Topic: Larry Birns
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The important payoff for Chavez is that the transaction projects a momentum that is entirely in his favor, i.e., another South American nation joins left-leaning countries
Analysis: Venezuela offers oil to Paraguay Aug 20, 2008
I don't think it's going to revolutionize the energy picture (in Latin America), at least not in the next decade
Analysis: Brazil strikes oil ... again Jun 04, 2008
The fact is that in the international donor picture there is a notorious evaporation rate
Analysis: Will Iran energy project work? Apr 02, 2008
I don't think it's going to revolutionize the energy picture (in Latin America), at least not in the next decade
Analysis: Brazil strikes gas again Jan 23, 2008
Law enforcement agencies claiming successes in this anti-drug battle is somewhat illusory
White House claims success in drug war Oct 02, 2007
Larry Birns (July 22, 1929- ) is the director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a liberal, not-for-profit organization monitoring human rights and political developments in Latin America.
The Boston Globe described Birns as a lobbyist and a liberal critic of U.S. policy, and The New York Times said the Council on Hemispheric Affairs was a liberal research group specializing in United States-Latin America relations, and an organization critical of Reagan Administration policy in Latin America.
Birns was born in 1929 and grew up in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University and did postgraduate work in the social sciences at Oxford University. Before founding the Council in 1975, Birns taught at Hamilton College and served with a United Nations mission in Chile during the Salvador Allende government.
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