Summit of the Americas Ends in Uncertainty
Though the United States was still the focus of plenty of the usual criticism, observers noted that it was toned down at this...
South America
El Salvador to Lurch Leftward Under Funes
Tiny, tragic El Salvador became on Sunday the latest Latin American country to lurch leftwards, following the lead of the likes of Venezuela,...
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Chavez Wins Referendum, Seizes Rice Processors
After waging a successful campaign to lift term limits in February, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is on a rampage. He recently sent the...
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Violence in Mexico
A report released in January by the U.S. Joint Forces Command is warning of the potential for "rapid and sudden collapse" of the...
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Change Comes to Bolivia
Change is being implemented throughout the month of February in the latest South American country to lurch leftward. Voters in Bolivia approved a...
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EU Déjà Vu in the Caribbean
Just as the European Union was sold to Europeans as a trade agreement even though it was actually a political union, so it...
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Russia and Cuba Get Cozy
As tension over the Russian occupation of Georgia continues to simmer, Moscow is quietly stirring the embers of the Cold War in another...
Read moreChile’s Social Security Success
Think of the United States as a latter-day Titanic. Super-modern. Super-rich. And heading for an iceberg of colossal proportions. Unthinkable? So, too, was...
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Communism’s Resurgence
Communism is not dead in Latin America. In fact, the dominoes are falling south of the border, but no one seems to be...
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Welcome Mat for Terrorists
With Marxist regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil and Haiti, and communist movements in other Latin American countries, the FTAA poses an enormous security...
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