Venezuelans and their Latin American neighbors are paying the price for Hugo Chávez's corruption and imperialist project.

Venezuelans and their Latin American neighbors are paying the price for Hugo Chávez's corruption and imperialist project.

Please join us for a timely panel discussion on the state of freedom of expression in the Americas.

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez has tried for 10 months to conceal the fact that he is losing his bout with cancer, determined to appear in command of his revolutionary regime and the nation's future. So why isn't anyone outside Venezuela paying attention?

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez told a gathering of regional heads of government in Caracas on Saturday that, “Roger Noriega wants me to die.” That’s not quite true. Even less true is Chávez’s unbelievable assertion that four rounds of chemotherapy left him “without a single carcinogenic cell” in his body.

When a group of countries block consensus on the most fundamental issues (such as promoting democracy or fighting terrorism or drugs) in a conscious effort to undermine the organization's effectiveness, 'consensus' becomes a weakness.

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.

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Since Hugo Chávez’s ascension to the presidency in 1999, Venezuela has witnessed the steady erosion of its democratic institutions. While the façade of democracy remains—opposition parties, an active press, elections—Chávez has consolidated power through controversial measures and increasingly uncompetitive electoral processes. His...