Finally, as long as there is a narcostate operating in Venezuela, masterminded by Cuba, the recent upheaval in Latin America will continue. Washington must urgently overhaul its policy toward Venezuela and enlist the support of front-line states to bring to justice the criminals who..…
the usual suspects in Organization of American States and European Union, reinforced by right-wing US Marco Rubio of Florida Washington's lobbyist for all of Latin America's oligarchs and drug lords demanded election, Morales and his Movement for Socialism party was confident of..…
It has only recently become clear to analysts in the United States that Russia is playing a big role in Latin America to destabilize Washington’s alliance system and threaten US interests. ... The disarray in US foreign policy—which includes Latin..…
The first ministerial conference on counterterrorism in many years took place on December 11, 2018, when senior officials from 13 countries in Latin America came to Washington D.C. to work together to address regional gaps to counter terrorist threats. ..…
For example, Bolton brought on Mauricio Claver-Carone, a political fundraiser and lobbyist, to replace a CIA officer as the NSC director for Latin America, according to the Washington Post. . ..…
Friedberg, “Competing with China,” Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 60, no. 3 (June 2018), 7–64. . 3 Paul Stronski and Nicole Ng, Cooperation and Competition: Russia and China in Central Asia, the Russian Far East, and the Arctic (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2018);..…
Therefore, it can be observed that the sanctions do not also aim to financially topple Venezuela, but also to hinder China’s impressive economic presence in Latin America, challenging Washington in its “own backyard.” . ..…
David Smilde, Venezuela from Washington Office on Latin America advocacy group, said for all Bolton's soaring, inspirational rhetoric., the new sanctions were to prove game-changer... But the message seemed aimed at American voters, particularly Florida, said Geoff Ramsey, head..…
'For many Guatemalans, what was at the center of this election was whether the country is going to be able to continue a path toward reforms for combating corruption and strengthening the rule of law, or whether the very powerful and influential sectors were going to be able to regain control of the political..…
Russia has rejected the US hostile policies against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his legitimately-elected government, saying such measures as economic sanctions and military intervention are meant to sow discord among Latin American nations... Washington is taking towards..…
The release of these documents stands the cause of justice and the cause of our fundamental right-to-know, said Carlos Osorio, Latin America analyst at George Washington University's National Security Archive.. ..…
The release of these documents stands the cause of justice and the cause of our fundamental right-to-know, said Carlos Osorio, Latin America analyst at George Washington University's National Security Archive.. ..…
In recent decades, historians of United States have revealed and explored the sins of American imperialism, recounting in detail Washington's interventions Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Middle East. Consequently, few in United States recognize that Mexican- American War was..…
The lawmakers expressed their solidarity with Cardenas, member of House's Peace Commission, that revoking his visa challenges the good relationship between the US and Colombia, Washington DC's staunchest ally Latin America.. ..…
With the exceptions of Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Cuba, Latin America consists of Washington's vassal states. ..…
Mexico Seminar XXIII mobilizes against Washington’s offensive in Latin America . ..…
Over the years, America has repeatedly asserted its authority in Latin America. ... Retired Admiral James Stavridis observed that “everywhere I went as a four-star Admiral in [Latin America] while commanding U.S Southern Command, I would be reminded of..…
Representatives of National Security Archive, Washington Office on Latin America, American Association for Advancement of Science, and Human Rights Watch disclosed the document at noon-time press conference on Thursday, May 20, at National Press Club, calling it the only known..…
This is where Washington wants Latin America to return to. Like those monstrous and hopeless slums surrounding Lima, La Rinconada should be call to arms.. ..…
U.S has long history of intervening against left-wing forces across Latin America and Washington officials, have been linked to coup against Maduro's, Hugo Chávez, in 2002. ..…
The Inter-American Development Bank said Friday its annual meeting would exit China after the United States led objections to Beijing's refusal to grant a visa to the Venezuelan representative backed by Washington. . The bank, which provides development funding for Latin America and..…
Over the past half-decade (2015-2019) Washington has succeeded in restoring client regimes in Latin America, by military coups, political intervention and economic pressure. ... While the US succeeded in the rest of Latin America in consolidating hemispheric..…
Our attempts at intervention are inevitably tainted by more than a century of “Yankee imperialism” in Latin America. ... Instead, Washington should back the efforts of Venezuela’s neighbors and other Latin American nations to peacefully defuse the crisis. . ..…
It became the basis for the last 100 years of Washington's regime-change policies Latin America, some of them overt and others covert.. ..…
I am not as confident as Moon of Alabama that Venezuela’s effort dating back to Chavez to be a sovereign country independent of Washington’s control can survive. Washington is determined to teach all of Latin America that it is pointless to dream of self-determination. ..…
