Murder Out of Control in Venezuela
Mexico’s infamous drug war has claimed fewer lives than murderers in Venezuela, reported Maria Eugenia Diaz from Caracas for the New York Times...
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Chavez Regime’s Drug Trafficking Back in Spotlight
After a series of reports brought the issue into the spotlight in recent years, allegations of involvement in drug trafficking by the regime...
Read moreArgentina Legalizes Homosexual Marriage
A wave of same-sex couples may be bearing down on the metropolis of Buenos Aires in the coming weeks and months after Argentina...
Read moreFreedom Activist Arrested in Venezuela on False Charges
Long-time freedom advocate and former Venezuelan presidential candidate Alejandro Pena Esclusa was arrested on July 12 by the Chavez regime on trumped-up explosives...
Read moreChavez Regime Nationalizes U.S. Oil Rigs
After socializing and devastating vast swaths of the Venezuelan economy, socialist “President” Hugo Chavez announced that his government was nationalizing a fleet of...
Read moreU.S. Military Expands in Latin America
Following a cooperation deal with Colombia last year, the United States military this week announced plans to further expand its influence throughout Latin...
Read moreChavez Regime Steps Up Attacks on Opponents
Venezuela’s socialist “President” Hugo Chavez is attracting increasing criticism as his regime steps up arrests and intimidation of opponents despite a massive international...
Read moreRussia-Venezuela Deepen Military, Nuclear, Economic Ties
As the implosion of Venezuela’s economy accelerates and the capital Caracas remains plagued by power outages, socialist “President” Hugo Chavez and the Russian...
Read moreSocialist Chavez Arrests More Critics
In his latest paranoid crackdown on free speech, socialist Venezuelan “President” Hugo Chavez arrested the chief of the last critical television network as...
Read moreResurgent Communism in Latin America
Many Cuban refugees risked everything to escape the murderous regime of Fidel Castro. Oftentimes they made treacherous voyages aboard rickety rafts, hoping only...
Read moreOlavo de Carvalho on Communism in Latin America
Olavo de Carvalho, an author and philosopher, is renowned as one of Brazil’s preeminent thinkers. He played a leading role in exposing subversive...
Read moreBolivia to Host Alternative Climate Conference
Socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales, not satisfied with the results of the United Nations’ COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, announced this week...
Read moreVenezuela Prepares for War, Again
After sending 15,000 more troops to the border, leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is warning his military and the population to “prepare for...
Read moreLeftist Regimes Agree to New Currency
Adding to pressure mounting against the U.S. dollar, left-wing Latin American leaders gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, over the weekend for the seventh Bolivarian...
Read moreU.S.-Colombia Military Agreement Stirs Tension
More American troops will soon find themselves stationed in Colombia under the guise of battling drugs and terrorism, dramatically raising tensions in the...
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