Hugo Chavez's power is deteriorating in part due to his own errors.

Iran's new Bolivarian buddies--Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and Rafael Correa --are not the most cautious cats in the Western Hemisphere. But they look like Bismarkian "satisfied powers" by comparison to the drug cartels that are an increasing part of Iran's anti-American network.

The most disturbing aspect of the plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States is that Iran's thugs are developing a strategic partnership with Mexico's most violent thugs: Los Zetas.

Latin America shouldsee the United States advancing its positive values and defendingits natural interests, instead of assuming that it isindifferent to the challengesthe region faces.

Over the past five years, Latin American politics has lurched decidedly to the left. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela now all have left-leaning presidents, and left-leaning candidates are serious contenders in the forthcoming Mexican and Peruvian presidential elections.

Panelists at this event will discuss the underlying reasons for Latin...

Under the auspices of his Bolivarian revolution, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has drastically undermined the country’s democratic institutions, concentrated power in his hands, and engaged in costly “petrodollar” diplomacy as poverty and insecurity have grown at home. Although Chávez’s recent speech at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in October...

Kissinger's characterization of the American approach to North Korea encapsulates his pinched view of U.S. strategy.

The Obama administration's reaction to Honduras' attempt to stand athwart this antidemocratic tide in Latin America has been shocking and inexplicable.