The Russian military naval exercises in South America are somewhat of a nostalgic novelty item. It is more annoying than serious a matter. The nuclear cooperation chatter with anti-American leaders in the Western Hemisphere is quite another matter. At its core, the Russians are upset that the U.S. is working with the Czechs and Poles on a missile defense shield [...]
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Russia Proposes Nuclear Reactor Plan to Chavez
Posted in Cuba, Economic Sanctions, Latin America, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere, current events, national security, tagged Congress, Cubans, current events, Juragua, news, nuclear, politics, proliferation, Russia, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere on 28 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Win For U.S. Taxpayers in Nicaragua, Nica Opposition Needs to Rally
Posted in Central America, Latin America, Nicaragua, Western Hemisphere, current events, tagged Central America, Congress, current events, Frank Wolf, Latin America, Managua, Millenium Challenge Corporation, news, Nicaragua, politics, Ronald Reagan, Sandinistas on 26 November 2008 | 2 Comments »
Nicaragua’s newspaper La Prensa reports this morning that the U.S. has frozen a foreign assistance program to Nicaragua funded by U.S. taxpayers through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Kudos to the MCC CEO, Ambassador John Danilovich, for moving swiftly to protect U.S. taxpayer monies and, in the process, send a clear message to the Sandinistas that resorting [...]
Elhefnawy: The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation, Regional Considerations
Posted in Brazil, Latin America, United States, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere, current events, national security, non-proliferation, nuclear, sanctions, tagged Brazil, current events, Iran, Latin America, news, nuclear energy, nuclear proliferation, politics, terrorism, Venezuela, Western Hemisphere on 24 November 2008 | 2 Comments »
While it barely generates the media attention that Iran or North Koreahas during the past few years, there are leaders in Latin America, South America to be exact, who have hinted that nuclear weaponization programs are a “right” of developing countries. Despite public acts to the country such as signing on to key non-proliferation treaties or [...]
Sandinistas, Nothing Changed for Them
Posted in Latin America, Nicaragua, current events, national security, tagged Central America, current events, Daniel Ortega, elections, Nicaragua, politics, Ronald Reagan on 20 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
A new chapter in a once promising story for Central American democracy is being written in the streets of Managua. Faced with possible defeats at the ballot box, it appears as if elements of the Sandinista Party have devolved to their old, Cold War ways. In an speech before a Joint Session of the [...]
Foreign Assistance to Nicaragua Needs to Be Reviewed and Likely Curtailed
Posted in Latin America, Nicaragua, United States, current events, national security, politics, sanctions, tagged Central America, Congress, current events, Daniel Ortega, foreign assistance, Montealegre, news, Nicaragua, politics, Sandinistas on 18 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
It appears as if elements of the leftist Sandinista Party of Nicaragua are back to their old, Cold War ways. Sandinista supporters donning masks and wielding weapons attacked the opposition leader yesterday while he was on his way to greet opposition supporters. The violence stems from alleged wide-spread electoral fraud during last week’s election [...]
U.S. Should Cut Foreign Assistance to Nicaragua
Posted in 13475266, Latin America, Nicaragua, U.S. Politics, Western Hemisphere, current events, tagged Daniel Ortega, foreign assitance, Millenium Challenge Account, Montealegre, Nicaragua on 14 November 2008 | 3 Comments »
At a time of global economic uncertainty and rough times at home, U.S. taxpayers monies are an even more precious commodity that should not be squandered. Eliminating wasteful and inefficient foreign assistance programs is one way to cut U.S. Government spending, saving taxpayers potentially billions of dollars a year. Our foreign assistance giving should be [...]
Obama-Biden, Czar-crazed
Posted in Congress, Democrats, U.S. Politics, current events, politics, tagged Biden, Congress, current events, czar, Democrats, federal government, Obama, policy czar, politics on 12 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems as if the Obama-Biden team does not want to wait for the Constitutionally-appointed time to take the reins of power. It is a made-for-Hollywood transition down to the very last detail. In fact, during a local news broadcast yesterday the segment on the transition cued music during the introduction from the popular television [...]
Gov. Sanford: Conservatives didn’t lose election, GOP did
Posted in Congress, Democrats, Republicans, U.S. Politics, current events, tagged CNN, Congress, conservatives, current events, GOP, liberals, Mark Sanford, Obama, politics, Republicans on 11 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Republican South Carolina Mark Sanford penned the following item for CNN.com. Well worth a read: For all Americans, this election represents another glass ceiling broken, and in the words of my 16-year-old, “That’s very cool.” The election of the first black president is an inspiring and transformational moment for our country. I am happy for [...]
U.S.-Cuba Policy, One Opportunity to Get it Right in the Near Term
Posted in Cuba, Economic Sanctions, Latin America, Western Hemisphere, current events, national security, terrorism, tagged biological weapons, bioterrorism, Cuba, current events, Fidel Castro, Iran, Obama, politics, Raul Castro, terrorism on 11 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The speculation about the future of U.S.-Cuba policy started long before the 2008 elections were known. Those wanting to ease restrictions on the island longed for toppling one of the three Members of Congress in Miami who advocate a tough stance against Cuba. They cited polls that a new generation of voters wanted a “change” in policy, that it [...]
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