Inaugurated August 7, 2010, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos is striking a prudent balance between preserving the security policies of predecessor Alvaro Uribe and forging a new path for economic and social development in Latin America’s third-largest nation. Santos’s productive first six months signal that Colombia is an advancing and… Read more
The August 10 summit between newly inaugurated Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is a potentially positive step in the Americas. The summit lowered tensions that were recently heightened when officials of the outgoing Uribe government presented evidence showing that an estimated 1,5000 fighters of the Revolutionary… Read more
With at least two ongoing wars, President-elect Barack Obama may well be entering the Oval Office facing the toughest national security landscape for any American president in some time. A tour of the foreign policy horizon shows that America's 44th president will have his hands full with a panoply of problems that would vex… Read more
Where does the Venezuelan leader who called President George W. Bush the incarnation of the devil, said he would not be...… Read more
Hugo Chávez took another bold step in his campaign to consolidate authoritarian control over the Venezuelan people when...… Read more
Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez recently returned from October encounters with some of the least savory actors on the...… Read more
The radical left in Latin America often prides itself in its ability to stir up the masses and make nations...… Read more
While Colombia’s new president Manuel Santos was at the United Nations today, he received welcomed news: Colombia’s...… Read more
It’s good to know who your friends are. In the case of “Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout, it looks like Thailand knows. It...… Read more
Venezuela’s authoritarian populist president, Hugo Chavez, is threatening to cut off oil sales to the U.S. The latest...… Read more
On July 22, Colombia’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) presented evidence of what is clearly a...… Read more
Reporting on the July 16 car bombing in Ciudad Juarez led one journalist to evoke images of the battle against...… Read more
In a major press conference on July 15, outgoing Colombian Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva briefed the national press...… Read more