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La columna semanal de
Carlos Alberto Montaner

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“His syndicated column is read by an estimated 6 million readers. His opinions make politician in Spain and Latin America tremble … He will maintain his position as one of the region’s most respected journalist”.
‘The Powerful 100’, Poder, March 2003.


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Socialism wears poncho this time
Cuba and the O.A.S paradoxes
Use caution when labeling countries `failed states'
Pro-enterprise president elected
Nations should stop vying for U.S. favors

No foes, more power
FMLN victory a step back
Che's image and its perception
Cuba and the democratic opposition
Good' tyrants impoverish the people
Departure puts end to Reagan era
Waiting for a New Dawn in Havana
Barack Obama can crack Cuba open -
but only after Fidel Castro dies

What Latin America Can Learn From Israel
But U.S. seen as strong
Why they quit being leftists

Argentine author looks deep into heart of Cuba
The price of being free
What will Chávez do without Castro?
The healing power of the market
World War III knocking at our door
Ecuador: new laws, new conflicts
Country should not take up arms again

Socialism and acts of God
Third World crushes its entrepreneurs
Paraguay: the bishop and the president, face to face
On the road to a new Cold War?
Lesson from Solzhenitsyn: Catalog evil's many sins
Raúl's psychological dependency on Fidel
Paraguay: Ireland or Venezuela?
The president's ire
Rancor and history
What America has done for Obama
Statement of Support for Carlos Alberto Montaner
Will Ecuador go down along with Correa?

Granma's editor wants more blood
Colombia’s loneliness
The Clues to the Crimes are in the Computers
What does it matter if we're alone?
Will voters go for the one like them?
Blogger creates freedom

The Semitic tiger
Between liberation theology and evils of the past
Prosperous nations foster competition, respect for rule of law
Decalogue for a good, globalized government
Raúl's chances of success slim
Obama, or, history in black and white
Chávez behind the Andean troubles
Hugo Chavez's Antisemitism and Anti-israelism
Without Fidel -- now what?
History will never absolve Castro
Bashing private oil companies no longer valid
Here's a better way to select candidates
Lundy, remembrance and oblivion
Lundy, remembrance and oblivion
Why did Venezuela surrender to Chávez?

Castro is losing his last fight
The Church, inequalities and error
The Carnivorous and Vegetarian Lefts
Chávez's defeat a win for democracy

Anti-America Americans
What's Latin America worth?
The unyielding ones

Bush's speech at Castro's grave
The three miracles of Víctor de Yurre
What's next for Costa Rica?
Violence, the chicken and the egg
U.S., Europe seek isolation
Was the CIA useful for anything?
The girl, happiness, and the judge

The end of diversity?
Lula, the slave trader
ABOUT THE INCIDENT INVOLVING THE MIAMI HERALD, RADIO AND TV MARTÍ, AND THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS BETWEEN THE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT 
U.S. abandons Colombia
When did the 21st Century begin?
Honest at home and a brigand elsewhere
Good Capitalism and Bad Capitalism
One less crutch for Raúl Castro
Bush: applause and boos

Bilingualism strengthens America
The Leninist cage
Posada and Che lived parallel lives
The bipolar monkey

Gasoline, ethanol and real savings
The ghost of Guernica
The Ugly Spaniard
Correa running out of capital

How to spread wealth and generosity
U.S.: The power that loses wars and gains strength
Poisoned riches
We all make mistakes
Fighting a new cold war
TOLERANCE AND FREEDOM
The good, the bad and the Amish
Illegal immigrants: assimilation or rejection
Here we go again -- now in Ecuador

Was Fidel Good for Cuba?
Cuba: Images Between the Stereotypical and Multiple Realities
A thousand stumbles on the same stone
Chávez muzzles his foes
Destructive compasión
Reinventing Uruguay
Raul disguised as Fidel
Set dissidents free
The Bulgarian Treatment
Milton Friedman: the true revolutionary
What is a truly liberal Muslim to do?
Is There Some Out There?
Ortega on the road of Chavismo
Stubbornly moribund
Nations have the governments they deserve
A Nobel Prize well deserved but badly chosen

Madmen bent on destruction
Cuba and the keys to the Spanish transition to democracy
Filial subordination and a future of internal strife
Nicaragua: Once again, fear
Ecuador marching rapidly toward the cliff

Send out the clowns
Clash of Civilizations

Responses to articles on Radio-TV Martí
A repeat of history?

