Foreign Policy
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 00:00
With reporters often unable to file on violent incidents, social media is now frequently filling the gaps
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 00:00
Increases in equity and efficiency can go hand in hand, especially when inequality has reached a level that threatens living standards for everyone. In the 1990s, Venezuela may well have reached that level.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 00:00
To anticipate potential turmoil in Venezuela in the coming period, Washington should be consulting regularly and at the highest levels with South American allies, especially Colombia and Brazil
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 00:00
Just being too broke to support terrorism anymore hardly merits any action on the U.S. part
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 00:00
Mexico's leaders sometimes seem to display an odd inferiority complex about Chinese growth despite the fact that Mexicans are by and large wealthier and enjoy a far higher quality of life
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 00:00
Why is the United States getting hot and bothered about the events in Mali (troubling though they are), while the problems caused by the violent drug organizations in Mexico fly mostly below the radar?
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 00:00
Much of Mexico remains very violent, but the killings have ebbed somewhat from the worst days of the drug war
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 00:00
In the most likely scenario, Hugo Chavez will die far away from his native land, in his adopted homeland of Cuba. It is very possible he will never be heard from or seen again
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 00:00
Healthier and better-educated people can earn higher incomes, and the policies of Lula's government, along with Brazil's rapid urbanization and growth, have made a huge dent in inequality
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 00:00
After an intense political season culminating in Hugo Chavez's reelection last month, Venezuela's voters are now set to head back to the polls on December 16 to elect state governors and state legislatures.