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22/10/2019 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. Withdrawal from Syria: Not Only a Betrayal of the Kurds But Bad Policy
During the United Nations General Assembly last month, President Trump pointed out, “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.”
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31/07/2019 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cuban Intelligence and Russia Throw Venezuela’s Maduro a Lifeline
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent visit to Latin America included visits to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and El Salvador. The main themes of his visit were the current situation in Venezuela, human rights, terrorism, drug trafficking, and immigration.
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18/11/2018 | Frente Externo
Bolivia: The Next Explosion After Venezuela and Nicaragua
The international community must speak up before it is too late.
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03/12/2017 | En Parrilla
President Trump and OAS Secretary Almagro Must Vocally and Politically Support Ecuadorian President To Fight Tyranny
Something important is already happening in Latin America as a result of the crisis in Venezuela.
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25/09/2017 | Transparencia
A Brief Report Card on Corruption in Latin America
Another important development has taken place in the anti-corruption wave in Latin America.
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29/08/2017 | En Parrilla
Pence’s Visit To Latin America Indicates Important Shift In U.S. Policy
Just last week Vice President, Mike Pence returned from a trip to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Panama. Unlike the majority of the trips by senior American officials to the region the purpose of the visit was not purely to talk about trade, economic, or other issues as if the situation were normal.
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20/07/2017 | Frente Externo
World Leaders Must Recognize Results of Venezuelan Popular Consultation and Actively Support the Country’s Opposition
The Venezuelan opposition scored a major victory on Sunday July 16th, as millions of Venezuelans rejected the regime of Nicolas Maduro in a popular referendum.
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04/07/2017 | Transparencia
Corruption In Latin America Is A Geo-Political Challenge
The bribery scheme carried out by several Latin American governments and the Brazilian construction company “Oderbrecht” has made headlines. The scheme involved an illegal funding of political parties that involves several Latin American presidents and governments from all sides of the political aisle.
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15/05/2017 | Frente Externo
U.S. Must Recover Its Sphere Of Influence In The Western Hemisphere
In the early 1990’s, the idea that the Cold War was over was widespread. The Soviet Union was no longer communist. The Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe followed suite and joined the European Union. Furthermore, the Soviet Union broke up reversing even the imperial path established by the Russian Empire well before the communist revolution.
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01/05/2017 | En Parrilla
Venezuela- U.S. Government, Media, and Public Opinion Can No Longer Be Indifferent To The Situation In Venezuela
We watch TV and the general media in the United States. Talk shows and news are broadcast 24 hours a day. Themes are being repeated constantly. Of course, important issues such as North Korea, Iran, the future of Obamacare, and tax reform are being discussed. These are all vital issues, no question about it, yet, with such 24/7 flow of news, how is that the Venezuelan crisis is ignored?
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11/03/2017 | Frente Externo
Congress And Trump Must Impose Actual Sanctions To Bring About Regime Change In Venezuela
Most recently, the US Senate has unanimously condemned the despotism of the Maduro regime in Venezuela by adopting resolution S. Res.35.
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31/01/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Implications of Russian Presence in Latin America
The Obama Administration expelled 35 Russian diplomats and imposed new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for espionage and involvement in hacking political sites during the last presidential election.
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14/01/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
New Venezuelan Vice-President Has Ties to Hezbollah and Transnational Crime
In a move to protect his totalitarian regime and subjugate the Venezuelan people, President Nicolas Maduro appointed Tareck El Aissami as his vice-president and successor.
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21/12/2016 | Frente Externo
Now is the Time for a Fix. A Bad U.S.-Cuba Policy With a Good U.S.-Latin American Policy
Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor warned President –elect Donald Trump that reversing the normalization process with Cuba could have harmful consequences.
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21/12/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Trump Has a Chance to Deal, Lead on Syria
The tragedy of Aleppo is not only a giant human rights failure on the part of the West that will eventually haunt us for the years to come. It is also a geo-strategic failure whose consequences are difficult— but not impossible — to repair.
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22/11/2016 | En Parrilla
A New Opportunity To Reevaluate U.S. Policy In Latin America
As a new administration is coming to power, there is a tremendous need to reset U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere, a policy that has been erratic and based on false premises.
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04/09/2016 | En Parrilla
Support For Democracy in Latin America Slowly Tilts Towards The Positive
In his recent visit to Peru, Venezuelan opposition leader, the president of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, warmly received Henrique Capriles Radonski. Mr. Kuczynski openly expressed his support for the Venezuelan opposition as well as for the referendum aimed at recalling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro controls the Electoral Council and has gotten his accomplices there to keep delaying the timing of the recall vote and also uses the Council to reject signatures of eligible voters by making false claims against them.
