Dr. Orlando Perez, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Millersville University, comments on the recently concluded Seventh Summit of the Americas. He draws a contrast…
The Summit of the Americas In Panama will be remembered not only for the presidential level discussions. A band of Cubans from both the government and civil society attended. “It’s…
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Roberta Jacobson, outlines the key issues for the United States at the Summit of the Americas. They are cooperation on democracy and human…
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…
