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ASSAD OF SYRIA HEADS TO LATIN AMERICA
The connections between Latin America and the Middle East are growing along with trade. Bashar al-Assad, Syrian President, will tour countries with large Syrian ex-patriot communities: Brazi, Venezuela, and Argentina. He will visit Fidel Castro in Cuba by way of repaying the visit Castromade to him when his father had died. In Argentina, he will […]
Falkland Furor is Tempest in a Tea Pot
March 3, 2010
For background on the Falklands controversy read : IS Chavez Using The Falklands and Columbia to Draw Britain and the US into Regional Conflict? Calm down everyone. Pay no attention to the pictures of our Hillary and the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner chatting happily together about the Falkland Islands. Ignore Hilliary’s offer […]
Obama Continues US Latin American Policies – The Region Reacts
March 1, 2010
Not much “change we can believe in” with regard to our Latin American neighbors. Obama has seemingly continued the controversial Bush Administration policies in the region. His own actions - backing of the Honduran coup and continued sanctions against Cuba – have exacerbated tensions with the Central, South American and Caribbean countries. Against this backdrop, […]
IS Chavez Using The Falklands and Columbia to Draw Britain and the US into Regional Conflict?
February 24, 2010
The pride of wit has kept ages busy in the discussion of useless questions, and the pride of power has destroyed armies, to gain or to keep unprofitable possessions. Samuel Johnson – ‘Thoughts on the Falkland Islands’ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Falkland islands (located off the eastern coast of Argentina) have re-emerged as a bone of contention […]
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