Most soccer fans are dreaming of the upcoming 2010 World Cup finals, to be held in South Africa. We at CFP have taken a great deal of time documenting the work that has gone in to the event, how the eyes of the world will be on the Zuma-led government and the onus of astounding [...]
It seems Latin America has united in political turmoil over the last few weeks. When Venezuela seems a stable government by comparison, you know you’re in trouble. With union strikes being the latest in the Honduran political controversy, Argentina has joined the fray in causing foreign investor concern due to political problems at home. “In [...]
In Japan, many of the most common jobs unsurprisingly go to Japanese citizens first. This isn’t particularly shocking,nor is it particularly shocking that Japan is undergoing the worst recession in decades. However, what is eyebrow-raising is their government’s new initiative to curb unemployment. The Japanese government will pay $3000 USD to ex-pats to leave Japan, [...]
As President Barack Obama moves to ease restrictions on trade with Cuba, cigar lovers in the United States are savoring the prospect of legally lighting up a smoke that has long required a black- market connection and a willingness to flout the law. The lift on the embargo could very well have an adverse effect on the [...]
Robert Amsterdam’s speech on corporate foreign policy in Helsinki, Finland.
The New York Times has reported that yesterday in Zimbabwe, a court dismissed charges against a leading human rights lawyer accused of obstructing justice. The lawyer, Alec Muchadehama, was part of a legal team representing political activists who later faced charges of ‘plotting to overthrow’ Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Mr. Muchadehama himself was arrested last month and accused [...]
An interesting piece from Jorge Castañeda in Newsweek was published yesterday regarding Cuban involvement in the Organisation of Americas States (OAS). Though many claim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an outspoken critic of OAS, may be in part responsible for the increase in talks of Cuba’s place at the table. But Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico, a [...]
Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa recently stated that when he takes office as head of Unasur he will sponsor the creation of organizations to monitor the unethical, irresponsible press and another to monitor human rights. Hmm. So one organization to monitor (censor) ‘unethical and irrsponsible’ press, relative terms at best when they oppose political leadership and [...]
Resource Nationalism by its nature can be perceived as a government’s implementation of economic stability during lows in industry. The action is generally indicative of dire fiscal straights, and almost always an action mired in controversy. No greater is that the case than what has been reported today from the Associated Press. For a leader [...]
Fidel Castro on Barack Obama during the election: “Obama’s speech (on maintaining the embargo) may be formulated as follows: hunger for the nation, remittances as charitable handouts and visits to Cuba as propaganda for consumerism and the unsustainable way of life behind it.“ It should be noted he later praised Mr. Obama over Republican adversary [...]
