AEI.Org: Scholar: Mark Falcoff Adjunct Scholar http://www.aei.org:80/scholar/14?presentation=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:33 +0100 http://www.aei.org:80/views/images/accountRegistration/aeismall-reg.gif AEI http://www.aei.org:80/home 50 50 AEI The Truth of Chile http://www.aei.org:80/article/100273 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In Latin America, fiction is often the most accurate source of contemporary history; unfortunately, many Latin American works have not been translated for Anglophone readers. </body> </html> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-04-06T00:00:00-0400 2009-04-06T00:00:00-0400 At War with Itself http://www.aei.org:80/article/28431 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The Disinherited is full of revisionist propositions, some of which will clearly startle even those who think they know something of Spanish history. </body> </html> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-08-11T00:00:00-0400 2008-08-11T00:00:00-0400 Trouble Down Below http://www.aei.org:80/article/27977 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A new book examines what is wrong with Latin America. </body> </html> Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-05-19T00:00:00-0400 2008-05-19T00:00:00-0400 Strobe Lite http://www.aei.org:80/article/27643 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Strobe Talbott's new book reviewsa history of international relations, foreign policy in the Clinton administration, and the failures of American foreign policy under George W. Bush. </body> </html> Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100 2008-03-12T01:00:00-0400 2008-03-12T01:00:00-0400 He Stood Up to the U.S.--and Survived http://www.aei.org:80/article/27538 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Fidel Castro was the first leader to confront Washington and live to tell the tale, but he has recently resigned from office, leaving the fate of Cuba in the hands of his younger brother. </body> </html> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-02-20T00:00:00-0500 2008-02-20T00:00:00-0500 Remember the Maine http://www.aei.org:80/article/27459 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> There is not much love lost between the United States and Spain. </body> </html> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-02-11T00:00:00-0500 2008-02-11T00:00:00-0500 Arthur and Writer http://www.aei.org:80/article/27808 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The late Arthur SchlesingerJr.was an influential writer over the past century, and his journals provide insight into his life. </body> </html> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-02-07T00:00:00-0500 2008-02-07T00:00:00-0500 Meet the Kirchners http://www.aei.org:80/article/26983 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentina's first couple closely resembles Bill and Hillary Clinton--and Mrs. Kirchner may soon follow in her husband's footsteps. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0100 2007-11-01T01:00:00-0400 2007-11-01T01:00:00-0400 Post-Fidel Plans for U.S.-Cuba Relations, Migration Policy http://www.aei.org:80/article/26598 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A scholar answers readers' questions about the future of U.S.-Cuba relations and migration policy between the two nations. </body> </html> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-08-02T00:00:00-0400 2007-08-02T00:00:00-0400 The Five Sides of Defense http://www.aei.org:80/article/26479 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A new book offers a unique and captivating perspective on the history of the Pentagon. </body> </html> Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-07-11T00:00:00-0400 2007-07-11T00:00:00-0400 Disunion http://www.aei.org:80/article/26451 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A new book explores Europe's ills by examining its demographic and migration problems. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2007-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Spy Who Came In from the Heat http://www.aei.org:80/article/25983 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The riveting story of Ana Belen Montes, who was charged with being a Cuban spy,as told by Scott Carmichael. </body> </html> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-04-18T00:00:00-0400 2007-04-18T00:00:00-0400 Balancing Act http://www.aei.org:80/article/25589 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A review ofRobert Beisner's Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War. </body> </html> Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-02-09T00:00:00-0500 2007-02-09T00:00:00-0500 The Secret of Viable Ethanol http://www.aei.org:80/article/25537 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Arecent U.S. pact with Brazil could pave the way to an efficient, game-changingglobal market in biofuels. </body> </html> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-01-31T00:00:00-0500 2007-01-31T00:00:00-0500 The Mystery of Hugo Chavez http://www.aei.org:80/article/25450 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What does the future hold for Venezuela and its president, Hugo Chávez? </body> </html> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-01-16T00:00:00-0500 2007-01-16T00:00:00-0500 Back to the Future in Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/article/25427 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Hugo Chavez's decision to nationalize the telecommunications and electrical industrieswill takeVenezuela down a backward path. </body> </html> Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:00:00 +0100 2007-01-10T01:00:00-0500 2007-01-10T01:00:00-0500 A Curious Omission http://www.aei.org:80/article/25490 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Isabel Allende is popular in Chile, but just behind her and not always is Roberto Ampuero, whose work isneglected by critics because of its political themes. