Click here to purchase “The Lieutenant of San Porfirio” at Amazon for $16.77 Joel Hirst is a young writer and social scientist who wrote a powerful novel that reflects the state of Venezuela under the rule of Hugo Chavez. What a novel can do that a rigorously academic or even journalistic piece cannot do is [...]
Two days prior to the Venezuelan presidential election, Francisco Toro, a Venezuelan journalist and blogger, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times stating that Chavez and his movement have become irrelevant. As Chavez’s socialism is becoming increasingly authoritarian and has failed to reduce poverty, Toro claims that it is no longer an exemplary to [...]
This article by John R. Thomson and Norman Pino De Lion appeared originally at the Washington Examiner. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article gives numerous examples of the electoral manipulations and intimidation employed by Chavez and his cronies for the purpose of stealing the recent Venezuelan presidential election. John Thomson and his co-author point out that by [...]
by Stephani Rugolo Hugo Chavez’s presidency has been a disaster for the Venezuelan people. Chavez’s “Socialism of the 21st Century” changed Venezuela from one of the most prosperous and politically free countries in Latin America to one of the least economically free and possibly most politically repressive. Venezuelans who go to the polls on Sunday [...]
The upcoming October 7th elections in Venezuela do not constitute just another round of elections in another country. These elections are crucial for the future of Latin America and for the security of the United States. In fact, it is no exaggeration to point out that the Venezuelan drama should be as great a concern [...]
The Committee on Homeland Security met on July 7th to discuss Hezbollah’s growing influence in Latin America. Testifying at the hearing were Roger Noriega, former Under Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere and American Ambassador to the Organization of American States; Douglas Farah, Senior Fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center and a [...]
It is estimated that there are more than 130 political prisoners in Venezuela. One of the reasons Chavez is arresting greater numbers of his political opponents is that there are virtually no negative consequences for him doing so. The State Department and Human rights organizations have reported the existence of political prisoners in Venezuela but [...]
The Presidents of Venezuela and Colombia, Hugo Chavez and Manuel Santos signed an agreement in April that provided for a three month extension on trade preferences that were set to expire. This agreement is the result of several months of efforts to rebuild relations between the two countries. Relations have been tense in light of [...]
In the last several days it has been reported that Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles in Venezuela. Such information seems to confirm last November’s article published by the German daily Die Welt. The newspaper reported that an agreement was signed last October between the two countries; a fact that has remained mostly unknown [...]
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Malign Neglect: Misguided US Foreign Policy in Latin America draws from the Second Annual Capitol Hill National Security Briefing on Latin America, focused on current challenges to democracy, human rights and regional stability in the context of threats to U.S. national security. 
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