Congress Hears Again About Hezbollahs Role in Latin America
The Committee on Homeland Security met on July 7th to discuss Hezbollah’s growing influence in Latin America. Testifying at the...
Luis Fleischman
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Taking Iran’s missiles in Venezuela seriously
In the last several days it has been reported that Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles in Venezuela. Such...
Cuba going the way of China?
On April 16th and April 19th, Raul Castro delivered his opening and closing speeches before the sixth assembly of the...
Making sense of Argentina’s frenzied policy
Since the arrival of the Kirchner phenomenon to Argentinean politics in 2003, there has been a sense that history has...
Qaddafi and Latin America
The positions that different Latin American countries have taken towards Colonel Qaddafi and the crisis in Libya present some interesting...
A closer look at Brazil’s foreign policy
Latin America is increasingly turning into a geo-political and international challenge. On the one hand, Venezuela, under the leadership of...
Correas Ecuador: Defending an autocracy
On September 30, something important happened in Ecuador. A rebellion by police officers took place in protest against cuts in...
Beyond electoral illusions: the totalitarian regime of Hugo Chavez
On September 26, Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections. Since Hugo Chavez was elected to the presidency in 1998, Venezuela has...
Guatemala: A security challenge
I had a great opportunity to be part of group organized by the Atlas Foundation that participated in a seminar...
La Relacin Entre Procesos Polticos en Amrica Latina y La Seguridad Regional
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Connecting the dots: Internal developments in Latin America & regional security
Versión en Español Today, a large part of the Latin American continent is in danger of collapsing into a situation...
Latin America in American national security
The Christmas bombing attempt at blowing up a Northwest Airline flying from Amsterdam to Detroit has rightly raised the level...
Humbled by the Honduran people
I had the privilege of being part of a distinguished group that traveled to Honduras to serve as an international...
A Chavista in Uruguay?
As in Honduras, Uruguayans will go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday November 29th. The most...
Brazil’s tilt towards Chavez and Iran
For those of us concerned with hemispheric security, the big question has always been how do we contain Chavez‘s expansionist...
Is Ecuador’s lawsuit against Chevron ‘messianic’ justice?
Unbeknownst to many, there is now a high stakes legal battle taking place between the Chevron Oil Company and the...