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2007-01-01T00:00:00-0500 The Future of Chavez's Venezeula http://www.aei.org:80/article/25231 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> There were no surprises in Venezuela's December 3 elections, but there may be a glimmer of hope for the future. </body> </html> Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-12-03T00:00:00-0500 2006-12-03T00:00:00-0500 Cuba after (Fidel) Castro http://www.aei.org:80/article/24852 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The mechanisms of succession have been in place for some time both in terms of the formal system and the sociology of power. </body> </html> Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-09-04T00:00:00-0400 2006-09-04T00:00:00-0400 Waugh’s Postcolonial Studies http://www.aei.org:80/article/24858 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> From the grave--having long since departed this world--Waugh reminds us how far and how badly the continent has traveled since Basil Seal’s lark eight decades ago. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2006-09-01T00:00:00-0400 After Fidel http://www.aei.org:80/article/24741 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> As long as there is a Castro on the scene, Cubans would be well advised to postpone any hopes they might have for a better future. </body> </html> Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-08-02T00:00:00-0400 2006-08-02T00:00:00-0400 Chile's Decision http://www.aei.org:80/article/24623 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Even if Chile were to vote Venezuela onto the UN Security Council, no one should doubt Chile's support for the U.S. </body> </html> Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-07-05T00:00:00-0400 2006-07-05T00:00:00-0400 Our Great Power Dilemma http://www.aei.org:80/article/24496 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A review of Josef Joffe's Uberpower. </body> </html> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-06-07T00:00:00-0400 2006-06-07T00:00:00-0400 The War That Gave Birth to Urban Terrorism http://www.aei.org:80/article/24253 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A book review of Ted Morgan's My Battle of Algiers. </body> </html> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-04-20T00:00:00-0400 2006-04-20T00:00:00-0400 A Reporter Unwilling to Admit His Mistakes http://www.aei.org:80/article/24219 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba and Herbert L. Matthews of the New York Times. </body> </html> Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-04-12T00:00:00-0400 2006-04-12T00:00:00-0400 Revolution for the Rich http://www.aei.org:80/article/24153 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A review of Henry James's The Princess Casamassima. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2006-03-01T00:00:00-0500 A Stagnant Cesspool in Turtle Bay http://www.aei.org:80/article/23164 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A review of Pedro Sanjuan's The UN Gang (Doubleday, 2005). </body> </html> Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-09-12T00:00:00-0400 2005-09-12T00:00:00-0400 The Chavez Challenge http://www.aei.org:80/article/23092 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Byseeing Hugo Chávez in his proper dimension and treating him as a purely folkloric phenomenon we will go a long way toward denying him the prestige and influence he so desperately seeks. </body> </html> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-08-29T00:00:00-0400 2005-08-29T00:00:00-0400 Conrad's Latin America http://www.aei.org:80/article/21938 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Joseph Conrad's Nostromo is a supreme work of art which is also a prophecy, one which more often than not has been amply fulfilled. </body> </html> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-01-23T00:00:00-0500 2005-01-23T00:00:00-0500 Pinochet http://www.aei.org:80/article/20974 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Revelations of a patrimony of $12 million in Washington bankscan only have a devastating impact on General Augusto Pinochet's place in Chilean history. </body> </html> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-07-24T00:00:00-0400 2004-07-24T00:00:00-0400 Bolivia Again Threatens Economic Suicide http://www.aei.org:80/article/20869 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Bolivian politics threaten to turn the country once again into a charity case. </body> </html> Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-07-09T00:00:00-0400 2004-07-09T00:00:00-0400 Latin American Crack-up? http://www.aei.org:80/article/20866 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Though declining in global economic importance, Latin America is a major market, a venue of investment, and a source of human capital and labor and energy. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2004-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Cuban Anti-Americanism http://www.aei.org:80/article/20749 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-06-17T00:00:00-0400 2004-06-17T00:00:00-0400 Alger Hiss's Looking Glass Wars http://www.aei.org:80/article/20240 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina and the United States http://www.aei.org:80/article/20137 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Withthe influences of globalization and the Americanization of much of popular culture worldwide, theUnited States and Argentinaare clearly embarked on different courses. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Survival Is Not Enough http://www.aei.org:80/article/19575 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Believer by Richard Pipes. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-12-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Kissinger and Chile http://www.aei.org:80/article/19385 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The 30th anniversary of the coup d'etat that deposed Chile's Marxist president Salvador Allende has gone, but not without a burst of accusations of American complicity with that event. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-11-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina-U.S. Redefined http://www.aei.org:80/article/17697 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentine relations with the United States are not, and cannot be, a zero-sum game. </body> </html> Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-06-12T00:00:00-0400 2003-06-12T00:00:00-0400 Castro's Gambit http://www.aei.org:80/article/17480 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Cuba hopes that an end to the U.S. trade embargo will suddenly render workable an economic system--Communism--that has failed everywhere else on the globe. