Andres Oppenheimer
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 00:00
He always moves one step backward after a political setback, then two steps forward the minute the world looks away
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 00:00
These days, there is little question where he's at. After losing a Dec. 2 referendum that would have allowed him to stay in office indefinitely, he spent six months playing Mr. Nice Guy, only to start violating the most basic democratic rules in recent we
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 00:00
The latest increase in regional military expenditures should be a cause of alarm and trigger new diplomatic efforts in the region to negotiate a cap on countries' military spending
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00
What a joke! The United Nations' brand new Human Rights Council Advisory Committee held its first session this week in Geneva and -- as unbelievable as it looks -- elected a Cuban official to chair the 18-country group.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
In sheer numbers, Latin America's pragmatic-democratic bloc -- led by Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile -- already accounts for more than 80 percent of the region's economy, and more than 90 percent of its foreign investments
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
Judging from the latest headlines, you might think that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radical-leftist populism is gaining ground in Latin America, and that it will expand its influence in the region over the next few years. But...
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 00:00
Two new studies by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) say that Latin American governments' tax collection is not only way below that of the world's 30 most industrialized countries, but also lower than that
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 00:00
There will not be a region-wide contagion effect, but the list of inflation-ridden countries is likely to grow. We have seen this movie many times before
Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 00:00
Chavez was hoping to use the hostage crisis to become the ultimate power broker in the Colombian armed conflict and become South America's most powerful political leader
Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 00:00
I found it interesting that Obama, who comes from the Democratic Party's liberal wing, made his first major Latin America policy speech before a traditionally conservative Cuban-American audience in Miami