Evo Morales's reelection on December 6 bodes ill for Bolivians and friends of democracy in the region.

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.

As Congress, Republican presidential candidates, and much of the U.S., South American, and European media are sounding the alarm on suspicious activities by Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America, the State Department is hitting the snooze button.

The Justice Department’s recent announcement that an Iranian agent attempted to recruit a Mexican drug gang to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States presents an opportunity for the Obama administration finally to draw the line on Iran’s growing presence in the Western Hemisphere.

In October 2005, the Council of the Americas (COA) issued a report outlining the opportunities for making the Americas energy self-sufficient and economically successful. Among the report’s recommendations was the recognition that “Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean have been blessed with abundant energy resources,” which, if combined with infrastructure...

The United States must not surrender Sánchez de Lozada to the politically extreme Bolivian president Evo Morales.

The Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index helps answer the question of how to promote prosperity in Latin America.