Foreign Policy
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 08:06
The park rangers, armed with AK-47s and swapping combat stories, suddenly fell quiet. The driver pulled off the dusty, red road and plunged into the savannah, plowing through tan grass tall enough to envelop our Land Cruiser.
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
"Allegations in the press that I stymied an investigation into a shooting incident in Honduras are false," he told The Cable. "The issue was never whether the incident would be investigated, but rather which U.S. Government organization wou
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
Biden also found time to inform one Colombian woman that she was a pretty mother, and to tell the press that he needed to get his wife Jill some flowers
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 00:00
How do the Republicans manage to keep coming back? Their kind of populism is not so different from that of the Peronists
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:00
On Tuesday, Alejandro Fleming, the country's commerce minister, announced that the government would make the equivalent of a frantic grocery store run to pick up some rolls.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 00:00
It's a bitter irony for U.S. policymakers that 50 years after the imposition of the Cuban embargo, the communist regime is circumventing efforts to isolate it by sending, of all things, doctors around the world.
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 00:00
Sorry, Washington. If, after 30 years, Colombia can't win the war on drugs, no one can.
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 00:00
The most powerful lobby in Washington isn't the NRA. It's the Castro-hating right wing that has Obama's bureaucrats terrified and inert
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 00:00
It all underscores the silliness of U.S. policy toward Cuba: The superstar who sang at Obama's inauguration can gladly traipse down to Cuba for a "cultural visit." But God forbid the White House acknowledge or try to reform a failed policy
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro is likely to maintain Petrocaribe, but in the medium term, domestic fiscal constraints may well force him to reduce foreign aid