economies such as the UK and Japan set to bring the recession further ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/07/23/brics-as-an-engine-of-recovery-brazil-inside-the-beltway/ I would like to direct FPA readers to a post by fellow blogger Sean Murphy of FPA’s Global Film Review Blog.  Sean seeks to give interesting and concise reviews on his impressions of films from around the globe and wished to present his impression on the film Fidel: The Untold ... http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/07/22/pages-from-fpas-global-film-review-blog/