Jose R. Cardenas
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 07:09
All the gains under Plan Colombia — as the U.S.-Colombia partnership has come to be known — now hang in the balance as a result of President Santos’s surprising decision three years ago to launch yet another peace process with the FARC, a $600 million-a-year narco-terrorist enterprise that has waged war on Colombian society for five decades.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 04:45
Haiti's stability is put at risk, as the country prepares for the first of up to three rounds of contentious elections.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 06:56
The peace talks have dragged on for more than two years now and the most important issues have yet to be even discussed: the disarmament and demobilization of FARC fighters and the issue of justice for FARC leaders.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 00:00
Last week President Mauricio Funes, in a bid to boost the electoral prospects of Sanchez Ceren, crossed the line by releasing to the press what he claims are sensitive U.S. Treasury Department documents attempting to damage former President Francisco Flor
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 00:00
The State Department's recent report on Iran's activities in the Western Hemisphere, which argues that the country's activities there are "waning," is marred by a lack of inter-agency unanimity.
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00
Cuba's flagrant interference in Venezuelan affairs has become downright obscene
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 00:00
Just being too broke to support terrorism anymore hardly merits any action on the U.S. part
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
There is an institutional crisis running amok in Venezuela, and State Department officials continue to tout their desire to rebuild ties
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
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 00:00
The bottom line is that Venezuela's and Ecuador's succor, indulgence, or otherwise benign neglect of a drug-running terrorist organization has undermined a sovereign, democratic neighbor's efforts.