Run Off Presidential Elections in Argentina Could Have Positive Impact on The Region
The voters of Argentina will have a major choice to make in the upcoming November 22nd runoff presidential elections. The...
Menges Hemispheric Security Project
Center’s Menges Hemispheric Security Symposium Flays Obama’s Rapprochement With Cuba And His Support For Venezuelan Dictator
The Center for Security Policy’s Menges Hemispheric Security Project yesterday convened its fourth annual Latin America Symposium on Capitol Hill. ...
The State Department Under-Estimates Iranian Threat in the Western Hemisphere
Last year a bill titled “Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act” sponsored by Congressman Jeff Duncan was passed into...
Brazil and the Bolivarian Revolution
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez was known for having started and spread what is called the Bolivarian revolution, a kind of...
Questionable Chinese mining practices in Latin America
Originally published at the Americas Report China has conducted an economic foreign policy under the slogan of “win-win”. This concept...
Speculating on Venezuela’s Future
There is a great deal of speculation these days about the immediate political future after Chavez' expected death. Some analysts,...
The Gaza Crisis and the Intellectual Left in Latin America
The recent Gaza crisis, during which Israel responded with a limited military operation to stop Hamas missile attacks against Israeli...
Reflections on Regional Reactions to Chavez’s Victory
Two days prior to the Venezuelan presidential election, Francisco Toro, a Venezuelan journalist and blogger, wrote an op-ed in the New...
Election in Venezuela
The upcoming October 7th elections in Venezuela do not constitute just another round of elections in another country. These elections...
The consequences of Colombia’s negotiations with FARC
Early in October, peace negotiations will take place between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)...
The world’s not better off
Eleven years after 9/11, President Obama would have us believe that, at least with respect to our national security, we...
The Importance of the War of Ideas
As anti-American feelings are being cultivated in large parts of Latin America, not much attention is being paid to the...
The Assange Case and Ecuador: Correa Positions Himself as Chavez’s International Successor
Ecuador’s decision to grant political asylum to the computer hacker, Julian Assange, is very revealing in relation to the character...
The Salvadorian Constitutional Crisis, Democracy and the International Community
Last month El Salvador experienced one of its most dramatic constitutional crises of the past 20 years. It began when...
Center Awardee and Military Committee Chair Readied US Support in ’82 Falklands War
John Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy, and Adm. James "Ace" Lyons, former Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet,...
The Future of Venezuela: Chavismo Without Chavez
Ever since announcing that he has cancer, the status of Hugo Chavez’s health and longevity has been an issue of...