Joshua Goodman
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:45
An army general whose surprise capture by leftist rebels nearly derailed two years of peace talks has resigned after coming under pressure for venturing into guerrilla territory dressed as a civilian and without bodyguards.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 12:16
For over two years, the Egyptian military has been conducting large-scale military operations in North Sinai in response to a series of insurgent attacks targeting Egyptian security forces. However, Egypt’s response—supported by the United States and Israel—to the group conducting the insurgency in Sinai and the Nile Delta, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM), lacks innovation and adaptability. The “War on Terror” has become predictable in ways that have been taken advantage of by ABM. Until the Egyptian military and its allies begin to properly understand ABM’s strategy and learn from past mistakes in their approach to confronting Islamist insurgency, they will be largely ineffective in combating
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 08:15
Most analysts agree that such demands are unacceptable to the FARC. But Zuluaga shrugs off suggestions he would be blamed for scuttling the talks.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 07:30
President Juan Manuel Santos doesn’t appear to be clicking with Colombian voters, who haven’t felt the benefits of the economic boom and are preoccupied with more mundane concerns
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 05:49
Ferry, whose Alexandria, Virginia-based consulting firm The Trailblazer Group began working with Varela in 2011, said he'll remember the campaign as the most malicious he's ever seen.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 06:37
Student organizers at the last minute decided against marching downtown to avoid a confrontation with security forces in the government-controlled district. Instead they concentrated in the wealthier, eastern neighborhoods
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:32
Critics say it's a thinly veiled attempt by Martinelli, a supermarket magnate known for bruising his opponents, to keep his grip on power after a five-year rule marked by mounting complaints of corruption and the steady erosion of checks and balances.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 00:00
They reserve special anger for Brazil, the region's economic powerhouse, which has supplied Venezuelan security forces with tear gas used to break up sometimes violent protests.
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 00:00
Maduro has dramatically expanded the military's role in government, appointing more than 300 uniformed or retired officials to political positions, including a quarter of Cabinet posts.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 00:00
Carter, a mediator of past political conflict in the deeply polarized South American nation, made the offer in private letters he sent this week to President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles.