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Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, Nicaragua, Russia, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, Venezuela, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin August 23, 2016

With Obama having checked out, U.S. foreign policy is on auto pilot—“Do nothing”

As we have pointed out, President Barack Obama has effectively checked out of his responsibilities to vigilantly promote and defend the foreign policy interests of…

Barack Obama, CIA, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, European Union, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, extraordinary rendition, International Law, Iraq, NATO, Nicaragua, Russia, Serbia, Soviet Union, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

2016: Fateful time for a conversation about international law

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Ecuador, elections, History, human rights, International Law, Nicaragua, Venezuela

President-elect Maurício Macri: Democracy in Latin America gets a boost from Argentina

Argentina, Barack Obama, Cuba, Ecuador, Ecuador, Honduras, Latin America, Nicaragua, Russia, sanctions, U.S. Congress, United States, Venezuela, Venezuela

U.S. and Cuba move toward normalization, including diplomatic relations and lifting of sanctions

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bolivia, Chemical weapons, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, Ecuador, France, Hamid Karzai, History, human rights, Intelligence, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, self-defense, South America, syria, Taliban, Turkey, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Venezuela, war crimes

Obama’s foreign policy incompetence, and what to do about it

Afghanistan, Africa, Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, extrajudicial execution, extraordinary rendering, Guatemala, History, Honduras, human rights, International Law, Iran, Israel, Latin America, Libya, Mali, Middle East, Nicaragua, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Venezuela, war crimes

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the foreign policy “successes” of our celebrity leaders

Barack Obama, Bolivia, Colombia, corruption, Guatemala, History, Honduras, human rights, Latin America, Mexico, Nicaragua, South America, State Department, syria

America as “policeman of the world”: U.S. marines deployed in Guatemala for anti-drug smuggling operations (Updated August 31)

Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Ecuador, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, human rights, human rights reports, Latin America, Nicaragua, South America, State Department, State Department Human Rights Country Reports, U.S. news coverage, United States, Venezuela, Yemen

New authoritarian states in Latin America seek to weaken regional human rights commission and court; Venezuela gives notice of withdrawal from Inter-American Court of Human Rights