Inter-American Watch Monday, January 31st, 2022 The Americas Putin is already in Cuba and Venezuela Russia has slowly been sinking its teeth into the region for decades and the West has said nothing. So has China. The issue deserves more attention. The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-is-already-in-cuba-and-venezuela-south-america-influence-western-hemisphere-ukraine-11643567547 The Economist: Russia has become a crucial ally of…
Inter-American Watch Friday, January 28th, 2022 The Americas Honduras’ next president sworn in amid uncertainty Xiomara Castro has been sworn in as Honduras” first female president, facing high expectations to turn around the deeply troubled country amid uncertainty about whether an unfolding legislative crisis will allow her the support she needs. U.S. News and World…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday January 26th, 2022 The Americas Corruption in Latin America: Uruguay is top of the class, Venezuela is the red lantern According to Transparency International, corruption has been entrenched in Latin America for a decade, with little progress and many setbacks in terms of democracy and human rights, which today warned of the…
Inter-American Watch Monday, January 24th, 2022 The Americas US to use Summit of the Americas to press nations on democracy The United States will assess the “commitment to democracy” of the region”s leaders in order to decide who will be invited to the Ninth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Los Angeles on…
Inter-American Watch Friday, January 21st, 2022 The Americas Former Latin America presidents and activists warned that the region is torn “between democracies and dictatorships” During a forum organized by the Inter-American Institute for Democracy, Luis Almagro, secretary general of the OAS, argued that “social backwardness is generated” by totalitarian regimes such as those in…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday January 19th, 2022 The Americas Chavez gave millions to illegally finance the Left in Latin American The former Chief of Intelligence of the Venezuelan regime said in a letter published in Spain, that the late Venezuelan president ordered more than 20 suitcases full of hundreds of thousands of dollars to leftist politicians…
Inter-American Watch Monday, January 17th, 2022 The Americas Breaking Latin America’s authoritarian wave We enter 2022 with democracy facing a dangerous decline worldwide. The pandemic has accelerated a democratic backslide, as authoritarians are emerging everywhere. Latin America is no exception. National Interest: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/breaking-latin-america’s-authoritarian-wave-199272 Former intelligence officer reveals Russian clandestine military bases in Venezuela Former director…
Inter-American Watch Friday, January 14th, 2022 The Americas Russia won’t rule out military deployment to Cuba, Venezuela Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who led the Russian delegation in Monday’s talks with the U.S. in Geneva, said in televised remarks that he would “neither confirm nor exclude” the possibility that Russia could send military assets…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 The Americas Cocaine worth $20 billion seized in ports of Belgium and the Netherland in 2021, from Central and South America Shipments totalling 89 tons were intercepted in Antwerp in 2021, a one-third increase on 2020, with 70 tons seized across the border in Rotterdam, almost three quarters more…
Inter-American Watch Monday, January 10th, 2022 The Americas China Driving Marxist Takeover of Latin America: ‘Aggressive Hostility Towards the United States’ A new wave of Marxist victories at the ballot box has spread throughout Latin America and a former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense says Chinese communists are behind the leftward shift. Frank Gaffney, president…
