Introducing Colombias own Obama
Versión en Español Six weeks ago, it seemed impossible. Today, it seems improbable but all too possible: Colombia could reject...
Venezuela
Challenges to democracy, human rights & regional stability in Latin America
The Center for Security Policy's Menges Hemispheric Security Project presented its Second Annual Capitol Hill National Security Briefing on Latin...
Arsenal of roguery
Sixty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced to the nation in one of his famous "fireside chats" that America...
Experts warn of escalating Chavez threat
Latin America experts are warning about the growing threat from Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, citing new evidence of Chavez’s expanding...
The perils of peripheral warfare: Iran & Venezuela share the tactics of asymmetric war
When Epifanio Flores Quispe, the mayor of Requena, Peru received an invitation recently to visit Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, he...
The US vs. Honduran democracy
The image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wielding what resembled an oversized mallet while leading a mob of congressmen across...
Time to get tough with Iran and the IRGC
The Obama administration, clearly exasperated that Iran’s terrorist state hasn’t reciprocated its public and private engagement overtures, took a new...
Morales in Bolivia: ‘If you are not with the Party, you are the opposition. There is no middle ground.’
Evo Morales won the Bolivian presidency in 2005 with an overwhelming 54% of the vote with his Movement toward Socialism...
Latin America in American national security
The Christmas bombing attempt at blowing up a Northwest Airline flying from Amsterdam to Detroit has rightly raised the level...
Pro-Iranian Chavista Daniel Ortega overturns term limits
In recent years, we have been witnessing a pattern in Latin America, where Presidents are elected democratically and then abuse...
Champions of democracy
"Let every nation know... that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose...
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...
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...
Obama Doctrine ‘coup’
Undermine our allies. Embolden our enemies. Diminish our country. If anyone doubted those nine words summed up the Obama Doctrine,...
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...