I am not as confident as Moon of Alabama that Venezuela's effort dating back to Chavez to be sovereign country independent of Washington's control can survive. Washington is determined to teach all of Latin America that it's pointless to dream of self-determination. ..…
Washington has long watched China's increasing influence Latin America with growing concern, Sputnik, explaining how Beijing may respond to the US attempts to squeeze it out of the amid Venezuelan political crisis... There growing concerns in Washington about China's..…
Pentagon transferred its military focus from Middle East to Latin America, identifying military and political clients among key regimes namely Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.. Washington's Latin American electoral processes opened the door to exploitation of..…
In all situations of justice there is difficult issue and that is that fighting against impunity and facilitating transition often work in opposite directions, said David Smilde, senior fellow at Washington Office on Latin America, think tank.. ..…
Nebenzya also harked back to previous US meddlesome policies in Latin American countries, such as Nicaragua, and said Washington still considered Latin America its 'backyard.' . ..…
Pompeo’s expectations include joint action with the Saudi regime and other Middle East autocracies to “counter Iranian malign influence,” which he regards as an even higher priority than “working against authoritarian regimes” in Latin America, which Washington is..…
U.S. policy in Latin America is grounded in the Monroe Doctrine of opposing European intervention in the region. . 1902: President Theodore Roosevelt defuses a crisis in Venezuela after European nations including Britain and Germany imposed a blockade over unpaid debts. ... The countries..…
Trump's move was also supported by Washington's allies in Latin America, including Brazil's new right wing president Jair Bolsonaro. ..…
On policy, meanwhile, Chavez proved formidable foe of US hegemony, taking every opportunity to denounce the history of Washington's in subverting democracy, human rights and sovereignty throughout Latin America, educating Venezuelan people on the history of US in the process.. ..…
Chavez’s rise to power marked the beginning of what came to be known as the “pink tide,” in which numerous countries throughout Latin America broke free from the influence of Washington and elected leftist governments that sought to combat inequality, make social investments..…
The objective here is to prevent corruption cases from moving forward and ensuring impunity for the power, said Adriana Beltran, analyst with Washington Office on Latin America think tank.. ..…
AMERICA/UNITED STATES Solidarity of US Catholics helps brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean . ... Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America awarded over..…
., Director for Mexico and Migrant Rights, Washington Office on Latin America. Location 1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA. ..…
Latin America is re-converting into Washington's and similar and worse than the sixties seventies and eighties. ..…
International Development Finance Corporation, and multilateral organs such Washington's as partner will grow.. The scale of Latin America's borrowing from China in the past decade is astounding Venezuela has received $62 Brazil, $42 Argentina, $18 billion and Ecuador, $17..…
The New York Times further pointed out that the reported meetings between US officials and the Venezuelan coup plotters could raise alarms in the region considering Washington’s previous interventions across Latin America, including a controversial coup in Chile in 1973, the..…
As Chinese economic presence in Latin America was growing exponentially at the beginning of this century, Washington agreed to a US-China sub-dialogue on Latin America in April 2006. ..…
The aid has cost the US than $7 billion, according to WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America), a Washington, D.C. human rights organization. . ... In January, while Bolton was auditioning for the National Security Advisor job, he wrote an influential opinion piece in the..…
As president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, was remembered vocal of Washington's Latin America, and, more particularly for his support of WikiLeaks's Julian Assange. ..…
Bolsonaro administration could unleash new wave of questioning, or pushing back, against China in the region, says Jason Marczak, director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at Atlantic Council, Washington D.C think tank... ..…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah is generating hundreds of millions from a “cocaine money laundering scheme” in Latin America that “provides a never-ending source of funding” for its terrorist operations, a former DEA operations chief recently told U.S...…
China is extending its influence in East Asia, and this is as ordinary as America has long asserted in Caribbean and parts of Latin America. But Washington cannot forget either the taking of Philippines in 1898 or the fright caused by China's 1949 It thinks it's Asian..…
U.S & LATIN AMERICA - The Nation - In Brief.. WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration appealed to Supreme Court on Wednesday to preserve the phrase under God in Pledge of Allegiance recited by schoolchildren. ..…
U.S & LATIN AMERICA - The Nation - In Brief.. WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft on Monday endorsed giving religious organizations money for social services, stepping into debate critics say is unsuitable for the nation's top law-enforcement official. ..…
Most controversial news of the day, as detected by AI.