Foreign Policy
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 00:00
Santorum has also been among the Republicans in the race beating the drum on the threat of Islamist infiltration in Latin America. This also ties in to his stance on Honduras.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 00:00
A less recognized but equally important reason for Colombia's success is the role of the country's private sector and civil society
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 00:00
Aponte's initial nomination to be ambassador to El Salvador was held up last year in an effort led by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who was demanding more information about Aponte's long-ago romance with Roberto Tamayo, a Cuban-born insurance salesman
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 00:00
For most of the past decade, the image of the opposition -- shared by official opinion in Washington -- has not been favorable. It was seen as disorganized, hopelessly divided, and lacking in a vision that could cut into the broad working-class support fo
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 00:00
Why the killing of the Colombian insurgency's leader is a real chance for peace.
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
Latin America's savviest left-wing firebrand shakes his fist with one hand while accepting donors' cash with the other -- and he's about to consolidate power even further in a bold stroke of undemocratic electioneering.
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
President Obama has used his power to bypass the Senate confirmation process to push through the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte to be the next U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, despite lingering GOP concerns about her long-ago relationship with a Cuban op
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
The Colombia model should give hope to those who wonder what we are still doing in Afghanistan after so many years, and provide an attainable standard
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
Honduran President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo will meet President Barack Obama today to renew the friendship between the two countries, and ask for help in fighting Honduras's drug war
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 00:00
An adult man with dirt clods on his face stares silently at the perforated tinfoil lid on his plastic juice cup, a makeshift crack pipe. Behind him, Rio de Janeiro's postcard-green hills shimmer above this battered favela slum, a 15-minute motorcycle ride