Luis Fleischman’s “Latin America in the Post-Chávez Era”
Since the election of Hugo Chavez to the presidency of Venezuela in 1998, the political landscape of Latin America has...
Venezuela
Union of South American Nations Give a Nod to Chavez’s Successor
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela on April 19 in the presence of a number of Latin...
Challenges Continue After Maduro’s Election in Venezuela
According to results reported by the national Elections Committee of Venezuela (CNE), Nicolas Maduro, Chavez’s chosen successor and protege, won...
After Chavez
The death yesterday of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez should be a cause of celebration for freedom-loving people throughout the Western...
Chavez’s Deeds: He Was A Threat to America and His Own People
Hugo Chavez died on March 5th, 2013 exactly 60 years after Josef Stalin. The Mexican political scientist Fredo Arias wrote...
Insightful look at daily life under Chavez’ authoritarianism
Click here to purchase "The Lieutenant of San Porfirio" at Amazon for $16.77 Joel Hirst is a young writer and...
China’s Battery and Assault
With Roger Noriega, Gordon Chang, Dean Popps, and Andrew McCarthy. AEI scholar ROGER NORIEGA discusses what the chances are of...
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,...
Religion is Thicker than Blood
With Clifford May, Robert Zarate, David North, and Fred Fleitz. Foundation for Defense of Democracies President CLIFFORD MAY critiques a...
Western Hemisphere 2012 Review
With Roger Noriega. AEI scholar ROGER NORIEGA takes us on a tour of what has happened in the Western Hemisphere...
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...
Winning Issue
Tuesday's rematch of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is likely to be their first of two in which the incumbent's...
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 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...