17/01/2009 | Frente Externo
Conservative Canada. John McCain, take note.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party coasted to an easy victory in national elections on Tuesday, winning 38% of the vote and 143 seats in parliament. Mr. Harper's closest competitor, Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion, managed only 26% of the popular vote for 76 seats.
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17/01/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Fresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue
U.S. security and law-enforcement officials say they have fresh evidence of recent efforts by Iran to evade sanctions and acquire metals from China used in high-tech weaponry, including long-range nuclear missiles.
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13/01/2009 | Frente Externo
The Clinton Business - Bill out-negotiated Barack on financial disclosure.
These columns have long believed that a President deserves the cabinet members he wants, barring some major dereliction. So if Barack Obama wants to make Hillary and Bill Clinton part of his governing team, that's his business. We can only hope he understands the Clinton family business he's taking on.
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06/10/2008 | En Parrilla
Into Africa - America's newest military command
The Department of Defense this week "stood up" a military command dedicated to Africa. It's perhaps not a moment too soon, as the current standoff in the waters off Somalia over a hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying Russian arms suggests.
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06/10/2008 | En Parrilla
Into Africa - America's newest military command
The Department of Defense this week "stood up" a military command dedicated to Africa. It's perhaps not a moment too soon, as the current standoff in the waters off Somalia over a hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying Russian arms suggests.
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13/03/2008 | Transparencia
World Bank Confidential
In January, we reported on a $569 million corruption scandal involving five World Bank health projects in India. Bank President Robert Zoellick called the corruption "unacceptable" and said "the Government of India and the World Bank are committed to getting to the bottom of this." We're now getting a clearer picture of whether the bank is serious, and the early evidence isn't encouraging.
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05/02/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The Israeli Lesson
The news about yesterday's suicide bombing in the Israeli town of Dimona is that it's news. In 2002, at the height of the second intifada, 451 Israelis were killed in terrorist attacks, including 14 suicide bombings. By contrast, yesterday's attack, which killed one and injured 11, was the first of its kind in more than a year.
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30/12/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
On the Wings of Eagles, or Not
After the F15's failures, does the U.S. need the best plane in the skies?
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29/09/2007 | Frente Externo
Bush and Iran
Tehran has been told it will pay a price for killing Americans, but it never has.
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20/08/2007 | Economia y Finanzas
Money Ball- What works, and what doesn't, in a credit crisis.
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson gave an upbeat interview to The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, assuring everyone that the current credit market turmoil will "extract a penalty" but not lead to recession. We tend to agree, but Mr. Paulson would have done better spending his time smoothing over KKR Financial Holdings's commercial paper blowup instead. His words didn't stop another wild market ride yesterday.
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08/03/2007 | Frente Externo
In Praise of Cricket: It May Not Bowl Over Yanks, But It’s a Manly Game
It is a source of immense chagrin to those of us who love the game--and there are few games on earth that are loved with as much fidelity, and gusto--that cricket is disparaged in America as a languorous pastime conducted between breaks for tea by men who utter such daffy things as "sticky wicket, old chap."
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07/11/2006 | Frente Externo
Following the US Election Returns - An hour-by-hour guide to tonight's results.
This year the networks say they are guarding their exit poll results as if they were crown jewels. The results will be delivered to a "quarantine room," access to which will be granted to only two staffers from each network and wire service, who must surrender all cell phones, BlackBerrys and similar devices before entering the room.
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23/09/2006 | High Tech
Llamadas por Skype sin pasar por la PC
Cada vez con mayor frecuencia, se está usando la Web para hacer llamadas, si no gratuitamente, por unos pocos centavos por minuto. Una de las maneras más comunes de hacerlo es mediante Skype, el software gratuito cuya compañía matriz fue adquirida el año pasado por eBay Inc.
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25/03/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Britain Suggests New Incentives For Iran to End Nuclear Activities - PDF
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01/02/2006 | Economia y Finanzas
Monsanto pushes for Argentina seed royalties
Monsanto, a leading maker of farm seeds, asked Spanish customs officials to inspect samples of soybean meal products recently shipped to that country from Argentina as part of a broader effort to force Argentine farmers to pay for the right to use Monsanto-made soybean seeds.
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