Andrés Martinez: All Publications, Events and Press

Dobbs Praised for Stand | Politico

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:18:00 -0500

... a serious news network was never a fitting venue for his nativist, anti-immigrant pep rallies,” wrote Andres Martinez of the New America Foundation. ...

Switching Channels

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:28:00 -0500

The night of September 9 appeared to fulfill all the promise underlying NBC Universal's ambitious $2.7 billion acquisition in 2001 of Telemundo, the second-largest Spanish language television network in the U.S. On that night, the NBC sibling carried President Obama's important healthcare address to a joint session of Congress-on a slight delay to allow for dubbing into Spanish-followed by its highest-rated program ever, which reached more than 5 million viewers.

"Go West, Young Policy Wonk"

Kirsten Gilbert — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/02/2009 - 12:15pm

Only five years ago, programs like "ER," "The West Wing," and "The Wire" were exploring the major policy issues of our times: access to health care; the war in Iraq; and the battle over drug abuse in the inner city. Television in the past has played a vibrant role in dramatizing the complexities of policy debate, but are shows today continuing that legacy? Do dramatic programs capture and reflect social policy issues and dilemmas? In light of the demise of… more

"¿Que pasa, América Latina?”

Kirsten Gilbert — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/01/2009 - 9:15am

On October 1, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda outlined the challenges and opportunities currently faced by Latin America. In conversation with Andres Martinez, the Director of New America's Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program, Mr. Castañeda discussed the continent's fraught attempts to develop a working framework for collective action, even as its major players start to focus their attention on increasing their clout on the global stage.

The Cold War's Friendliest Quarrel

Stephanie Gunter — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
09/15/2009 - 12:15pm

On September 15, Nicholas Thompson discussed his new book The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. Covering the remarkable rivalry and friendship bonding two of the nation's foremost foreign policy thinkers, Paul Nitze and George Kennan, the event was moderated by Andrés Martinez, Director of Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program.

California’s Identity Crisis

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:47:00 -0400

Corruption Hampers Mexico's Battle Against Drugs | Worldfocus

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:01:00 -0400

Andres Martinez, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, joins Martin Savidge to discuss the Americas summit, the drug war and the U.S. commitment to ... and more »

Mexico Might Not Have the U.S. to Kick Around Anymore

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:02:00 -0400

The United States hasn't prevailed in Mexico City since Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fought alongside each other to vanquish Santa Ana, but the American soccer team will try again today as it takes on the Mexican national team in a key World Cup qualifying match in Azteca Stadium. Despite how fiercely competitive the U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry has become in the last two decades, the Americans have never won in Mexico City.

North American Neighbors Meet to Discuss Cross-Border Issues | NewsHour

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:45:00 -0400

Andres Martinez of the New America Foundation discussed the necessity of a close relationship between the "intertwined countries" with the NewsHour. ... and more »

Futbol Tragedy

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:50:00 -0400

Barack Obama and a number of his cabinet members are only the second-most prominent American team to descend on Mexico this week (the U.S. president traveled to Guadalajara for the annual "Rodney Dangerfield summit," where Canada and Mexico try to get some respect from their disinterested neighbor). Most Mexicans are paying far more attention to the visit of a different delegation from north of the Rio Grande, the U.S. national soccer team that takes on Mexico in a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Mexico City's imposing Aztec Stadium on Wednesday.

Situation in Honduras “A Test for Democracies in Western Hemisphere” | Russia Today

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:04:00 -0400

The outcome of the political crisis in Honduras will be an indication of how strong democracies in America are, believes Andres Martinez, program director at the New America Foundation. Original clip

Honduras and the Cuba Exception

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:20:00 -0400

The images were decidedly retro and jarring in their distant familiarity, as if a grainy old family film long left in the attic had been brought out for a screening. In defense of la patriala patria, army troops overpowered el palacio at dawn and placed el presidente on an airplane to be flown into exile, still wearing his pajamas. Sunday's coup in Honduras followed a script once so familiar it acquired cliche status, material even for a Woody Allen sendup.

Is Asia on the Rise?

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
06/29/2009 - 8:30am

Be Neighborly, Go to Mexico

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:49:00 -0400

Your neighbor needs your help. Do you have it within you to lend a hand? Will you book yourself a week on the beach in Cabo or Puerto Vallarta, or explore Mexico City or one of the colonial cities in the heart of Mexico? You know, for the common good.

This has been a banner decade for empathy tourism -- many Americans flocking to New York after 9/11 and to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did so with a sense of public service. Mexico now needs a similar surge.

Envy Takes a Holiday

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:51:00 -0400

There is a reason the Coldplay song “Viva la Vida” is inescapable these days. It is the soundtrack to our current downturn: “I used to rule the world / Seas would rise when I gave the word / Now in the morning I sleep alone / Sweep the streets I used to own.” Times are tough, to be sure. And yet the dark cloud of this economy does have a silver lining, at least for those fortunate enough to still have a job: the end, or at least the suspension, of envy.

In the Tanks: Debating Health Care Reform | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:19:00 -0400

The Post partnered with Andres Martinez of the New America Foundation to host an online dialogue with Washington think tankers on health care reform.

Andres Martinez (New America): We're taking stock this week of President Obama's first 100 days in office, so I'd like you to share your thoughts on what the administration has accomplished in this period on health care reform. Any surprises?

Flu's Biggest Victim

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:00 -0400

Poor Mexico can’t catch a break. “So far from God, so close to the United States,” as the old saying goes down there. Indeed. Our southern neighbor’s lethal drug war has been driven off the front pages by a deadly strain of swine flu that threatens to become a pandemic. And as if that weren’t enough, for a few scary moments on Monday, an already jittery Mexico City was hit by an earthquake that registered 5.6 on the Richter scale. What next, locusts?

A Failed Relationship: Slate Looks at America's Dysfunctional Ties With Mexico

Communications — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:40:00 -0400

Washington, DC -- How can two countries that share a 2,000-mile border and centuries of history know so little about each other? As President Barack Obama prepares for his April 16 visit to Mexico, Slate and the New America Foundation teamed up to produce a series of articles that explores the strained relations between the United States and Mexico.

Distant Neighbors

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:36:00 -0400

The other day, my 4-year-old son asked me what a border is. It was a simple question, and yet I found myself stammering until his eyes narrowed intently. He does that, as if to say, "Aha, it seems I have stumbled upon something juicy here." He might as well have been asking where babies come from. In fact, I was merely struggling to figure out whether to emphasize that borders are shared, thus bonding either side, or whether to emphasize that borders separate and divide, creating sides in the first place.

Obama's Cuban Revolution? | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:07:00 -0400

JORGE CASTAÑEDA AND ANDRÉS MARTINEZ, Fellows at the New America Foundation: For once Barack Obama can't be accused of pushing for ambitious change. The minor adjustments he has made to American policy towards Cuba simply take us back to the days of the Clinton administration, a time when the trade embargo and the travel ban had already proven to be counterproductive anachronisms. They still are.