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  • ESTADOS UNIDOS-AMÉRICA LATINA - La crisis y el desempeño de sus TLCs

    Umberto Mazzei, ALAI

    23 de septiembre de 2009, puesto en línea por Claudia Casal

    7 de septiembre de 2009, Ginebra - ALAI - Los gobiernos latinoamericanos que suscribieron los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLCs) parece que se montaron en un barco que naufraga. Los TLCs van más allá del comercio e incluyen compromisos legislativos internos que limitan las opciones políticas; justo cuando la crisis hace necesaria la libertad de maniobra.
    Los vínculos con Estados Unidos son hoy tanto más peligrosos cuanto más estrechos. Es la crisis de una cultura centrada en el dinero, que (…)

  • REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA - Estado, militares y delincuencia

    Eduardo Álvarez

    10 de marzo de 2009, puesto en línea por Barómetro Internacional

    La recurrente participación y vinculación de militares y policías en actos delictivos y de violencia es altamente preocupante. Las autoridades y un par de organizaciones civiles se han apresurado en proponer una seria y profunda profilaxis para extirpar este cáncer social que corroe a las instituciones castrenses.
    Los militares, policías, abogados, políticos, periodistas, artistas y empresarios dominicanos están unidos, ineludiblemente, por su origen y leyes comunes. Distanciados, acaso, (…)

  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “It’s the Institutions, Stupid!” The Lack of Independent Political Institutions

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    25 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    Why is there so much corruption in Dominican Politics? Why do people drive down the wrong lanes, don’t pay their electricity bill, and a hundred other things? I propose that these phenomena are the result of the lack or weakness of proper institutions. In previous articles I tried to stress the importance of institutions in shaping our behavior, and now I’m more convinced of this than ever before. That’s why I told myself the other day, “It’s the institutions, stupid!”
    Here’s a simple (…)

  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Political clientelism and poverty

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    13 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    In May 2006, after voting in the congressional elections, my family and I went up to visit some relatives up in the mountains just south of Rio San Juan. There we played dominoes and were preparing a sancocho, when my cousin walked in very proudly telling us that she had just gotten RD$500 for voting for the PLD. I was shocked, to say the least, but my relatives went on to tell me that it was not uncommon for all the parties to give out money and other material benefits for votes or joining (…)

  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Discrimination, Oppression, and Identity in Dominican Society

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    11 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    I have been meaning to write an article about identity and oppression for a while, because I think that by exploring these concepts we can identify some aspects of our political system that maintain the public divided, uneducated, and complacent. When the word “discrimination” is mentioned in the DR, most people REACT by shifting the issue to anti-Haitian movements. Let me start by saying, even if Haitian immigration were not vilify as THE MAJOR problem in the DR, or even if we didn’t have (…)

  • Opinion

    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Santo Domingo: not Paris, not even La Vega!

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    6 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    I just got back from a trip to Paris, where I spent a week in meetings about a research project I am conducting on Migration and Political Transnationalism. But mostly, the trip was an excuse to tour around this majestic city. I walked and enjoyed all the public amenities that Paris and cities like it have to offer. Despite this not being my first time in Paris, I found myself amazed at the importance politicians give to the public sphere.
    The Parisian and French governments have invested (…)

  • Opinion

    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Political Culture, Institutions and Politics

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    4 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    My father is one of the best drivers I know. He is very observant of driving rules in our home town of Cabrera and when he goes to NY; but in Santo Domingo, all bets are off! He drives like a maniac. This anecdote shows the power of both political culture and institutions on our behavior. My dad behaves differently in Santo Domingo because there is, seemingly, a different culture and set of institutions than in our small town or NY.
    Many theorists claim that culture and political systems (…)

  • Opinion

    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Criticism is Easy: Political Discourse in the 2008 Dominican Presidential Election

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    31 January 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    This past weekend, I invested some time in trying to figure out if any of the three leading presidential candidates had a coherent list of political positions and/or policy program that they would support, if elected. I could only find a 2004 PLD document which excellently detailed the PLD’s policy goals for 2004 to 2008. In that document the PLD outlined a whole slate of economic, social, environmental, infrastructure industrial policies. I congratulate the PLD for such a wonderful (…)

  • REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - Las dos caras del Gobierno dominicano con respecto a Haití

    Wooldy Edson Louidor, Alterpresse

    29 de mayo de 2007, puesto en línea por Manuela Garza Ascencio

    Alterpresse - El reto de conciliar los discursos “fraternos” en el ámbito internacional con los hechos a nivel interno.
    La comparación entre los discursos “fraternos” sobre Haití que han hecho las autoridades dominicanas en el ámbito internacional y sus prácticas discriminatorias en contra de las y los migrantes haitianos y sus descendientes al interior de la República Dominicana revela muchas contradicciones.
    Las personas que han sacado a la luz pública estas contradicciones han sido (…)

  • A Step Away From Clientelism

    CENTRAL AMERICA - CAFTA and the U.S. Patron-Client Relationship with Dominican Republic and Central America

    Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta (New School for Social Research)

    24 May 2007, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

    Abstract
    Patron-client relationships have detrimental implications on the socioeconomic development of communities. In this paper, I study the patron-client relationship between the U.S. and Central America and present a conceptual framework that suggests that the existence of a patron-client relationship 1) increases competition, 2) reduces social trust and collective action, and 3) is detrimental to its prospective regional socioeconomic development. I also review CAFTA and claim that (…)

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