Colombia drug trade knows no borders Ecuador a ‘victim of geography’ (Photo: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) A submarine, seized on July 2 in a shallow river inlet close to the Ecuador–Colombia border, was thought to be intended for smugglers to transport tons of cocaine. By Kelly Hearn – The Washington Times September 16, 2010 SAN […]
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RABEN: Love affair with leftists Chavez proves the path from populist to oppressor can be short By Robert Raben The Washington Times September 13, 2010 As a veteran of the Washington policy world, I know all too well how easy it is for politics to trump principles. And as someone who grew up in Miami
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Democrats pivot on immigration By: Carrie Budoff Brown September 14, 2010 03:51 PM EDT In a strategy shift on immigration reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Tuesday that Democrats will try to pass a bill legalizing the status of young, undocumented immigrants if they attend college for two years or join the military.
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The Weekly Standard Hugo Chávez, Tomb Raider From the Scrapbook August 9, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 44 The Scrapbook confesses that it takes a certain unhealthy interest in recent accounts of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez’s exhumation of the corpse of Simón Bolivar. No disrespect to the Liberator is intended here, of course; but the details
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AUGUST 22, 2010 Rising street violence in Venezuela is beginning to hurt the president among his constituency. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY When a photograph of 12 chaotically strewn, naked corpses at the Bello Monte morgue in Caracas ran on the front page of the Venezuelan daily El Nacional 10 days ago, Hugo Chávez reacted with
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AUGUST 21, 2010 The Teamster Tariffs U.S. workers pay for the Democrats’ Mexican truck ban An 18-month trade war between the U.S. and its third largest trading partner took a turn for the worse this week when Mexico announced new tariffs on 26 previously tariff-free items that it imports from America. Washington state apples and
BREAKING: Obama Appoints Maria del Carmen Aponte as Ambassador to El Salvador http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/08/19/breaking-obama-appoints-maria-del-carmen-aponte-as-ambassador-to-el-salvador/ Posted by Erick Erickson Thursday, August 19th at 4:59PM EDT This is huge news coming on the heels of Barack Obama’s support for the Ground Zero Mosque. He has appointed Maria del Carmen Aponte to be Ambassador to El Salvador. Three United
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Fortune Underfoot Can Bolivia develop its mineral wealth—and undermine Hugo Chávez? BY Vanessa Neumann August 23, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 46 The stark white landscape of the Salar de Uyuni in the Potosí department of Bolivia is punctuated only by pink flamingos and salt pyramids being slowly shoveled
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AUGUST 16, 2010 Cuba’s Cash-for-Doctors Program Thousands of its health-care missionaries flee mistreatment. By MARIA C. WERLAU For decades, Cuba has “exported” doctors, nurses and health technicians to earn diplomatic influence in poor countries and hard cash for its floundering economy. According to Cuba’s official media, an estimated 38,544 Cuban health professionals were serving abroad
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THE AMERICAS JULY 19, 2010 Ortega Squeezes, the OAS Is Silent Nicaragua’s president subverts its constitution. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY In remarks to the local Nicaraguan press in mid-June, Vice President Jaime Morales celebrated Iranian plans to boost cooperation with his country. “I understand that there are many [Iranian] projects being studied and developed” for
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