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Why Mercosur Is a Dead Horse
Mauricio Macri, Michel Temer Should Wash Their Hands, Merge with Pacific Alliance
Read moreHillary’s Open-Borders Policy
If you want to see what foreign policy under a President Hillary Clinton would be like, then look to where she has done her business without being observed or constrained.
Read moreWikiLeaks Helps Hillary
No, you didn’t misread the title. The WikiLeaks dump of many thousands of emails has helped Hillary Clinton’s campaign by removing attention from anything else, except those pronouncements by Donald Trump that the media can latch onto and sensationalize.
Read moreHillary’s Pro-Latino Façade Crumbles in New Mini-Documentary
Alliance with Marxists in Guatemala Haunts Presidential Nominee
Read moreLa esperanza de un anarcocapitalista para una Cuba libre
Entrevista: Ray Luna Rodríguez busca unidad y valores liberales
Read moreWhat Gives an Anarcho-Capitalist Hope for a Free Cuba?
Interview: Ray Luna Rodríguez Seeks Unity, Injection of Liberal Values
Read moreWhat Really Happened between Mr. Trump and Mexico’s President?
Dr. Walid Phares's account of the meeting between Mr. Trump and President Peña Nieto [NER, September 3] puts a frame around matters that's all too rare in our current landscape of media analysis.
Read moreObama, Hillary, and the New York Times versus Donald Trump
An English music critic, using all the pleasant contempt to which his station entitled him, once wrote of an Italian tenor in Carmen that the singer’s French pronunciation “has to be heard to be believed.”
Read moreThe Atlantic Spreads Unfounded Fears about Trump-Mexico Future Relations
In an article published by the Atlantic magazine, journalist Alexia Fernández Campbell alleges that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has invited presidential candidate Donald J. Trump to a meeting this week "because he fears a Trump Presidency."
Read moreObama’s Ambassador Plays Caligula South of the Border
When one country sends an ambassador to another, it is first and last a recognition of sovereignty.
Read moreJohn Kerry, the Captain Obvious of American Diplomacy
Three former Obama Secretaries of Defense have recently expressed grave concern that a widespread bias in the nation’s culture has penetrated the Oval Office: the United States now has a commander-in-chief who roundly dislikes the military.
Read moreObama’s White House Turns Defense Policy Upside Down
How would it be if John F. Kennedy, or his advisors, had decided that the interests of global order were better served by dismissing photographic evidence of Soviet missile emplacements on the island of Cuba — and had made that dismissal the starting-point of a US policy?
Read moreIs Guatemala’s Attorney General a Woman of Courage, or Compliance?
On March 29, US Secretary of State John Kerry, in a State Department ceremony, conferred one of its International Women of Courage awards on Guatemala’s attorney general, Thelma Aldana.
Read moreJailed Guatemalan President Reveals Phone Call with Hillary Clinton
More than a year after resigning as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton telephoned the president of Guatemala and urged him to reappoint a cabinet official who the country’s legally established nominating commission had voted down.
Read more¿Será Obama acusado por traición por intervenir en Guatemala?
Una variedad de analistas estadounidenses, incluyendo militares retirados y oficiales de inteligencia, se han preguntado lo mismo. Ellos afirman que la estrategia del presidente Barack Obama en Guatemala —llevada a cabo por dos secretarios de Estado y por la mismísima Primera Dama— constituyen un crimen de traición.
Read moreWill the Obama Administration Face the Music for Treason in Guatemala?
A number of US observers, including retired military and intelligence officers, have raised the question. They assert that Obama's policy — carried out by the US embassy, by two secretaries of state, and by the first lady herself — embodies the crime of treason.
Read moreOne Man Rules Guatemala, and He Isn’t Jimmy Morales
In case you didn't know, Guatemala went through a wrenching year in 2015. Its leaders were deposed and imprisoned on corruption charges. As the Organization of American States and others clearly saw, the literal decapitation of society was part of an attempt to cancel the country's elections.
Read moreUn hombre gobierna Guatemala, pero no se llama Jimmy Morales
Por si acaso usted no lo sabía, Guatemala pasó por grandes aprietos en 2015. Sus líderes fueron destituidos y encarcelados bajo acusaciones de corrupción. Y como vieron claramente la Organización de Estados Americanos y otros entes, la decapitación, literalmente hablando, de la sociedad fue parte de un intento de suspender las elecciones en ese país.
Read moreObama and the Immaculate Genocide in Guatemala
Under pressure from the Barack Obama administration, it will re-start the trial of former President Efraín Ríos Montt, and thereby attempt to blame the country’s misfortunes on a non-existent genocide.
