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...
Venezuela
Otto Reich: Honduras, Venezuela & Obama
Hon. Otto Reich is the former White House Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives and former Assistant Secretary of State...
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...
An enfeebled Obama
If Zbigniew Brzezinski had his way, the US would go to war against Israel to defend Iran's nuclear installations. 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...
Our irredeemable international system
Our international institutions are irredeemably corrupted. From the United Nations to the International Criminal Court and their affiliate and subordinate...
Obama’s big UN adventure
President Obama's upcoming visit to the 64th UN General Assembly, which opened yesterday, will be nothing if not entertaining. Substantively,...
Delahunts Banana ‘Slip’
On September 4, 2009 on PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer, US Rep - D. William Delahunt (member of the United...
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...
Snakes in the grass
The Florida Everglades are reeling from an explosion in the number of deadly Burmese pythons. By some estimates, there may...
What’s wrong with Insulza and the OAS
This is the second of two articles on the situation in Honduras and how it relates to OAS Secretary General,...
What’s wrong with Insulza and the OAS
By now, we are all aware of the situation in Honduras where President Manuel Zelaya tried unsuccessfully to use 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...