A New Doctrine of Insecurity? U.S. Military Deployment in South America

A New Doctrine of Insecurity? U.S. Military Deployment in South America

The announced redeployment this summer of the U.S. Navy’s Fourth Fleet, a World War II–era flotilla, to patrol the Caribbean ...
The Candidates and Latin America

The Candidates and Latin America

With an increasing number of presidential primaries occurring around the country in the very early part of 2008, those of ...
Washington and the Caudillos: Calculation and Miscalculation in Managua

Washington and the Caudillos: Calculation and Miscalculation in Managua

As foreign reporters descended upon Managua during the runup to last fall’s presidential election between Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega and ...
Clinton's Cuba Policy: A low-Priority Dilemma

Clinton’s Cuba Policy: A low-Priority Dilemma

In Cuba, Castro has publicly praised the new president. Privately, he had a friend ask Jimmy Carter to relay the ...
DANGEROUS CROSSROADS

DANGEROUS CROSSROADS

Not so long ago, most everyone on the Left agreed that U.S. military intervention in the internal affairs of another ...
Venezuela: Defying Globalization's Logic

Venezuela: Defying Globalization’s Logic

The continued ability of president Hugo Chávez to carry out significant reforms in the face of U.S. hostility and an ...
U.S Role in Dominican Republic Spurs Nacla founding

U.S Role in Dominican Republic Spurs Nacla founding

U.S. Role in Dominican Republic spurs NACLA founding By Fred Rosen In April 1965, President Lyndon Johnson sent some 22,000 ...
Toward a New Democratic Manifesto

Toward a New Democratic Manifesto

As the old orthodoxies fade, many progressive analysts and activists have become ambivalent about the most efficacious paths to social ...