News of political and institutional news in Latin American countries, especially when it concerns the health of their democracies.
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 8/23/2022 Analysis The Cuban repressive model, an example for the tyranny of Daniel Ortega Daniel Ortega advances rapidly in the process of radicalization of his dictatorship, establishing the Cuban repressive model to control the lives of Nicaraguans through the policy of terror. His tools are the security, intelligence and surveillance apparatus…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 8/18/2022 Analysis Analysis of Russian and Chinese military operations in Venezuela With inflation at a record level, millions of its citizens fleeing the country, and a political opposition recognized by most Western democracies as the legitimate government of Venezuela, the regime of Nicolás Maduro seemed to be on the verge of…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 16/08/2022 Analysis Military maneuvers with Russia, China and Iran promote a ‘Persian market’ for weapons in Venezuela Nearly 200 burly soldiers began the ‘Army Games 2022’ meeting in Venezuela yesterday in Barquisimeto. The delegations from Russia, China, Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Myanmar, among others, started the military exercises together with…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 8/11/2022 Analysis China’s Engagement in Latin America: Views from the Region China’s economic and political engagement in Latin America grew significantly in the first part of the 21st century. And yet, Latin American reporting on China has not grown apace. Too few Latin American journalists cover Chinese activities in the region…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 8/9/2022 Bolivia Drug trafficking, gold and radars that do not work: what lies behind the battle of coca growers against peasants in Bolivia Fierce battles are now being waged in the department of Santa Cruz between the army of coca growers and the original landowners, while in La Paz coca growers from…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 04/08/2022 Bolivia Bolivia could lose up to $800 million for 3 awards in international arbitrations Bolivia could lose some $8 billion dollars in three international arbitrations whose awards will be known in the coming months. They were requested by the British Glencore Finance Bermuda and the American Orlandini Mining Company and Dulon…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 8/2/2022 Analysis Marco Rubio: “We are Facing Some Real Challenges” in Latin America Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., offered remarks during the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations nominations hearing for U.S. Ambassadorships in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rubio said the following….In Suriname, you have a president who…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 7/28/2022 Analysis Bolivian Aymara leader: “Plurinationality is socialism camouflaged as indigenism” From Bolivia, the Aymara indigenist Pedro Portugal -opposer of the constitutional process led by Evo Morales- points out in an interview with El Líbero: “No nation in Latin America has solved the problems of indigenous integration with plurinationality.”…Read more >>…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 7/26/2022 Argentina Israel confirmed that Iran organized and financed Hezbollah to carry out the terrorist attacks on the Embassy and the AMIA Iran prepared, financed and defined that Hezbollah would execute the terrorist attacks on the Israeli embassy and the AMIA headquarters in Buenos Aires, confirmed Lior Haiat, director of Israel’s…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 21/07/2022 Analysis Iran Is Testing Us. So Far, We Are Failing In February, a jet carrying Iran’s minister of the interior, Ahmad Vahidi, landed at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base and he was not arrested. He should have been. Vahidi, and four other senior Iranians, are wanted by INTERPOL for “aggravated…
