The importance of the Colombia FTA
For some time now, media outlets in Latin America and the US have been closely monitoring the negotiations for an...
Brazil
A blow to anti-drug policy
In a recent interview in the Argentinean magazine "Debate", Gabriel Guerra Mondragon, an advisor to Hillary Clinton on Hispanic and...
The uncertain future of Mercosur
Mercosur (Mercado Común del Sur) is a Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Venezuela just signed...
Perspectives on the Brazilian elections
What to expect of Lula's Second Term The upcoming months will bring tough challenges for Da Silva who has been...
Snatching defeat?
Decision Brief No. 06-D 53 2006-10-16 (Washington, D.C.): America's preoccupation with the crises du jour - the rising terrorist...
Castaneda’s Legacy for US-Mexico Relations
By Fredo Arias-King. Mr. Arias-King is a Harvard-trained businessman and scholar of contemporary Russia , was advisor of international affairs to...
7-Eleven cuts off Chavez; it’s about time
Were it not for his vitriolic speech at the United Nations earlier this month, the problem of Venezuelan dictator Hugo...
Prevent Venezuela from joining Security Council
By Luis Fleischman (Washington, D.C.): On October 16, a secret ballot of the United Nations General Assembly will decide who...
Clinton’s soak the rich Americans
For millions of Americans, the spectacle of buffoonery and bombast served up last week in New York by the UN...
Ethanol: A means toward energy independence?
Since President Bush's state of the Union Address in January, there has been a heightened search for alternative sources aiming...
The battle for India
By Robert T. McLean With the conflicts and disorder of the Middle East consuming the attention of much of the...
Chavez’s oil problems with China
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has repeatedly expressed his wishes to sell large amounts of oil to China in order to...
Chavez, Iran, and terrorism
Hugo Chavez visited Iran at the end of July, now for the fifth time, since he took the reins of...
Wanted: A real energy security bill
Today President Bush will, with much fanfare, sign the long-awaited "comprehensive" energy bill into law. Regrettably, the bill fails to...
LOST approval urged by global goverment advocates
As concern grows that the United Nations is intent on replacing what the National Security Guidance calls "an orderly arrangement...