End of preview - This article contains approximately 1128 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 14 May 2009 (WR-09-19)
White House makes two key appointments for Latin America
Arturo Valenzuela got the nod this week from US President Barack
Obama to head US foreign policy in the region. He replaces Thomas Shannon as US
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, pending
confirmation by the Senate. Days earlier, Gil Kerlikowske was confirmed by the
Senate as the new head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
(ONDCP), or drug czar. Both appointments mark a significant break with the Bush
administration. Valenzuela advocates charting a new course on Cuba and
strengthening multilateral institutions, especially the Organization of American
States (OAS). Kerlikowske will place an emphasis on reducing demand for illicit
drugs in the US and not just drug interdictions and combating drug
gangs.
- White House makes two key appointments for Latin America
- VENEZUELA: Chávez designs new strategy
- ECUADOR: CNE president defends slow vote-count
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CHILE: Concertación fraying at the edges
- PARAGUAY: Itaipú provides further setback for Lugo
- ARGENTINA: Kirchner takes the plunge
- BRAZIL: Government set to change saving regulations
- BRAZIL: Opposition seeks Petrobras inquiry
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: De la Madrid sets cat among the pigeons
- TRACKING TRENDS
- GUATEMALA: Colom accused of murder
- PANAMA: Martinelli names "business" cabinet
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Funes at loggerheads with FMLN over cabinet in El Salvador
- Quotes of the Week