Obama-Francis: Rescuing the Cuban People or Their Dictatorship

Obama-Francis: Rescuing the Cuban People or Their Dictatorship

The question about this papal mediation is whether the peace pipe to be smoked between Obama and the Castro brothers, with a sui generis blend of Vatican incense and Castro snuff, will serve to rescue the Cuban people or rather their communist dictatorship. On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, media around the world … Read more

Colombia: Biden, FARC, and the Lawless

Colombia: Biden, FARC, and the Lawless

A few weeks ago in the state of Cordoba, in northern Colombia, FARC narco-guerrillas laughed uproariously as they fired on a group of police officers they ambushed. Seven policemen were killed, and survivors narrated details of their assailants’ sinister laughter (El Heraldo, Colombia, 9/19/14). This bloody mockery of law and order, which … Read more

Venezuela – Cuba – Brazil: Dictatorships and Anesthesia

Venezuela - Cuba - Brazil: Dictatorships and Anesthesia 2

Here are a few events that lie half-buried in the postmodern maelstrom. We believe it is important to recall them because they generate ongoing consequences for millions of people in Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil, and the Americas. 1.  In Venezuela, Chavista deputies brutally beat up opposition MPs on the premises of the National … Read more