29/06/2018 | Enlaces
The Outcome of This Sunday’s Mexican Elections Will Have Major Consequences for Mexico and the United States
As Mexicans go to the polls this Sunday to elect their new president, it is almost certain that the leftist candidate,Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will be victorious. Polls indicate that LópezObrador, alsoknown as AMLO, has an advantage of 22 points over his competitors. ShouldLópezObrador be elected, it could be a real game changer for Mexico and for U.S.- Mexico relations.
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04/07/2017 | Frente Externo
As Venezuela’s people cry out for help, the United States has options
Venezuela is imploding as its political institutions are crumbling and its people are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. There is a level of desperation that goes unanswered. The government shoots people without mercy as was recently the case with a young 22 year old man.
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16/12/2015 | Frente Externo
The Challenge After the Venezuelan Elections
Joyous celebrations have taken place across Venezuela as the opposition resoundingly defeated the ruling Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) founded by Hugo Chavez and now led by Nicolas Maduro.
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05/12/2015 | Frente Externo
Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela: A Coming Challenge to the Region and the United States
As parliamentary elections are getting close in Venezuela, Government violence and intimidation intensify. This is far from coincidental as polls indicate that 80 % of Venezuelans are not supporting the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV). According to recent polls the opposition should get 103 representatives in the National Assembly while the ruling party only 46.
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18/09/2015 | Frente Externo
The Meaning of Venezuela’s Aggressive Moves Against Colombia
According to many analysts, the Venezuelan government has now lost its legitimacy. Its insistence on following its failed economic policies while promoting criminality instead of the rule of law and jailing its opponents while rigging its computers so as to commit electoral fraud has led many observers to conclude that Venezuela is no longer a functioning country.
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02/07/2015 | En Parrilla
Free or Fraudulent in Venezuela’s Upcoming Elections
In mid-June, Thomas Shannon, a senior counselor to Secretary of State John Kerry, met with the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello. Cabello is the second most powerful man in the Venezuelan regime and is also being prosecuted in the U.S. for leading a drug cartel that has reportedly shipped tons of cocaine into the United States
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27/09/2014 | Frente Externo
Reasons Why Venezuela Should Be Denied A Temporary Seat On The United Nations Security Council
On September 18th, the United States announced that it will not oppose Venezuela’s bid to seek a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council for a two year term that would commence in 2015. The U.S. decision came after countries in the region unanimously endorsed Venezuela’s bid.
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13/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuelan Sanctions: A Response to Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson
On May 8th, while Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Roberta Jacobson was testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela was arresting 240 student protestors. In fact, since the beginning of the dialogue, the government has arrested more than 500 protestors.
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26/03/2014 | Frente Externo
Standing Up for Human Rights and Democracy in Venezuela
Many events have occurred since protests broke out in Venezuela several weeks ago, including the killing of 25 people by the government’s paramilitary. In addition, more than 1,000 people were arrested and others simply disappeared.
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26/12/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - The Danger of Negotiating with the FARC
In spite of its geographical proximity to the U.S. homeland, events in Latin America usually get sparse coverage in the American press. Therefore, last week’s visit to Washington by Colombia’s president, Manuel Santos and his meeting with president Obama was hardly noticed.
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16/07/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The State Department Under-Estimates Iranian Threat in the Western Hemisphere
Last year a bill titled “Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act” sponsored by Congressman Jeff Duncan was passed into law.
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08/07/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Argentinean President Kirchner forges closer ties with Iran at the expense of justice
Recently, the Argentinean federal prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, who is in charge of the investigation of the 1994 terrorist attack against the Jewish headquarters in Buenos Aires (AMIA), issued a comprehensive 500 page report with some startling allegations.
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20/04/2013 | Frente Externo
Venezuela - Challenges Continue After Maduro’s Election in Venezuela
According to results reported by the national Elections Committee of Venezuela (CNE), Nicolas Maduro, Chavez’s chosen successor and protege, won the Venezuelan presidential election by a skimpy margin of less than 2%. Once again the Chavistas won because they took advantage of huge state resources that include mass media, intimidation of public employees and the use of the oil giant, PDVSA, to fund their political campaign.
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