Making hash of Honduras
Now that the Honduran crisis has moved back into the media spotlight, we should examine what actually took place in...
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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...
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...
Cuban Intelligence Operations in the US
Since Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959, one of the government's top priorities has been to spy on the...
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...
Latin American Yalta
As the Honduran crisis is still unresolved and attempts at mediation continue, the case has presented an interesting challenge whose...
Zeroing in on Peru
Today, Peru is one of the strongest economies in Latin America. In 2007, the Peruvian economy grew 9% and continued...
Mike Waller: Obama’s failure in Honduras
Latin America expert and professor of Political Warfare at the Institute for World Politics Mike Waller gives an update on...
Time to reject dictatorship in Latin America
The June 28 coup d'état in Honduras that deposed President Manuel Zelaya raised international concern. Brazilian President Lula Da Silva...
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...
Ray Walser: The ALBA Group & Anti-Americanism
Dr. Ray Walser is a Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America at the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign...
Cuba today
Any discussion of engagement with Cuba needs to take into account that Cuba is the last country in the hemisphere...
Ollanta Humala, Peru’s worst nightmare
The Peruvian presidential elections, to be held in 2011, will be very important for the future of that country. The...
La Creciente Afganizacin en Amrica Latina
Version in English Cuando el Presidente Barack Obama fue criticado por su interacción amigable con Hugo Chávez durante la Cumbre...