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05/07/2016 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua Becomes a One-Party Dictatorship as Countries in The Region And The U.S. Fail to Protect Democracy in Venezuela
The outcome of the recent General Assembly meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) left Venezuela in chaos without any resolution to the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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24/04/2016 | Frente Externo
The Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil Must be the Beginning of a Deeper Reform
On April 17, the Brazilian lower house of Congress voted by more than a two-thirds majority to impeach the current president, Dilma Rousseff. The Senate will vote on the impeachment but contrary to the lower house, a simple majority would be enough to approve such impeachment. If the Senate approves impeachment proceedings, Rousseff will have to step down transferring powers to her vice-president Michel Temer. If she were absolved, she would remain in her position.
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11/04/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Europe’s Stand Against Israel Is a Stand Against Itself
Horrible attacks like those we saw in Belgium last month are likely to multiply, not just in Belgium, but throughout Europe.
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24/02/2016 | Transparencia
Elections in Ecuador Triggers Anti-Fraud, Anti-Corruption Revolt
As I am writing these lines, the public in Ecuador is still waiting for the result of the Presidential elections in Ecuador that took place on Sunday, February 19.
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27/10/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cuban Troops in Syria: Another Foreign Policy Crisis
The Institute for Cuban and Cuban American studies recently disclosed information according to which Cuban troops are helping the Russian/Iranian effort to save the Assad Government in Syria and establish their influence in the Middle East.
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06/06/2015 | Frente Externo
Massive Demonstrations Against The Venezuelan Government
Thousands of Venezuelans marched on May 30th to protest the deteriorating situation in Venezuela that includes impoverishment, rationing, scarcity, oppression, imprisonment, citizens’ insecurity, mafia style government and repression.
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31/05/2015 | En Profundidad
Argentina’s Assault On The Judiciary Has Geo-Political Consequences
It is commonly agreed that the group called ALBA, led by Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Bolivia is the only group of countries whose democratic faith is questionable.
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15/04/2015 | En Parrilla
American Moral Leadership and the Future of the Organization of American States (OAS) to be Tested During the Upcoming Summit of the Americas
On April 10th and 11th, the Summit of the Americas will take place in Panama. More than 35 heads of state are expected to participate, including the president of the United Sates, Barack Obama and the Cuban leader, Raul Castro.
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10/02/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Can Argentina Be Trusted to Fairly Investigate the Mysterious Death of Alberto Nisman?
The investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of Argentinean prosecutor Alberto Nisman is underway.
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23/01/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S., Western nations must isolate and sanction Argentinean leaders
Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor in the case of the 1994 terrorist attack on the Jewish headquarters in Buenos Aires, was found dead during the weekend in his home; apparently murdered.
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29/12/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
New Cuba-US Relations Leave Old Security Issues Unreconciled
President Obama and his aides raised a number of arguments justifying their sudden decision to normalize relations between U.S and Cuba.
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21/12/2014 | Frente Externo
Sanctions on Venezuelan Human Rights Violators: A New Momentum to be Seized
On December 11th the U.S House of Representatives signed a bill, which will impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials found to have in violation of human rights in Venezuela.
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14/10/2014 | Frente Externo
Upcoming Elections in South America: Some Hope for Change but Great Uncertainty
Three elections are due to take place in one-month period. One in Brazil (where the first round already took place), another one in Bolivia and finally one in Uruguay.
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24/08/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Hostility Against Israel In Latin America: What Does It Really Mean?
During the recent “Operation Protecting Edge” held by Israel in response to attacks by Hamas against Israeli civilians, most Latin American countries took a prejudiced and intentionally political attitude against the State of Israel.
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10/08/2014 | En Parrilla
The Venezuelan Sanctions Bill Awaits Senate Action
It has been two months since the House of Representatives version of the Venezuela sanctions bill was passed. Avery similar bill titled the ‘‘Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014” now awaits passage in the Senate, after having been voted out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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18/07/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Soccer Politics as Relating to Brazil, Argentina and Other Latin American Countries
After Brazil’s overwhelming loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinals, the question asked by many was whether or not such a defeat would have political consequences for the future of Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff. While many believed this would be the case, the situation turns out to be more complex
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10/06/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Elections in Colombia, The FARC and Obama’s Speech at West Point
The political direction of Colombia and the fate of many Colombians will be decided in run-off elections this coming Sunday, June 15th.
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04/05/2014 | Frente Externo
The Dialogue Between the Venezuelan Government and the Opposition Must be Accompanied by Sanctions
The violence that began between the Venezuelan government and large segments of the opposition last February has now resulted in a dialogue between the opposing sides.
