Articles and opinion columns by Latin American analysts who take an unwavering stand for freedom, including members and directors of the IID.
In his confessionary book Learning to Die in Miami, Carlos Eire, Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University, explores his cultural assimilation to American life. As young Carlos learns English, he notes that his thinking is different in English, and that this new way of thinking alters his perception of the world. Carlos…
The so-called “process of negotiation and dialogue” between the Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship and the legitimate government of Venezuela, initiated in Mexico with the signing of the memorandum of understanding of August 13, 2021, has served so far to strengthen Maduro’s regime and giving him a free pass, allowing him to repeat the “electoral dictatorship” method…
For us, as individuals, spending more than our income will eventually cause us to go bankrupt. But, does this hold true for the United States government? Some policymakers choose to ignore the problem of spending more than we take in simply because they will not be around to deal with the economic consequences. Besides, spending is more fun if one does not have to worry about repayment.
The social paradigm of the United States is that of a nation conceived not as an ethnic based society, but as a set of ideals such as freedom, honesty and justice. Ideals such as these blend and interact to make up our social paradigms.
In Mexico, the first official meeting of transnational organized crime and Latin American Presidents has just taken place. It was under the name of the “VI Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)”. What Lopez Obrador has really achieved is to have put his servitude and his commitment to this transnational crime organization in full display. By making Mexico the center for the promotion and protection of criminals…
Through an active campaign to exclude Bolivia’s dictatorship, attempts are underway to cap the number of 21st Century Socialism’s dictatorships in the Americas to Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. In these four countries, the same system for the violation of human rights, the absence of the rule of law, the inexistence of the separation and independence of the branches of government, the intolerance of free political organization, and elections to vote but not to elect, has been installed. A fundamental proof that these are dictatorships, is the existence of political prisoners and exiles and in Bolivia there are 42 political prisoners that must be released.
Democracy is not necessarily about optimal decision-making; democracy is about sharing perspectives and power. Democracy is about delivering political equality and freedom, and sometimes democracy delivers suboptimal decision-making.
Torture is one of the most horrendous way of violating human rights that 21st Century Socialism’s dictatorships use to indefinitely hold-on to power. Notorious facts, international reports, and the free press prove that regimes from Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua apply torture in order to institutionalize fear. This is a criminal methodology that still remains unpunished. It is promoted and protected by Castrochavism and is overlooked by far too many democratic governments.
Many voices and writers have said so after USA´s humiliating exit from Kabul, but there is no hard evidence to support the claim. At least, for now.
And the people who are seeing their children die because of there is no food, no medicines and, no employment opportunities in a country looted for over a decade have realized that their plight is not their leader’s priority. Venezuela will thus most probably continue to slip into economic weakness and political dissolution with their leaders walking alone while a community of beggars consolidates itself very much like what we see in Haiti.
