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...
Brazil
A Chavista in Uruguay?
As in Honduras, Uruguayans will go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday November 29th. The most...
A very different face of Colombia
There's a good reason life in Pasto, Colombia appears different to a visitor from the capital, Bogota: it is. Pasto...
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...
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...
Revolutionary Anti-Semitism
"Sometimes I ask myself if Hitler wasn't right when he wanted to finish with that race, through the famous holocaust,...
Making hash of Honduras
Now that the Honduran crisis has moved back into the media spotlight, we should examine what actually took place in...
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...
The Obama doctrine
Undermine our allies. Embolden our enemies. Diminish our country. Those nine words define the Obama Doctrine with respect to American...
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...
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...
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...
Iran’s global reach
US President Barack Obama underestimates the threat Iran poses to global security. Were this not the case, he would not...
Ecuador’s Correa until 2017?
As many polls had predicted, President Rafael Correa was re-elected for a second term in the Ecuadorian general elections, which...