August 17, 2020

Scowcroft or the loss of a navigator in the middle of a storm

“ The day Latin America spouses the rule of law it will become a powerful player in world affairs ” these were Brent Scowcroft’s words in October 1989 in San Jose Costa Rica while attending the celebration of the 100th anniversary of democracy in the tiny central American nation. We were  talking about the impact that the Initiative for the Americas launched by President George HW Bush would have on the region. I thought it would be a gamechanger that could unleash the creative forces of a continent that had missed every other opportunity to develop.

Castrochavism, judicialized persecution and assassination of reputation at Colombia’s Supreme Court

President Alvaro Uribe Velez has had the most outstanding role in the open denouncement allegations and the effective fight against Castrochavism and its operations of narcotics’ trafficking, guerrilla, terrorism, and intervention. Not only has he defended Colombia, but he also defended the Americas. He inflicted hard strikes such as the bombing raid at Angostura, when Rafael Correa had turned Ecuador into a narco-state, part of the system lead by Castro and Chavez.