Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Op/ed briefs on Latin America

* Marcela Sanchez looks at the lack of consensus in filling Latin America’s seat on the U.N. Security Council as a metaphor for the difficulties of political and economic integration across the region.

* Sujatha Fernandes describes how Cuba’s artists, intellectuals, and activists have played a major role in creating change on the island.

* Carlos Alberto Montaner bemoans the lack of political ethics in the Americas and how voters have not held corrupt leaders accountable.

* An editorial in the Toronto Star calls for changes in Canada’s immigration system in order to avoid the “brain drain” of skilled workers from Latin American states.

* Lastly, Andrés Oppenheimer praises Panamanians voting in favor of expanding the Panama Canal by noting that “America's Hispanic-allergic isolationists are often more influenced by their prejudices than by reality”.

Links- Washington Post, ZNet, Miami Herald, Toronto Star, Arizona Daily Star

Image- Voice of America (Newspaper stand in Mexico City)

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