Topic: Latin America

The Candidates and Latin America

The author reflects on the stance of U.S. presidential candidates on Latin American issues. WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF presidential primaries occurring around the country in the very early part of 2008, those of us concerned with Latin America are forced into ...

Editors Page

The article discusses the reports published in this issue including a paper on leftist politics in Latin America by Ignacio Walker and Kirill Medvedev's report on the reaction of Russian intellectuals to the authoritarian policies followed by Vladimir Putin, the former president ...

Pernicious Best-Seller

Whatever else he is, Hugo Chavez is quite a salesman. The anti-American book he shoved at President Obama last weekend soared to No. 2 on Amazon's sales rankings. The screed Chavez presented to Obama, called "The Open Veins of Latin America," by ...
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama aides won't say if Obama will read Chavez' book giftBlame it on an overcrowded presidential nightstand.President Barack Obama's advisers cited a long reading list and the fact he doesn't read Spanish as reasons the U.S. leader might not ...
Bill Clinton to Latin America's development bankers: Don't turn your backs on the leftFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton urged the people who run Latin America's biggest development bank on Saturday not to turn their backs on the leftists in the region who ...
El Salvador vote could bring former rebels to power for first time since civil warEl Salvador's former guerrillas, behind the bespectacled, moderate face of a former TV journalist, could take power for the first time since the nation's civil war in elections ...
"The presence of Cuba is a very strong signal that America is no longer the boss in Latin America," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told reporters upon his arrival at the summit, which drew 33 heads of state or their representatives.Brazilian President Luiz ...