Will cancer render justice?
Requiem for Lebanon
Why Castroism will die with Castro
Raúl and the unbearable shadow of Fidel

Israel needs our help
Latin America and the West's 'Big Bang'
"Caracas will shiver with Castro's death"
Let's privatize charity

The politics of corruption
The distance that separates Lula da Silva from Wen Jiabao
For García, it's down to business
Dictatorship fodder
Who is willing to trap the wolf?
No further discussion
Cuban-Americans and a Complex Identity

Whom the coup joined, death will put asunder
In Spain, the newcomers have been good for business
Will Mexico turn against the U.S.?
Humala wrong man for presidency

Indigenism and Freedom

The price of peace in Spain
Bolívar according to Chávez, Morales

Trujillo: The most insane dictator
Police crackdowns alone won't stymie youth gangs

Corporate Collaborators
Region is irrelevant to the U.S.
The Alliance Between Reformists and Democrats
Observations by the light of bonfires
Israel, the Law of Talion and NATO
How to lose friends and influence
New film resurrects Castro connection
Candidacy good news for Costa Rica
Sad anniversary -- 47 years and counting
Morales' stubborn insistence on bungling

Will Turkey join the EU?
Castro, the Mafia, the polls
Darwin vs. God
Failure of a nation

How to keep quarrelsome leaders at bay
The birth of a new Hitler
Anti-Americanism has become ideology
He changed the face--and fate--of Soviet communism

Iraq and the miraculous mission
Montaner Responds to "William Marina's Mistakes"
The KGB spy who was a coffee expert
Like leading lambs to the slaughter
It's time to bury the myths

A country falling apart

Slaves in white coats
America's Achilles' heel
Granma concocts false history

Chávez's goal: 21st-century socialism

Balancing democracy, market economy
The universal piss off (El cabreo universal)
Leaders still behave as communists

El error chino
Go after those who control them
IDB loans can't fight dogmatism
E.U. has a taxing problem

Unity takes a hit
Three dreams turn into a nightmare
Leaders must maintain order, even if by force

Chávez leading the nation to chaos
Succession gets complicated
Is Brazil ready to lead?

Pact would strengthen region's democracies
The rule of law in danger
Four enemies of free trade
The Chávez- 'banana left' alliance

How Castro uses the U.S.
The end of forgetting reopens old wounds

Why Chávez seeks a clash with the U.S.
'Dialogue' should be with opposition, not Europeans
A new domino theory
The moral and morality of the welfare state
Election shows desire for peace

Zapatero's dangerous diplomacy
War possible in the next few years
Cheap food = fat waistline

Charity kidnapped by states
Education a failure in most countries
Miguel Angel Rodriguez

Depoliticize the judicial branch
Chavez and fear
Don't reward Castro for releasing prisoners
Left-leaning intellectuals, voters and their values

Rice will echo Bush's intentions
Bush II, Condoleezza Rice y América Latina
Islam's Gaze is Stuck on the Past
Bush and the rest of the world
What will Chávez do after Castro is gone?
Likely leader has strange bedfellows
Zapatero caves to bad element

Democracy doesn't have to fail
Find out if Chávez stole vote
To democratize, first secularize
The Prague Summit and the Freedom of Cuba
Mel Martinez and the American Dream
Young Torrijos can overcome father's brutal legacy
Crooked computer programmers defeat will of the people
Unlivable city rebuilt, rejuvenated
Castro's livestock is Cuba's laughingstock

Whose path will help cut crime?
Capture Chávez in ballot box
Democratic forces should unite
Vision of U.S. and Europe as adversaries is misguided
Kerry should take notes from Clinton
State benefits most when industry is in private hands
Socialists should drop anti-American strategy
Creating a democratic ruling class

Free trade, progress vs. isolation, poverty
What purpose does the modern monarchy serve?
Would Kerry shove Castro, or embrace him?
Abusive, meddling neighbor
Vastly changed country awaits Leonel Fernández
Lessons from Zapatero's withdrawal from Iraq
How to elect a good president in 20 easy steps

Huntington's logic fundamentally flawed
Free trade, like sunlight, is a necessity
Modern opposition voices needed

Perilous road lies ahead for new prime minister
Don't let the Flame of the Valley be extinguished
Aznar's success does not ensure bright future
Pressure Chavez to obey the law

'Zombie ideas' continue to haunt El Salvador
Kirchner wants Argentina to be 'normal' country
Bush's actions reasonable, not so Hussein's
Taking a page out of Cuba's book hardly wise

Chile offers Bolivia best chance possible to reach the Pacific
Europe and the world's Left at last alienate Castro
Educating for Democracy
Not even Castro defends Chávez
U.S. won't dwarf its partners

Cultural crossbreeding makes America great
Keep U.S. embargo on Cuba

Creating indifferent citizens
International justice begins at home
No moral coherence

Iraq far from being a Germany or Japan
Castro's friends are deserting him
'Europe vs. America' a bad French-German strategy
Confident of winning, Castro confronts U.S.

Colombia's foreign minister: Creative, effective
Pacifists ignore the Iraqis' plight
The Strategy Behind Castro's Charm Offensive
Castro or the terrorists’coherence

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