WikiLEADS…Who's Following Up?
Last week (12/12), on the Diane Rehm Show (NPR), Moises Naim (El Pais) nailed it when he said that the “WikiLeaks story is actually about WikiLeaks, the internet itself,” the ability of technology to...
View ArticleAlberta's Energy Minister Visits US to Spur Investment
Last week, Alberta’s Energy Minister Ron Liepert was in the US to promote his province’s energy sector. During breakfast at the Penn Club in Manhattan organized by the Canadian Consulate-General, he...
View ArticleOPEC Meeting Ends without Consensus
OPEC’s meeting in Vienna a couple days ago ended without the cartel agreeing on a production level. This hasn’t happened in years (if memory serves, the last time was during the Iran-Iraq War), and it...
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Axis of Unity: Venezuela, Iran & the Threat to America
Now published! The introduction can be downloaded from Amazon for free.
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Venezuela After Chavez
What will Venezuela look like after Hugo Chávez’s reign? Given the secrecy surrounding Chávez’s cancer status and the growing popularity of Henrique Capriles, Chavez’s rival in the October 7 election,...
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Illness and Elections: Does it Make a Difference?
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (Karita/AP) In 2011 Jack Layton, the left of center leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, changed the political landscape of Canada by campaigning for his party’s...
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Winning an Election in the Americas: Apathy and Corruption Compete for the...
Student protests this year in the streets of Montreal over a relatively small tuition hike took the Quebec government by storm. In reality, it is likely more than just tuition that fuelled this year’s...
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The Venezuela Election: A Pragmatically Confrontational Opposition
Capriles vs. Chávez (csmonitor.com) With Venezuela’s presidential election coming up on October 7, one question looms large – can Hugo Chávez possibly lose? Perhaps the question should actually be,...
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Corruption colors upcoming Venezuela presidential election
Henrique Capriles Radonski (in orange shirt at right), running opposite President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela’s next presidential election to be held Oct. 7. Capriles was forced to address corruption...
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Venezuela Votes 2012: Internal and External Pressures
Early October will see an election in one of the most politically influential states in Latin America, Venezuela. Since Hugo Chavez was elected he has become the face of leftists in Latin America and...
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Hugo Chavez Wins Re-election
Polls closed in Caracas, Venezuela at 1800 October 7. Months of anticipation came down to the following four hours as the National Electoral Commission (CNE) counted ballots. Current president Hugo...
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Leaning Left in Latin America: Voting for Social Inclusion as an Economic Model
Photo Credit: Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo This week’s election in Venezuela was important for reasons outside of Venezuela itself. The victory of Hugo Chavez with over 80% of the electorate voting and a...
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Venezuelan Prisons and the Power of Pranes
San Antonio Prison, Margarita, Venezuela At this point, the plight of Venezuelan prisons is internationally known. Jails are severely overcrowded, conditions are horrendous and members of armed gangs...
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ARGENZUELA
Argenzuela — an invented word that has been on the minds and lips of Argentines for the past year; the jokes that Argentina is following an eerily similar path to that of Hugo Chavez’ Venezuela are no...
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A Quick Primer on Venezuela Post-Chavez
Hugo Chavez should be officially sworn into office on January 10. But with Chavez’s advanced cancer and his recently announced “complications,” it is unclear who will lead the country in 2013. Here is...
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No Compromise, No Accountability, No Republic
Recently in my own community, one branch of the government has taken to openly violating some enshrined rights under the constitution using their own legislation that clearly violates the rights of the...
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Venezuela Re-engaging Through Security Reform
The Economist’s Venezuela correspondent put out an informative video on the succession of the next possible leader in Venezuela, that can be found here. I also encourage everyone to read the last few...
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With Chavez out of sight, Venezuela faces uncertain future
Nicolas Maduro (center with mic), Vice President of Venezuela, speaks to students at a school opening on Jan. 18, 2013. Maduro has become the visible face of the Venezuelan government with President...
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Leftist leaders in South America: an update
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador greets supporters in the capital Quito after winning reelection, Feb. 17, 2013. Photo: Reuters Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Rafael Correa in Ecuador swept into power...
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Death Defying Chavez
At a high-level executive meeting in Mexico City on Feb. 13, the conversation turned, as it often does in Latin American circles, into a guessing game on Chavez´ health. Several participants insisted...
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