Foreign Policy
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 00:00
Since President Álvaro Uribe came to power in 2002, nearly 1,200 Colombian nationals -- including top drug lords and cartel operators from the country's simmering rebel insurgency -- have been extradited to the United States to stand trial.
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 00:00
Although most outsiders think of Jamaica as a vacation paradise and the idyllic, peaceful homeland of Bob Marley, over the last two decades the island nation has become one of the most violent countries on earth.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
How U.S. drug policy is making Mexican cartels more deadly.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 00:00
When Felipe Calderon comes to Washington this week, his army's troublesome human rights record should be front and center.
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
In the last days of his tenure, the Brazilian president is reaching for his crowning foreign-policy glory. Will it go horribly, horribly wrong?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
Las drogas, las FARC, los paramilitares, las relaciones con Venezuela, el futuro del pais… bajo los ojos del que ha sido su vicepresidente durante los ultimos ocho anos, Francisco Santos Calderon.
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico's increasingly destitute poor are turning to what the U.S. military calls a "death cult" for comfort.
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 00:00
The good news about Defense Secretary Robert Gates's trip last week to Colombia was his hearty endorsement of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement, which has long been stalled by the Democratic leadership in Congress.
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 00:00
Haiti's ambassador on his hopes for the more than $5 billion pledged in aid at this week's donor conference -- and why Haiti can't be rebuilt as a republic of NGOs.
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 00:00
The timing is awful for any sort of attempt to cozy up to the Castro brothers, and I'm sure the Obama folks know it.