Read moreBarack Obama y el inmaculado genocidio en Guatemala
El próximo 11 de enero, a menos de tres semanas de haber celebrado el nacimiento de Cristo, el más famoso de la historia, el Gobierno de Guatemala tomará la dirección opuesta. Bajo la presión del Gobierno de Barack Obama, el expresidente Efraín Ríos Montt será enjuiciado nuevamente, y así se intentará responsabilizar al país por los infortunios de un genocidio que nunca existió.
Read moreLa Cicig despliega las garras de Barack Obama en Guatemala
Toda la corrupción, como hubiese escrito Julio César, está dividida en tres partes. La primera es la propia corrupción, mientras que las otras dos son las posibles formas de repararla.
Read moreMedia Blind Spot Allows Obama to Run Riot in Guatemala
All corruption, as Julius Caesar could have written, is divided into three parts. The first of these is the corruption itself, while the other two are the possible ways of redressing it.
Read moreLa complicidad de Obama con las milicias guatemaltecas
A finales de noviembre, un curioso informe fue publicado en un periódico guatemalteco. El embajador estadounidense Todd Robinson anunciaba que pediría un mayor compromiso del presidente electo, Jimmy Morales.
Read moreObama’s Got the Guatemalan Militia’s Back
At the end of November, a curious report appeared in a Guatemalan newspaper. US Ambassador Todd Robinson announced that he intended to seek a commitment from President-elect Jimmy Morales.
Read moreThe Antidote to Castro Apologists
Peruvian novelist and Nobel Laureate Marío Vargas Llosa once quipped that the greatest producer of anti-capitalist, anti-US propaganda was none other than the United States.
Read moreUna vez más “La Mancha” política de Guatemala embiste a la democracia
La mafia política de Guatemala, a la cual llamamos "La Mancha", está una vez más intentando sofocar al nuevo Gobierno, incluso antes de que este asuma el poder. El pasado 17 de noviembre la nueva ministra de Gobernación, Eunice Mendizábal, designó al capitán retirado Óscar Platero como subdirector de la Dirección General de Inteligencia Civil (Digici).
Read moreGuatemala’s “Political Mob” Strike Democracy Once Again
Guatemala's political mob, which we call the blob, is once again trying to suffocate the country's new government even before it takes power.
Read moreSimpatizantes de la guerrilla difaman al nuevo presidente de Guatemala
Las elecciones presidenciales en Guatemala ya terminaron. Y las maniobras postelectorales han comenzado con vigor.
Read moreCharacter Assassination of Guatemala’s New President Falls Flat
Guatemala's recent presidential election was far from ordinary. It was shaped by a joint effort between the Barack Obama administration and the United Nations' self-appointed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) to change the country's governing structure.
Read moreLa caída de Otto Pérez Molina en la trampa que él mismo creó
Desde su celda en la prisión, el expresidente de Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina ha jugado la carta de llorón al decirle a la cadena Russia Today —un extraño aliado, por cierto— que el responsable de su caída no era otro que Estados Unidos, y sus viejos trucos; y que influyó en su caza a través de la Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (Cicig) de las Naciones Unidas, una valiosa compañera para la corrupción oficial.
Read moreCry-Baby Pérez Molina Is No Victim of the United States
From his prison cell, Otto Pérez Molina has played cry-baby by telling Russia Today — an odd bedfellow indeed — that the agent of his downfall was none other than the United States, up to its old tricks; and working in this case through the UN commission, the CICIG, a worthy partner in official corruption.
Read moreLa mano sucia de la política de EE.UU acecha sobre Guatemala
En la primera ronda de elecciones presidenciales del pasado 6 de septiembre, Guatemala evitó, por poco, un golpe de Estado que las pudo haber suspendido, y que las hubiesen mantenido suspendidas por un largo tiempo. Con una segunda vuelta prevista para el 25 de octubre, el país ha retrocedido ahora a la relativa comodidad de ser un paraíso para la corrupción, como lo ha sido a lo largo de su historia.
Read moreThe Dirty Hand of US Policy Lurks over Guatemala
In her first round of presidential voting on September 6, Guatemala narrowly avoided a coup d’état which would have cancelled elections and kept them cancelled for a long time.
Read moreGuatemala Dodges a Guerrilla Bullet
The first round of presidential voting in Guatemala is over, and the surprise winner is … Guatemala itself. The contest between the various...
Read moreCon las elecciones, Guatemala esquiva una bala de la guerrilla
La primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales en Guatemala concluyó, y la sorpresiva ganadora es… la propia Guatemala. La competencia entre los variados candidatos había sido en gran medida ensombrecida por la imposición de cargos criminales, apenas unos días antes de los comicios, contra el presidente y la vicepresidenta, una situación que llevó al país al borde de un golpe de Estado.
