The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's rece...
Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...
During a recent trip to Chile, I had an interesting conversation with a Brazilian traveler about--of course--ethnicity and class. When we landed on t...
New York Magazine's David Edelstein pretty much called it: About midway through, you could be forgiven for worrying if The Maid was teetering on the p...
Amnesty USA asked me to write a letter to Obama asking him to prosecute all those responsible for torturing in the name of the USA during the previous administration. This is the letter I sent to him
Gabriele said that over time some prisoners would find ways to illustrate their stay. They would draw stars, birds, and trees to remind them of freedom. She said they could often smell the roses outside.
In December 2008, just months before Manuel Zelaya was ousted from power by the Honduran military, he wrote Barack Obama and complained of U.S. "interventionism."
While Cannes is still the Wimbledon of festivals, Toronto is the other one that matters most. Come here to catch the hottest films from Cannes, fall releases looking to tout themselves, and Oscar hopefuls.
Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.
Kennedy reacted strongly to reports of the great cruelties that accompanied the coup in which General Augusto Pinochet took power in Chile.
Caught up with Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, Wednesday nights at 10pm, to talk food, towns, people and history.
Congress and Courts belong to the rich and powerful who also control the military in cooperation with the Pentagon. Washington provided aid.
After President Obama shook hands with Libyan leader Qadhafi earlier this month at the G8 summit, I tried to imagine what President Reagan would have done.
Every time the regime represses, it further undermines its own power while simultaneously helping to recruit new members to the resistance.
Obama would do well to remember Ronald Reagan's comment on returning from his first trip to South America as President: "These Latin American countries are all very different from each other."
The cleanest, greenest, cheapest and most secure energy is the energy we don't use. The empirical evidence from Chile is overwhelming and proves the savings.
Since 1946, the US Pentagon has operated a military training center for Latin American soldiers and policemen known as the School of the Americas. The...
As we move into the new year, with a new administration and a new outlook on the world, let us work toward "no on torture" both at home and around the world.
Without trust, without confidence that your counterparty financing institutions can deliver or be trusted to execute the obligations they undertake, commerce as we know it will come to a standstill.
Panguipulli, Chile -- Fuchsia magellanica, the wild species from which all its gaudy namesakes descend, grows wild everywhere here. In wet coastal are...
Chiloe Island, Chile -- Combine Mendocino, California, and Eugene, Oregon, in the late 1970s, add a very strong indigenous presence, and you have a se...
