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Us Latin America Policy

Stakes Rise for the United States in Honduras

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, Us-Latin-America-Policy, Obama Latin America, Oas, Group of Rio, Hillary Clinton, Honduras Crisis, World News
Daniel Altschuler

At the end of October, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton celebrated the unprecedented overturning of a coup through dialogue. That assessment has now proved naïve.

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The United States and Bolivia: A New Beginning?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela, Latin America Policy, Us-Latin-America-Policy, Latin America, Evo Morales, Bolivia, US Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Weisbrot

With Obama's policy towards Venezuela and Cuba pretty much decided, Bolivia is left as a government in the region where the hostility of the Bush administration could be quickly reversed.

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Iran's Offensive in Latin America: The Chicago Connection

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: U.S. Latin America Policy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Latin America Policy, Ecuador, Chicago, Hezbollah, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Iran Latin America, Eyal Sela, Israel Iran, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Tuesday morning, the Honorable Eyal Sela, Israel's Ambassador to Ecuador, held a roundtable discussion about Iran's growing influence in Latin America.

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McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico

Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS, McCain and Latin America, U.S. Latin America Policy, McCain and Colombia, John McCain, Immigration, Global Migration, Elections, Colombia Hostages and McCain, Obama, Mccain, Central America, Latino Vote, Obama and Latin America, Barack Obama, Economics, National Security, Obama and Colombia, Latino Politics, Posted in BORDER ISSUES, Repression in Latin America, Obama and Mexico, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

McCain and Obama's failure to denounce the atrocities committed by the governments of Colombia and Mexico may signal that neither will be the "change" candidate when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America.

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