Read more¿Qué es peor que unas elecciones corruptas en Guatemala?
El Congreso de Guatemala votó anoche para retirar la inmunidad judicial al presidente Otto Pérez Molina, acusado de estar implicado en una red de sobornos. Su ex vicepresidenta, Roxana Baldetti, ya está en la cárcel, donde se encuentra a la espera de un juicio por cargos similares.
Read moreWhat’s Worse than Corrupt Elections in Guatemala?
Guatemala's congress last night voted to strip President Otto Pérez Molina of his official immunity from charges of involvement in a bribery ring. His former vice president, Roxana Baldetti, is already in prison, where she is awaiting trial on similar charges.
Read moreLa guerra civil en Guatemala perdura
Si busca detalles sobre la historia de Claudia Paz y Paz, la ex fiscal general de Guatemala (2010-2014), y lo que ella simboliza, no tiene más que revisar en la reciente serie de seis reportajes escritos por Steve Hecht y David Landau. Ellos han realizado un trabajo meticuloso al aclarar la enorme diferencia entre la imagen de esta mujer como académica de derechos humanos en la Universidad de Georgetown, en Washington DC, y la realidad sobre el terreno, en Centroamérica.
Read moreLa verdad sobre el reinado de Paz y Paz como fiscal en Guatemala
En octubre de 2014, el personal del Instituto para las Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad entrevistó a su "distinguida académica residente", Claudia Paz y Paz. Cinco meses antes, Paz y Paz había dejado su puesto como fiscal General en Guatemala, tras no lograr la renovación de su mandato.
Read moreThe Truth about Claudia Paz y Paz’s Reign over Guatemala
In October 2014, the staff of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security sat down for an interview with their "distinguished scholar in residence," Claudia Paz y Paz. Five months earlier, Paz y Paz had left the post of attorney general for Guatemala after failing to win reappointment.
Read moreEl embajador de EE.UU. que cubrió a una jueza corrupta de Guatemala
Unas semanas después del intento de asesinato de Gilda Aguilar en 2012, el coautor de esta serie de artículos, Steve Hecht, fue invitado a reunirse con Arnold Chacón, embajador de Estados Unidos en Guatemala. Hecht asistió a la reunión junto con el profesor Armando De La Torre, decano de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín y columnista para El Periódico de Guatemala.
Read moreThe US Ambassador Who Covered for a Corrupt Guatemalan Judge
A few weeks after the attempted assassination of Gilda Aguilar in 2012, a co-author of these articles, Steve Hecht, was invited to meet with Arnold Chacon, the US ambassador to Guatemala. Hecht went to the meeting alongside Professor Armando De la Torre, a dean at Francisco Marroquín University and a columnist for Guatemala’s El Periódico.
Read moreHow Guatemala’s Civil War Wages On
If you want insights into the history of Claudia Paz y Paz, former attorney general of Guatemala (2010-2014), and what she symbolizes, look no further than the recent six-part series of reports from Steve Hecht and David Landau.
Read moreLa fabricación de un genocidio para derribar a Efraín Ríos Montt
El anciano se paró del banquillo de los acusados, solo entre todos los espectadores. Una jueza lo encontró culpable y lo sentenció por genocidio. A la deriva, en un vasto espacio público que se parecía más a un auditorio que a un tribunal, el viejo titubeó y no tenía sobre quien apoyarse.
Read moreFabricating Genocide to Bring Down Ríos Montt
The elderly defendant, having been found guilty and sentenced for genocide, stood alone among the spectators. Adrift in a vast public space that was more like an auditorium than a courtroom, the old man wavered about with no one to lean on.
Read moreDestituida por atreverse a perseguir la extorsión en la Guatemala rural
Gilda Aguilar, una fiscal del Ministerio Público de Guatemala, corría hacia su casa, a ver a sus dos hijas adolescentes. Otro abogado, amigo de Gilda, manejaba; y un joven oficial de policía, Samuel González, era el guardaespaldas de la fiscal.
Read moreFired for Daring to Prosecute Extortion in Rural Guatemala
Gilda Aguilar, a prosecuting attorney for Guatemala’s Justice Ministry, was hurrying home to her two teenage daughters. Another attorney, a friend of Gilda's, was driving; and Samuel Gonzales, a young police officer, was her security.
Read moreDe cómo la ONU reivindicó la guerrilla en Guatemala
En Guatemala, el Ministerio de Justicia y su líder, el fiscal general, tienen lugares separados en el ordenamiento Constitucional. Primero, el período del fiscal general no coincide con el del presidente, que toma posesión el 14 de enero de cada año divisible entre cuatro (2004, 2008, 2012, etc.); mientras, el fiscal general asume su mandato dos años después, el 15 de mayo.
