The Chavez & Kirchner suitcase scandal
On August 4, 2007, a Cessna plane property of "Royalclass" company arrived at Buenos Aires' Newberry airport (Aeroparque) in Argentina....
Ecuador
Peru’s reaction to Venezuelan intervention
On July 26 2007, The Americas Report ran an article entitled: "Chávez's dangerous intervention in Perú" which described the massive...
Chavez’s dangerous intervention in Peru
In recent weeks, there have been massive protests in different regions of Peru that have turned extremely violent due...
Chavez’s dangerous intervention in Peru
In recent weeks, there have been massive protests in different regions of Peru that have turned extremely violent due to...
Operation ‘Terapaima’ and the Takeover of RCTV
"Operation 'Terapaima' and the Takeover of RCTV." According to a document of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela (Fuerzas Armadas...
“Fixing” relations with Latin America
On June 19th the House Foreign Affairs Committee debated how to "fix the broken relationship with Latin America". We decided...
“Fixing” US-Latin American relations
The Menges Hemispheric Project is always monitoring the latest legislative events regarding Latin America. Nancy Menges, Editor in Chief, has...
Two thumbs down for Insulza and the OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) or, as it is known in the three other official languages (OEA), is an...
Gangs and violence in Central America
Central America has the misfortune of being placed between drug supply and drug demand. The flow of cocaine from South...
Czech Parliament writes to Chavez on RCTV
In this week's report, we publish a letter written by 41 Czech MPs to President Hugo Chavez (June 6 th), requesting that...
RCTV: Dictatorship Chavez-style
Venezuela 's commitment to democracy has suffered a serious blow as the government forced private television station RCTV off the...
RCTV: Dictatorship, Chavez style
Over the protests of Venezuelans, Hugo Chavez has silenced RCTV. Reuters photo At last, and sadly for those who believe...
FARC’s atrocities
Recent reports from several media outlets focused on declarations made by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe who has ordered the...
Democrats pushing Colombia away?
The Americas Report has have been covering the most recent events in Colombia and Mr. Uribe's efforts to get the...
Venezuelan oil bonanza
Despite an influx of oil wealth, serious problems remain for the Venezuelan economy. By Constatin Schoehl von Norman Despite the...
Venezuelan oil bonanza
Despite the Bonanza of PdVSA shelling tremendous amounts of foreign exchange into the Venezuelan state budget, there are indicators that...