Bolivia: Iran’s Newest Friend in Latin America
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has long been Iran’s greatest ally in the Western Hemisphere, but as Chavez’s cancer grows and his country’s future becomes increasingly uncertain,… Read More
Economic Freedom Is Surging in Chile
With a score of 78.3 in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, Chile is now… Read More
Morning Bell: Bringing the Light of Freedom to Cuba
The society that Pope Benedict XVI will find when he lands in Cuba next week will be a destitute one, prostrate in every way. The… Read More
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Vice President Biden: Right and Wrong on Mexico and Central America
This week, the White House dispatched its peripatetic Vice President Joe Biden south to Mexico and Honduras. Biden rightly sees criminal violence and insecurity as… Read More
Iranian Broadcasting Targets Latin America
Challenges to U.S. international broadcasting and public diplomacy continue to mount. Iran, joining China and Russia, also nourishes ambitions as a global power and is… Read More
Hugo Chavez’s Surgery and the Politics of Deception
On February 21, President Hugo Chavez told the Venezuelan people he will soon undergo another round of surgery. The breaking story was characteristically brief and… Read More
Chavez Allies’ Hysterical Response to a Democratic Challenge in Venezuela
Within 48 hours of the impressive victory in Venezuela’s first-ever presidential primary, the winner Henrique Capriles Radonski, who favors an end to polarization and national… Read More
Congress Notes Iranian Threat in Latin America
As we have been reporting, Iran is increasingly expanding its presence in Latin America, as evidenced in Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent tour to Ecuador,… Read More
In Castro’s Cuba: Academic Honors for Tyranny, Failing Grades for Freedom
Friends of improved relations with Cuba argue that citizen contact, people-to-people interaction, and lifting current impediments to travel and trade will pave the way for… Read More
The 2012 Index of Economic Freedom: Latin America’s Underperformers
Today, the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom launches. For 17 years, The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal have reported on the status of… Read More
Who Lost Nicaragua? Daniel Ortega Begins an Unconstitutional Third Term
Daniel Ortega—sporting pink campaign colors rather than the combative red and black of the Sandinista Front (FSLN) and dressed in a business suit, or guaybera,… Read More
Hugo Chavez: Between the “Devil” and the “Clown”
In an infamous and vulgar U.N. speech delivered in September 2006, Venezuela’s populist authoritarian President Hugo Chavez likened President George W. Bush to “the devil.”… Read More
Iran’s Pernicious Influence in the Western Hemisphere
There has been a lot of discussion recently of Iranian involvement in Latin America, especially with the recent plot involving an assassination attempt against the… Read More
PODCAST: Terrorism in Latin America Threatens U.S.
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, expert Ray Walser discusses the increasingly anti-U.S. policies in Latin America. PODCAST: Terrorism in Latin America Threatens U.S. In the… Read More
Morning Bell: Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations in Latin America
An attack on the British embassy in Tehran. A desperate pursuit of nuclear weapons. A plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Alone, any… Read More
Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations from Latin America
Iran is conducting anti-U.S. operations from Latin America, including military training camps in Venezuela, and expanding its reach across the border from the U.S. in… Read More
Hugo Chavez: The End of the Inter-American System
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez will host what is billed as the founding conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) December 2–3 on… Read More
The Unreported Tragedy of Cuba’s Repressive Communist Regime
Cuba—to listen to, watch or read some of the media—is a place that has remained unbowed in the face of impoverishment by the U.S. embargo…. Read More
Guest Blog: Cuba’s Pro-Freedom ‘Resistance’ Movement Is Growing
As attention focuses on the Middle East and North Africa, where protesters have taken to the streets to demand political change, some wonder whether Cuba… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 21, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Reining in the CFPB – Diane… Read More
Free Markets Are Good for China—and Us, Too
Is open trade and investment good for China but bad for the U.S.? The Heritage Foundation’s China Global Investment Tracker has just been updated. Through… Read More
Weakness on Chavez, Drugs and Terror Plague Obama’s Latin America Policy
The record will show that the May 9 extradition by Colombia of Walid Makled Garcia to Venezuela constitutes a major lost opportunity for the Obama… Read More
Food Crisis Looms for Latin America
Food prices are on the rise across the globe, fueling much of the political unrest that continues to rage in parts of the Middle East. Unexpectedly… Read More
Obama’s Latin America Visit Next Month: No Time for the Business Sector?
Ever since President Obama announced in his State of the Union speech that he will travel in March to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador “to… Read More
Obama Should Avoid Rush to Judgment in Ecuador
The radical left in Latin America often prides itself in its ability to stir up the masses and make nations ungovernable by elected officials and… Read More
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Mexico Drug Threat Divides Obama Administration & Weakens Policy
After a major foreign policy speech, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked to comment on the drug violence in Mexico. She answered quite frankly:… Read More
Santos Victory in Colombia: A Vote for Stability, Security and Hope
The impressive run-off electoral victory of Juan Manuel Santos demonstrates that Colombians place great confidence in the former finance and defense minister’s ability to guide… Read More
Silence No Solution for Iran-Venezuela Problem
In his most recent congressional testimony the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela successfully managed to outline Obama Administration policy for… Read More
Be a Man! Hugo Chavez!
The buzz in Latin America was the February 22 shout-fest in Cancun, Mexico between Colombia’s pro-American leader Alvaro Uribe and Venezuela’s populist, anti-American president Hugo… Read More
Trouble Brewing in South Atlantic Over Control of Falklands
Possession of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in the South Atlantic is again being disputed. The United Kingdom’s 180-year control over the islands and the will of… Read More
