Daniel Ortega

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, Bolivia, Colombia, corruption, Guatemala, History, Honduras, human rights, Latin America, Mexico, Nicaragua, South America, State Department, syria August 29, 2012

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

Updated August 31, 2012 Recent News Reports “U.S. Marines begin ‘Operation Hammer’ in Guatemala; The Marines intend to help the Guatemalan military curb drug trafficking…

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 August 11, 2012

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

In Latin America, a concerted effort has been underway to weaken the effectiveness of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of…

The Trenchant Observer

International Law, Politics, and Security

Daniel Ortega

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

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