According to Venezuela’s constitution, Hugo Chavez—elected president for an unprecedented fourth term in October 2012—must be sworn in as president on January 10, but it… Read More
Over the holidays, Venezuelans continued to receive increasingly grim news regarding the health of President Hugo Chavez. Current Vice President and Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro… Read More
Speaking in Miami in May 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama outlined his proposed Cuba policy: “My policy toward Cuba will be guided by one word:… Read More
Why is the Obama Administration not doing more to free a former Marine from a Mexican prison? Twenty-seven-year-old Jon Hammar—a former Marine Lance Corporal and… Read More
One week after Hugo Chavez stunned his nation with news of new cancer surgery and anointed Vice President and Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro as his… Read More
On December 8, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his immediate return to Havana for a fourth round of cancer surgery. Chavez’s emergency return to Cuba… Read More
With enormous fanfare, Mexico inaugurated its new president on Saturday. Outgoing President Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party will pass the keys of the… Read More
Just weeks after his October presidential electoral victory, Hugo Chavez is returning to Cuba for unspecified cancer treatment. The brief announcement of his return appears… Read More
When President Obama and Mexico’s President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto meet in Washington on Tuesday, their talks will highlight the critical relationship between our two nations…. Read More
Since November 6, President Obama has had little time to savor his electoral victory. The White House is in the throes of dealing with, among… Read More
