The erratic – and degrading – course of the foreign policy of Argentina and Mexico, whose governments diplomatically support the dictatorial regimes of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, is surprising, as they once supported Evo Morales after the scandalous electoral fraud that forced him to resign. and go into exile in their countries. Manuel López Obrador…
With these words, Julius Caesar indicated to his followers that the die was cast and that Rome could do nothing but advance towards the construction of the empire, leaving the republic behind. Today Latin America faces a similar challenge. International change has perforated the feudal structures that, fueled by monopoly capitalism, have existed for five…
The Berlin Wall, built by the Soviet Union to divide Germany into two parts, was 146 kilometers long, of which 45 kilometers were in Berlin. The hulk was made on August 9, 1961 and collapsed on November 9, 1989; an ignominious existence of 28 years. Invited by the Frederich Neuman Foundation, I had the opportunity…
The elections for Colombia’s President for 2022-2026 are a historical milestone that will determine the next twenty years of that country’s and Americas’ history. In an election for the survival of the nation in which the very nature of Colombia and the radical effects in the life of Colombians are at stake, this forthcoming 19th…
The Ninth Summit of the Americas has ended. The biggest controversy aroused was the (fulfilled) threat by Andrés Manuel López Obrador not to attend… if the three remaining – although ruined – Latin American dictatorships, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, were not invited. They were not, and the Patron Saint of tyrannies didn’t attend. However, he…
A lot has been said and written about the Summit of the Americas currently taking place in Los Angeles. The refusal of Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez, also known by AMLO, to participate over the exclusion of three dictatorships— Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua— gave the impression that the summit was going to be a total…
Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua’s regimes “exert their power using illegitimate methods to instill fear and terror in the civilian population in order to generate behaviors that otherwise would not occur” and to indefinitely hold power with impunity. It is “State- Terrorism”, an organizational system based on the commission of crimes against humanity, a system…
I was one of the speakers at a recent forum organized by the Interamerican Institute for Democracy, Diario Las Américas and the Adam Smith Center at Florida International University. I kept the title since it is fully applicable to allof the Americas, since the struggle between education and indoctrination occurs not only in Latin America…
I first saw the intriguing lotus effect in a lotus flower lily pad in Laos while on a trip throughout Southeast Asia. Scientists refer to the lotus effect as the self-cleaning properties that are the result of ultra hydrophobicity where dirt particles are picked up by water droplets due to the nanoscopic architecture of the…
Few days remain for the end of the Duque Administration in Colombia and judging by what we read in the local media, its people have not realized that it is one of the best governments in the history of that South American nation. Indeed, Colombia has been one of the modest growth nations in Latin…