Read moreHow the United Nations Did the Bidding of Guatemalan Guerrilla
In Guatemala, the Justice Ministry and its leader, the attorney general, have a separate place in the constitutional order. For one thing, the attorney general’s term does not coincide with the president’s. The president takes office on January 14 of every year divisible by four (2004, 2008, 2012, etc.); while the attorney general takes office two years later, on May 15.
Read moreEl esfuerzo de Claudia Paz y Paz por deformar la historia de Guatemala
“La Universidad de Georgetown es una de las instituciones académicas y de investigación líderes del mundo”. Así es como se describe la universidad a si misma. Pero la utilización del prestigio de Georgetown para elevar a la exfiscal general de Guatemala, Claudia Paz y Paz, al estatus de estrella, levanta dudas sobre la dirección que ha tomado la universidad.
Read moreUnmasking Claudia Paz y Paz, Guatemala’s Human-Rights Diva
“Georgetown University is one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions.” That’s how the university describes itself.
But Georgetown’s use of its prestige to elevate Guatemala’s former attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz, to star status raises questions about the direction the university has taken.
Fox Business Airs the Truth about Venezuela’s Socialist Revolution
The crisis in Venezuela has gradually been seeping into large media outlets in the Unites States and Canada, and earlier this month I had the opportunity to appear on Stossel to explain why the Chavista push for "social justice" has led to nothing short of a nightmare.
Read moreEl tridente de la Cicig vulnera la soberanía de Guatemala
El Gobierno de Barack Obama y las Naciones Unidas están conspirando para presionar a Guatemala para que avance una agenda más allá del mandato de la ONU, que recuerda a la "dominación yanqui" que Obama previamente manifestó querer terminar.
Read moreGuatemalan Sovereignty Wounded by UN Pitchfork
Guatemala's congress last night voted to strip President Otto Pérez Molina of his official immunity from charges of involvement in a bribery ring. His former vice president, Roxana Baldetti, is already in prison, where she is awaiting trial on similar charges.
Read moreImperialist Obama Covering for Guatemalan Guerrilla
The United States, under President Obama, is helping radical anti-Americans take power in our country.
Read moreCuba’s Rise and Fall in Half an Hour
Few if any nonprofits have supported my intellectual development to the degree of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS). Nestled on the University of Miami campus, their media footprint, publications, and on-site events demonstrate exemplary productivity.
Read moreHonduras Takes Libertarian Honors for Student Activism
Each year the who's who of young libertarian and classical-liberal activists descend on Washington, DC, and they recognize their most successful peers. The highest honor of the 2015 International Students for Liberty Conference, for an individual "alumnus" or role model, went to whistleblower Edward Snowden, but the budding Honduran branch of the international organization garnered victory for the event of the year.
Read moreNo fue genocidio: política versus ley en el juicio a Ríos Montt
Su artículo de opinión Justicia denegada en Guatemala: El pseudojuicio a Ríos Montt, del 12 de enero de 2015, obviamente es bien intencionado pero sentimos que es confuso. La pregunta crucial del juicio a Ríos Montt es simple y potencialmente atroz: ¿Ocurrió un genocidio durante la guerra civil en Guatemala? El autor del artículo, Luis Eduardo Barrueto, quiere que esto sea verdad. Aún así, no puede evitar tener cierto manejo sensato sobre el tema, y eso lo traiciona.
Read moreNot Genocide: Politics versus Law in the Trial of Ríos Montt
The question at the heart of the Ríos Montt trial is a simple and potentially dreadful one: did genocide occur during Guatemala’s internecine conflict?
Read moreBrutal Honesty on the Failure of Latin America
To so many in the Anglosphere, Latin America is a mystery. The barriers of language, religion, and colonial history lead to endless confusion and leave untapped the potential for fruitful relationships.
Read moreLeftist Media Malpractice in Guatemala
Guatemala has lately been a focus of international attention, and the present writers have extensive knowledge of the politics of this country. Even so, we were surprised when we were contacted by a reporter from the McClatchy news organization, which has a wide reach in US news markets.
Read moreObama Revealed in Guatemala Policy
If you were observing US diplomacy in search of the curious – and you had decided to eavesdrop at one of its remotest, least-visited quarters – you would go to the Central American republic of Guatemala, where you would find something quite revealing about the nature of Barack Obama.
Read morePower Struggle in Guatemala
In late 2011, Guatemala’s powerful attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz, brought criminal charges of genocide against the country’s former leader, General Efrain Rios Montt.
Read moreWhy Libya Is No Accident
For the past year or two, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other diplomats have been hand-holding an attorney general in Guatemala who has twisted the law for political purposes and acted against a constitutional order.
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