The FARC’s senator
On September 27, 2010, Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba was removed from her senate seat. The country's Inspector General provided evidence...
Nicole Ferrand
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A political tremor brewing in Peru
A few weeks ago, we at The Americas Report wrote an article about the current situation in Peru, as a...
Entrevista Keiko Fujimori Higuchi
Nicole M. Ferrand editora del Americas Report del Menges Hemispheric Security Project del Center for Security Policy estuvo en Lima,...
The next president of Peru? A conversation with Keiko Fujimori Higuchi
Versión en Español While recently in Peru, The Americas Report editor Nicole Ferrand interviewed Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi. Congresswoman Fujimori...
Peru today
It is hard to believe that just twenty years ago, Peru was going through one of its worst crises in...
The growing concern of Brazil & Iran
In recent months there has been a growing interest in the deepening relationship between Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva...
Chavez’s prisoners
Venezuela is suffering from one of the worst cases of oppression in its modern history. Under the leadership of Hugo...
Morales in Bolivia: ‘If you are not with the Party, you are the opposition. There is no middle ground.’
Evo Morales won the Bolivian presidency in 2005 with an overwhelming 54% of the vote with his Movement toward Socialism...
Pro-Iranian Chavista Daniel Ortega overturns term limits
In recent years, we have been witnessing a pattern in Latin America, where Presidents are elected democratically and then abuse...
Who’s behind the Obama Honduras policy?
The Obama Administration has made serious mistakes in its handling of the crisis in Honduras where it supports the return...
High stakes in Chile
Chile will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday December 13, 2009, with a run-off scheduled for January 17, 2010...
Delahunts Banana ‘Slip’
On September 4, 2009 on PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer, US Rep - D. William Delahunt (member of the United...
What’s wrong with Insulza and the OAS
This is the second of two articles on the situation in Honduras and how it relates to OAS Secretary General,...
What’s wrong with Insulza and the OAS
By now, we are all aware of the situation in Honduras where President Manuel Zelaya tried unsuccessfully to use the...
Zeroing in on Peru
Today, Peru is one of the strongest economies in Latin America. In 2007, the Peruvian economy grew 9% and continued...
Will Brazil and China abandon the dollar?
In March 2009, Premier Wen Jiabao made an astonishing announcement when he expressed his deep worries about the safety of...