New York Times editorializes about ways that the United States can engage with Latin America. These include mending relations with Brazil, Venezuela, and Cuba. In addition, attention should be given…
Long time Latin America watcher Cynthia Arnson of the Wilson Center in Washington points to the historic nature of the Seventh Summit of the Americas. She states that this an…
President Obama stopped in Jamaica on his way to the Seventh Summit of the Americas. There he met more than a dozen Caribbean leaders to discuss meeting the energy needs…
Moisés Naím, former editor of Foreign Policy magazine, prolific writer, and former minister in the Venezuelan government writes in Madrid’s prestigious El País that the Summit of the Americas in…
Former Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of American States Virginia Contreras writes a penetrating analysis of where Venezuela is headed in the next months. Because of the ineptitude of the…
Ambassador Patrick Duddy, former American envoy to Venezuela, comments on the political crisis in that country. He also analyzes the policy implications and provides recommendations for the United States and…
Rising poverty, food scarcity, inflation, and the low price of oil make for tough times for the followers of Hugo Chavez. Moreover, the low popularity of President Maduro has plummeted…
Brazil faces a world class corruption scandal associated with its national oil company. 53 politicians from 6 different political parties, including 2 from the party of President Dilma Rouseff, have…
A 53 year-old Bolivian mother of two becomes the first general in Latin America to command troops. Her father, also military, led the unit that captured and killed Che Guevara.
New York Times editorial criticizes Brazil for its failure to assume international responsibilities. It could, for example, play a constructive role with respect to Cuba and Venezuela.