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01/03/2014 | En Parrilla
Another Blow to Democracy and Human Rights at Latin American and Caribbean Conference
A significant but under-reported meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) took place on January 28 and 29th in Havana, Cuba.
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01/03/2014 | Frente Externo
Sanction the Venezuelan Government Now
The students’ revolt that began last week in Venezuela will continue with a big demonstration on February 18th led by Leopoldo Lopez, the leader of the “Popular Will” Party. Mr. Lopez leads the demonstrations at a big risk to himself as he is now under an order of arrest by the Venezuelan government.
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13/01/2014 | Frente Externo
Chile: The unrecognized role model of Latin America
In a run- off election on December 15thpresidential candidate Michelle Bachelet, who was Chile’s president from 2006 to 2010, was again voted into office.
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21/11/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Argentinean Prosecutor Alberto Nisman Challenges Constitutionality of the Argentina-Iran Memorandum of Understanding
As the United States forges ahead with its unpredictable negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina is doing her best to let the Iranians off the hook for the bombing of the Jewish Community Center in Argentina in 1994.
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09/11/2013 | En Profundidad
Argentina- Is the defeat of Kirchner’s party a small step towards the extreme left’s gradual retreat?
President Cristina Kirchner’s party suffered a major setback in the legislative elections that recently took place on October 27th.
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15/09/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Focus on Central America is Crucial to Our Security
Central America constitutes an important strategic area for the United States. As discussed in my recent book “Latin America in the Post-Chavez Era: The Threat to U.S. Security”, legal and institutional collapse in Central America could have very serious consequences for regional and U.S security.
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17/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Protests in Brazil and Turkey and Geo-Political Projections
Since last May there have been large, grassroots protests in both Brazil and Turkey.
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26/05/2013 | Frente Externo
Brazil and the Bolivarian Revolution
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez was known for having started and spread what is called the Bolivarian revolution, a kind of anti-American, dictatorial type of socialism.
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26/04/2013 | Transparencia
Union of South American Nations Give a Nod to Chavez’s Successor
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela on April 19 in the presence of a number of Latin American presidents including, Rouseff of Brazil, Kirchner of Argentina, Ortega of Nicaragua, Morales of Bolivia, and even Santos of Colombia.
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07/04/2013 | En Parrilla
Could the papacy play a role in post-Chavez Latin America?
Following the spirit of the constitution, the next elections in Venezuela are scheduled for April 14th.Nicolas Maduro will be the candidate of the PSUV while Henrique Capriles Radonski will be the candidate of the united opposition (MDU).
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06/02/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Questionable Chinese mining practices in Latin America
China has conducted an economic foreign policy under the slogan of “win-win”.
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10/01/2013 | Frente Externo
Some Reflections Over Speculations on Venezuela's Future
There is a great deal of speculation these days about the immediate political future after Chavez' expected death.
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26/12/2012 | Frente Externo
The Gaza Crisis and the Intellectual Left in Latin America
The recent Gaza crisis, during which Israel responded with a limited military operation to stop Hamas missile attacks against Israeli populations, unleashed a number of reactions by intellectuals in Latin America.
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01/11/2012 | Frente Externo
Venezuela - Reflections on Regional Reactions to Chavez’s Victory
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.
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22/10/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The consequences of Colombia's negotiations with FARC
Early in October, peace negotiations will take place between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Oslo, Norway. If successful, the talks will continue in Havana, Cuba.
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03/08/2012 | Frente Externo
El Salvador - The Salvadorian Constitutional Crisis, Democracy and the International Community
Last month El Salvador experienced one of its most dramatic constitutional crises of the past 20 years.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
The Lugo case and its discontents: a symptom of regional pathology
The ouster of Paraguayan president, Fernando Lugo, after a brief impeachment and the reactions it has generated provide a lot of food for thought. The event that took place in Paraguay disclosed a number of problems that not only concern Paraguay, itself, but the region as a whole.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
The Lugo case and its discontents: a symptom of regional pathology
The ouster of Paraguayan president, Fernando Lugo, after a brief impeachment and the reactions it has generated provide a lot of food for thought. The event that took place in Paraguay disclosed a number of problems that not only concern Paraguay, itself, but the region as a whole.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
The Lugo case and its discontents: a symptom of regional pathology
The ouster of Paraguayan president, Fernando Lugo, after a brief impeachment and the reactions it has generated provide a lot of food for thought. The event that took place in Paraguay disclosed a number of problems that not only concern Paraguay, itself, but the region as a whole.
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27/07/2012 | Frente Externo
The Lugo case and its discontents: a symptom of regional pathology
The ouster of Paraguayan president, Fernando Lugo, after a brief impeachment and the reactions it has generated provide a lot of food for thought. The event that took place in Paraguay disclosed a number of problems that not only concern Paraguay, itself, but the region as a whole.
