Yesterday at the Organization of American States (OAS), I met up with colleagues and friends from Nicaragua and the Nicaragua Diaspora from throughout the United States in Washington, D.C. They were in town to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis in Nicaragua with U.S. policymakers. I was not expecting to make remarks but addressed the [...]
Venezuela has been in a political and economic slow boil for nearly 15 or so years and, lately, it has become a regional and, arguably, a hemispheric crisis. Many Latin America policy experts want to directly intervene in Venezuela; some policymakers have suggested U.S. military engagement. In the long run but with one exception, the United [...]
A new generation of Nicaraguan leader is grappling with political and economic issues their parents and grandparents were supposed to have resolved. The reality is that Nicaragua remains one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere and, unless new leaders fund a new way forward, it will go the way of Cuba and Venezuela. [...]
