Significant ties to illegal paramilitaries found in Colombia’s Congress and President Álvaro Uribe’s Administration Colombia negotiating with and showing leniency to mass-murdering “narcoterrorists” U.S. acting suspiciously uncritical of Colombia’s refusal to extradite known drug traffickers Elimination of extradition undermines the …
Monthly Archive: February 2007
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Chavez Unfairly Viewed Through Cold War Lens
Editor’s Note: The appointment of a Cold Warrior as U.S. point man on Latin America could make relations with Venezuela worse before it gets better. Donal Brown is a reporter for New America Media. John Negroponte’s confirmation last Feb. 12 …
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No Smooth Sailing for Bolivia’s Morales
A good man attempts to cope with a superabundance of problems within a completely democratic orbit Too much drift within Morales’ rule Autonomy fight now moves to the Constituent Assembly Cochabamba’s obduracy could be replicated throughout much of eastern part …
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Off Course: Current U.S.-Latin American Relations
U.S.-Latin America ties suffer from Iraq distraction The rise of the left The Negroponte factor will soon be unleashed featuring more stick than carrot Assistant Secretary of State Shannon’s policy of constructive engagement towards Venezuela and Bolivia about to be …
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U.S. has a stake in Mexico’s fragile democracy
As Mexico’s new president, Felipe Calderón, took office last December, his predecessor’s political epitaph took the form of a joke making the rounds: “Vicente Fox was a great president. He created millions of jobs. Unfortunately, they were all in California.” …
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