Tim Padgett
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 00:00
Without a doubt, the priority, the strategy we have to adjust, is reducing violence.
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 00:00
The issue at the core of the controversy -land reform- reflects how surprisingly far all of Latin America has yet to go before it seriously addresses, let alone solves, what is arguably the region's most debilitating social problem.
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 00:00
Now, as then, the only real remedy is to phase out Mexico's reliance on the military and develop genuinely professional, investigative police forces. But that's a harder task than simply calling out the cavalry.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 00:00
They tell me the operation was a Honduran police mission that DEA agents were only assisting "with logistical support," and they insist the U.S. cops returned no fire of their own.
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 00:00
I think the fact that the president of Colombia is calling for this debate shows you how exasperated Latin American countries are with the current state - the current failed state, many would say - of the drug war strategy.
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 00:00
We do see ourselves as a bridge between the U.S. and the [Latin American] countries with which the U.S. doesn't have particularly good relations now.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil needs to recognize that there are reasons of realpolitik why the U.S. seems to dole out more respect to China, Russia and India.
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 00:00
Santos' diplomacy also reminds the U.S. that its Cuba policy, including its 50-year-old but utterly failed trade embargo against the island, is a Cold War relic.
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 00:00
The new La Piedrita controversy is a reminder that the heavier onus is on Chavez. He needs to work harder to dispel the all too real notion among his loyalists that an opposition victory is unthinkable.
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 00:00
Preparation includes something the U.S.-Cuba cold-war time warp rarely allows: dialogue.