The Huffington Post
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 00:00
It's frustrating. The US government pays one group of people to help convince people to switch to growing legal crops, and then while paying another group of people to kill illegal crops, they accidentally kill the legal plantings.
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00
There has been a systemic barrage of misreporting and context-shifting within the U.S. media and espoused by many U.S. Representatives relative to Venezuela and its democratically elected President Hugo Chavez.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 00:00
The guidelines are a semi-breakthrough, welcome for what they do, infuriating for what they don't, and frustrating because big questions still remain on what they actually mean in practice.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 00:00
These mass mobilizations mark some of the most heated condemnation yet of violence and impunity associated with President Calderon's U.S.-supported "drug war".
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 00:00
Jorge Castaneda, who served as foreign minister under Calderon's predecessor and now teaches at New York University, thinks the answer is to legalize drugs in Mexico and the United States.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 00:00
President Santos is in a difficult position. Last Friday, the courts approved his extradition - to either country. Now Santos must make a choice.
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico remains an electoral democracy with a sophisticated economy and few official restrictions on citizen liberties, but the downgrade is a result of the Mexican government's failure to protect its citizens from expanding organized crime.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 00:00
President Obama and the presidents of Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador should encourage businesspeople to think in new ways about how societies advance.
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 00:00
President Obama's visit to Brazil this weekend, and his speech on Brazil-U.S. economic relations, will be closely watched for hints on the administration's trade agenda.
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 00:00
Rio's government wants to show off the progress of its so-called Pacification Plan (UPP) designed to address the criminality, underdevelopment, and lack of state presence of these poor neighborhoods.