Tag: South America

Chilean billionaire Andrónico Luksic is suing the U.S. government over a Minnesota mine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ivanka Trump’s DC home owned by Chilean billionaire suing US government

Caitlin Yilek · March 8, 2017 10:27 pm

The 2016 Summer Olympics venues are in disarray after five months of being neglected. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Olympic facilities in Rio neglected since August

Anna Giaritelli · February 18, 2017 5:19 am

The Folly of Using Chile to Discredit DeVos

The Folly of Using Chile to Discredit DeVos

dario-paya · February 2, 2017 5:34 pm

Curiously, both Macri and Doria have tangential connections to Trump. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Donald Trump’s two South American prototypes

Michael Barone · January 27, 2017 9:25 pm

An Odd Way to Discredit DeVos

An Odd Way to Discredit DeVos

dario-paya · January 27, 2017 6:15 am

Chile plans to pursue bilateral trade deals with some of the countries that would have been in TPP. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

National Security

Chile seeks trade deal with China after Trump scraps TPP

Joel Gehrke · January 24, 2017 1:23 am

Clapper: Russia ‘bent’ on establishing presence in West

National Security

Clapper: Russia ‘bent’ on establishing presence in West

Jacqueline Klimas · January 5, 2017 6:24 pm

The Islamic State is already issuing propaganda messages written in Spanish and Portuguese. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

National Security

State Department sanctions South American terrorists

Joel Gehrke · November 22, 2016 6:31 pm

Obama's policy of benign neglect may be paying unexpected dividends by forcing Latin America to be more assertive. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

The only place where ‘leading from behind’ has worked

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · October 12, 2016 7:00 am

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, right, and commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, Rodrigo Londono, shake hands after a signing ceremony marking a cease-fire and rebel disarmament deal, in Havana, Cuba in June. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Colombia, FARC to sign historic truce Sept. 26

Anna Giaritelli · September 2, 2016 11:47 pm

ICE agents, along with Caribbean Corridor Strike Force, seized more than $60 million worth of cocaine and marijuana in Puerto Rico during the period of one week, the federal agency announced late Wednesday. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

ICE seizes $60 million of cocaine and pot in week-long Caribbean bust

Anna Giaritelli · September 1, 2016 2:04 am

Voters must approve the deal in a plebiscite before the truce takes affect. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

National Security

Colombia, FARC reach deal to end 50-year guerrilla war

Anna Giaritelli · August 25, 2016 12:00 am