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11/06/2012 | Frente Externo
The Future of Venezuela:''Chavismo Without Chavez''
Ever since announcing that he has cancer, the status of Hugo Chavez’s health and longevity has been an issue of great interest for those concerned about the future of Venezuela.
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08/03/2012 | En Profundidad
The Falkland/Malvinas Islands: Another case of regional chauvinism
In recent months the government of Argentina has launched a new political and public relations campaign aimed at putting pressure on Great Britain to negotiate the future of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
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08/03/2012 | En Profundidad
The Falkland/Malvinas Islands: Another case of regional chauvinism
In recent months the government of Argentina has launched a new political and public relations campaign aimed at putting pressure on Great Britain to negotiate the future of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
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24/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Congress Hears Again About Hezbollah’s Role in Latin America
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 former Washington Post journalist; Ilan Berman, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council; and; Dr. Melanie Cammett, professor at Brown University.
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26/05/2011 | En Parrilla
Cuba going the way of China?
On April 16th and April 19th, Raul Castro delivered his opening and closing speeches before the sixth assembly of the Cuban Communist party in Havana. The speech spoke about reform and questioned a number of aspects of business as usual in Cuba. The speech generated a great deal of skepticism, particularly among those who have already witnessed unfulfilled promises on the part of the Castros' regime.
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26/05/2011 | En Parrilla
Cuba going the way of China?
On April 16th and April 19th, Raul Castro delivered his opening and closing speeches before the sixth assembly of the Cuban Communist party in Havana. The speech spoke about reform and questioned a number of aspects of business as usual in Cuba. The speech generated a great deal of skepticism, particularly among those who have already witnessed unfulfilled promises on the part of the Castros' regime.
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02/05/2011 | En Profundidad
Making sense of Argentina's frenzied policy
Since the arrival of the Kirchner phenomenon to Argentinean politics in 2003, there has been a sense that history has begun again. The late Nestor Kirchner served as president of the country from 2003 to 2007 when his wife Cristina was elected to the presidency.
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02/05/2011 | En Profundidad
Making sense of Argentina's frenzied policy
Since the arrival of the Kirchner phenomenon to Argentinean politics in 2003, there has been a sense that history has begun again. The late Nestor Kirchner served as president of the country from 2003 to 2007 when his wife Cristina was elected to the presidency.
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11/03/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Qaddafi and Latin America
The positions that different Latin American countries have taken towards Colonel Qaddafi and the crisis in Libya present some interesting connections worth exploring.
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20/10/2010 | Frente Externo
Correa’s Ecuador: Defending an autocracy
A rebellion by police officers took place in protest against cuts in their bonuses and salaries. The discontented police threw tear gas that directly reached President Rafael Correa who was lightly harmed. Correa reacted by inviting protesters to kill him if they so wished but vehemently reaffirmed that he would not back off from his economic measures. Correa was taken to the Police hospital immediately after. Meanwhile, countries in the region, along with the United States and European countries treated these events like a coup d'état. All of them including the U. S Administration expressed full support for President Correa and democracy.
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24/09/2010 | Frente Externo
Beyond electoral illusions: the totalitarian regime of Hugo Chavez
On September 26, Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections. Since Hugo Chavez was elected to the presidency in 1998, Venezuela has been transformed from a country with democratic institutions to one where the president controls all branches of government.
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13/08/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Guatemala: A security challenge
I had a great opportunity to be part of group organized by the Atlas Foundation that participated in a seminar on security and economics that took place in Guatemala late in June.
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01/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Connecting the dots: Internal developments in Latin America & regional security
Today, a large part of the Latin American continent is in danger of collapsing into a situation that fluctuates between totalitarianism and anarchy; between authoritarianism and chaos. The region is also in danger of falling under the strange influence of insurgent and terrorist groups, drug cartels and distant countries that historically have been poles apart from the region's culture and civilization (mainly Iran, China, and perhaps Russia).
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14/02/2010 | Frente Externo
Venezuela requires a new type of thinking
In the last several weeks we are hearing about more turmoil in Venezuela.
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11/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil's tilt towards Chavez and Iran
For those of us concerned with hemispheric security, the big question has always been how do we contain Chavez‘s expansionist ambitions.
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17/01/2008 | En Profundidad
Argentina's Kirchner - an ally of Chavez
The recent release of hostages Consuelo Gonzales and Clara Rojas after six years in captivity has been an orchestrated victory for Hugo Chavez. Chavez has used his years-old complicity with the very dangerous guerilla insurgency known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to achieve a number of goals already pointed out in the last issue of the America's Report (see Nicole M. Ferrand, "Colombia's Uribe Unmasks the FARC").
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