Venezuelan oil bonanza
Despite an influx of oil wealth, serious problems remain for the Venezuelan economy. By Constatin Schoehl von Norman Despite the...
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Venezuelan oil bonanza
Despite the Bonanza of PdVSA shelling tremendous amounts of foreign exchange into the Venezuelan state budget, there are indicators that...
Latin American grassroots (part 3)
Despite the autonomy of indigenous populations in Ecuador, they are not immune to the increasing radicalization we witness today in...
Colombian-American relations
The Menges Hemispheric Security Project was asked to submit a statement for the hearing before the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of...
The economics of Latin American populism
The financial policies of men like Chavez and Kirchner are costing Americans millions. Latin America has long ceased to be...
Citgo: A Chavez-Kennedy enterprise?
Many of us have seen the CITGO, the Venezuelan-owned oil company TV commercials running across the United States, which promote...
Latin America’s radical grassroots (part 2)
In our article "The Radical Grassroots" published on March 28, 2007, we discussed the potential situation generated by the emergence...
Guatemala’s upcoming elections
By Constatin Schoeh Von Norman Guatemala was the smallest country on President Bush's recent Latin America tour. It was worth...
Guatemala’s upcoming elections
Guatemala was the smallest country on President Bush's recent Latin America tour. It was worth the stop, however. For good...
Latin America’s radical grassroots
The logo of Hezbollah in Venezuela by Dr. Luis Fleischman and Nicole M. Ferrand The emergence of neo-populism...
Latin America’s radical grassroots (part 1)
The emergence of Latin American neo-populism, as well as the political mobilization indigenous peoples, has created a new class of political prey for radical leaders...
Bush and Lula sign agreement on biofuels
President George W. Bush just finished a week long trip to Latin America, the longest visit to the region of...
Losing Latin America
This article, by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), appeared Wednesday in the Washington Times. Senator Hutchison is a member of...
The surging threat in Latin America
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the principal foreign policy and intelligence...
New threat: communism in Latin America
By Alejandro Pea Escluza Communism is surging south of the border, thanks to the work of lefties like Hugo...
Scandal in Colombia – is Chavez behind it?
Colombia's Foreign Minister, Maria Consuelo Araujo, has resigned because of her brother's alleged connections to paramilitary groups. By Nicole Ferrand...