Kirchner, Uribe, Morales, Fujimori… The past weighs heavily on today’s Latin America
An anchor keeps Latin America stuck in its most recent past. A retrospective look highlights how difficult it is for...
April 19, 2021Topic
Chavez
Venezuela: Top Oil Exporter in Dire Straits
Venezuela, once Latin America's top oil exporter and a bete noire of the United States, is enduring a deep economic,...
December 6, 2020
Hunger and Protest: Maduro’s Rocky Rule in Venezuela
Having weathered punishing sanctions and thinly veiled US invasion threats, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro hopes to take congress back from...
December 4, 2020
Opinion: Could Brazil Become Another Venezuela?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the rallying cries of the supporters of presidential candidate...
October 16, 2018
Opinion: The Curmudgeon Among the Believers
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Wednesday, March 12th, 2014, the Curmudgeon was invited to attend the...
March 18, 2014
Chavez in Brazil to Officially Join Mercosur
Hugo Chávez was to meet with Mercosur leaders in Brasilia Tuesday to formalize Venezuela’s entrance to the bloc – a...
July 31, 2012
Mercosur Summit ‘Best In 15 Years’
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The 39th summit of South America’s co-operative trade bloc, Mercosur,...
August 10, 2010
Oil & Brazilian Nationalism
By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_10398" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Lula and his team announce pre-salt regulation to Congress, photo...
September 8, 2009Lula and Chávez Economic Summit
By Oscar Maldonado, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_4169" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The presidents of Brazil and Venezuela, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva...
June 2, 2009