Each year Conn Hallinan presents awards to individuals, companies and governments that make following the news a daily adventure.
Conn Hallinan’s 2015 “Are You Serious?” Awards
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Latin America & Caribbean
The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil
Economists said the market would save the planet. It didn’t.
The Ultimate Blowback from U.S. Foreign Policy? Donald Trump.
How the CIA, bad trade deals, and wanton military intervention caused the social crises that gave us the Donald. (Really.)
10 Good Things About the Not-So-Great Year 2015
2015 had more than its share of bad news. But it also saw groundbreaking victories on climate, marriage equality, the drug war, and diplomacy.
Colombia Peace Talks Need Afro-Colombian, Indigenous Voices
Since they are disproportionately affected by the conflict in Colombia, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities must be part of the peace process.
Seven Wrinkles in the Paris Climate Deal
Will the landmark UN climate deal mark a turning point in the fight against climate change? The devil’s in the details.
Will Washington Greenlight Another Coup in Haiti?
After December’s elections, Haiti could have yet another U.S.-backed president with a weak democratic mandate.
No Climate Deal Is Better Than a Bad One
Without concrete, enforceable emissions targets and transition financing, the Paris climate talks will only deepen our climate crisis.
Five Dead-Ends on the Road to the Paris Climate Talks
So far, UN climate change conferences have sidestepped the real business of keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
The Rise and Fall of Latin America’s Most Successful Progressive Party
Brazil’s Workers’ Party was once the pride of the New Left for an entire hemisphere. Now its 13-year rule hangs by a thread.