Articles by Alex Main, Center for Economic and Policy Research

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CELAC: Speaking for Latin America and the Caribbean
Alex Main, Center for Economic and Policy Research – TRANSCEND Media Service, 12 Dec 2011

The new regional organization includes every nation in the Western Hemisphere with the exception of the United States and Canada and is seen by many as a potential rival to the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS). Though it generated a great deal of media attention within Latin America and was attended by the majority [33] of the hemisphere’s heads of state, the U.S. press largely overlooked the Caracas summit with, for instance, the New York Times limiting its coverage to a brief 100 word blurb from the Associated Press.

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