Inter-American Watch Tuesday 01/11/2022 Analysis China’s Use of Soft Power in Support of its Strategic Engagement in Latin America The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) expanding engagement and presence in Latin America and the Caribbean has captured the attention of political and business leaders and the people of the region, as well as the…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 10/27/2022 Analysis The Evolution of PRC Engagement in Mexico Mexico, despite its integration with the economy of the United States, as well as its historic distrust for and structural competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is pursuing policies that are expanding options for that country, causing serious strategic implications…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 10/25/2022 Analysis Venezuela, Colombia, and the ELN at the Crossroads of Peace President Gustavo Petro has offered Colombia a tantalizing vision of “Total Peace:” a negotiated end to all the armed conflicts that have plagued the country for generations. At the top of his list is the National Liberation Army (Ejército…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 10/20/2022 Analysis Rebels and paramilitaries: the Colombian guerrilla in Venezuela Now, the dissident factions of the FARC, known collectively as the ex-FARC Mafia, and the last remaining national insurgency in the country, the National Liberation Army (ELN), are not only stationing their forces and sheltering their leaders in Venezuela, but also…
Inter-American Watch tuesday 18/10/2022 Analysis The debacle of Arce’s economic model leads Bolivia to chaos A large part of the problems that Arce Catacora faces in exercising power is explained by the difficulty in obtaining financing and thus trying to keep afloat the economic model that he designed and that Evo Morales imposed in…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 10/4/2022 Analysis Sippenhaft, the German pattern with which they torture political prisoners in Venezuela Venezuelan security forces detain brothers, parents, children or relatives of political prisoners, as a measure of pressure so that they surrender from exile or confess responsibilities. This method of pressure used in the Third Reich by the…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 9/29/2022 Analysis The SPF officially joins Lula’s campaign The Sao Paulo Forum announced on its website a new interference in a democratic process. The organization announces that, starting this Monday, it has officially joined the presidential campaign of candidate Lula de Silva, with a day of international mobilization identified with the…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 9/22/2022 Analysis Gustavo Petro’s Strategy to Legitimize Maduro DURING the electoral campaign, Gustavo Petro deceived the Colombian electorate, pretending to keep his distance from the Venezuelan regime. In February 2022, for example, the now president of Colombia asked Nicolás Maduro to “step aside” and even called him a coward for not…
(Diario Las Américas) MIAMI— Un aporte intelectual de altos quilates, el compromiso con la democracia en las Américas y el honor siempre por delante definen a Carlos Alberto Montaner. El escritor y periodista cubano fue agasajado durante un evento del Instituto Interamericano para la Democracia (IID), el martes 20 de septiembre en el Museo de…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 9/20/2022 Analysis The anti-Israeli record of Chilean President Gabriel Boric that led him into a serious diplomatic conflict But his anti-Israel stances were not always rhetorical, in fact he has supported a bill in the Chilean National Congress calling for a boycott of goods, services and products from Israeli settlements. The…
