Elections: Geopolitical Nadir for Chávez and His Movement?
Regional elections in Venezuela on November 23 could have critical ramifications for the Bolivarian movement led by President Hugo Chávez ...
McCain-Palin and Latin America
This week the McCain team is trying to dispel the notion that Palin is a foreign policy lightweight. The Alaska ...
The Next Cuban Missile Crisis?
Venezuela and Russia recently announced they will be conducting joint-naval exercises off Venezuela's Caribbean coast in November. The announcement comes ...
Danny Glover, Haiti, and the Politics of Revolutionary Cinema in Venezuela
Since the inception of the oil industry in the early twentieth century, Venezuela has had strong cultural ties to the ...
McCain Roughing Up Sandinista: Smoking Gun in Campaign ’08?
Throughout the 1980s, Republican candidate John McCain was a steadfast ally of the murderous Contra rebels trying to bring down ...
Ten Years On, Bolivarian Revolution at Crossroads
Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution has hit some snags at home and abroad. Five years ago, President Chávez seemed unstoppable, but his ...
McCain’s Big Oil Ties: From Colombia to Iraq
The Republican nominee's campaign team is packed with lobbyists of the oil industry and the Arizona Senator himself has been ...
Obama and the School of the Americas
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama likes to employ soaring rhetoric when discussing human rights. But he has failed to take ...
President Obama? The Likely Reception From Brazil
While it's still unclear what kinds of policies Obama might pursue towards South America if he's elected president, his mere ...
The Pope’s Holy War Against Liberation Theology
The election of a left-leaning former Bishop in Paraguay, and the growth of left movements around Latin America puts Pope ...