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Tight Little Island http://www.aei.org:80/article/16020 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of This Is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives, by Ben Corbett. </body> </html> Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-03-10T00:00:00-0500 2003-03-10T00:00:00-0500 After Castro http://www.aei.org:80/article/16529 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Books and Bombs http://www.aei.org:80/article/15826 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Reviews Feltrinelli by Carlo Feltrinelli. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Watching Christopher Hitchens http://www.aei.org:80/article/14898 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Reviews Why Orwell Matters, by Christopher Hitchens. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Three Myths of Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/article/15754 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-12-13T00:00:00-0500 2002-12-13T00:00:00-0500 In Castro's Kingdom http://www.aei.org:80/article/14334 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Cuba Confidential http://www.aei.org:80/article/15512 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Reviews Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana, by Ann Louise Bardach, and Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana, by Isadora Tattlin. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Venezuela's Anti-Chavistas Need to Offer More than Opposition http://www.aei.org:80/article/14151 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Venezuela has long needed a more serious approach to financial-capital formation, economic diversification, regional and agricultural development and human-capital improvement. </body> </html> Fri, 09 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-08-09T00:00:00-0400 2002-08-09T00:00:00-0400 Ongoing Relations Between Spain and Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/article/14116 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Retrying the Rosenbergs (Again) http://www.aei.org:80/article/13648 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Economic Crisis in Latin America http://www.aei.org:80/article/15680 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Will the first decade of the new century in Latin America resemble the 1980s, years of political and economic stagnation? </body> </html> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-02-24T00:00:00-0500 2002-02-24T00:00:00-0500 Argentina Has a Choice http://www.aei.org:80/article/13485 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Freer economic policy has demonstrated to many Argentines the advantages of modernity; the country has had a sound currency and low rates of inflation, a working telephone system, and long-term home mortgages. </body> </html> Fri, 04 Jan 2002 01:00:00 +0100 2002-01-04T01:00:00-0500 2002-01-04T01:00:00-0500 Reaching for Glory http://www.aei.org:80/article/15696 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-65,edited by Michael Beschloss. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 The Historiographical Earthquake http://www.aei.org:80/article/13133 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Rethinking a Revolution and Its Iconic Heroes http://www.aei.org:80/article/13101 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Book review of Villa and Zapata </body> </html> Wed, 22 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-08-22T00:00:00-0400 2001-08-22T00:00:00-0400 Perfect Together? Schroeder's Love Fest with Fidel Castro http://www.aei.org:80/article/12992 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Rumors that Schroeder would honorCastro with an invitation to Germany never materialized, but Mr. Schroeder has sent his economics minister to schmooze with Fidel. </body> </html> Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-07-17T00:00:00-0400 2001-07-17T00:00:00-0400 The War the Media Missed http://www.aei.org:80/article/17548 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Real Contra War: HighlanderPeasantResistanceinNicaragua, by TimothyC.Brown </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Latin Leftism Faces Substantial Obstacles http://www.aei.org:80/article/12882 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Peru is a difficult country to govern because, divided by geography and ethnicity, it has a history of repeatedly reinventing its political institutions. </body> </html> Tue, 05 Jun 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-06-05T00:00:00-0400 2001-06-05T00:00:00-0400 Viva Chávez! http://www.aei.org:80/article/12909 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Blessed with charisma and communication skills, Chavez has managed to hold public affection; nonetheless enormous difficulties lieahead. </body> </html> Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Making Waves http://www.aei.org:80/article/11908 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Mark Falcoff reviews Arch Puddington's Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Sep 2000 01:00:00 +0100 2000-09-01T01:00:00-0400 2000-09-01T01:00:00-0400 Regionalist Momentum in the Southern Cone http://www.aei.org:80/article/11764 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> For Americans, the Southern Coneremains to a remarkable degree terra incognita. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Typing for Castro http://www.aei.org:80/article/16688 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Marquez characterizes the United Statesas the villain andCuba as the good country. </body> </html> Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Typing for Castro http://www.aei.org:80/article/11488 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Elian, Take Me With You http://www.aei.org:80/article/11431 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Elian Gonzalez is a victim of two contradictory and conflicting American policies. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Who Killed Latin Democracy? http://www.aei.org:80/article/11391 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 04 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-03-04T00:00:00-0500 2000-03-04T00:00:00-0500 Bobby without Tears http://www.aei.org:80/article/16756 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Ronald Steel's In Love With Night: The American Romance with Robert Kennedy. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Panama http://www.aei.org:80/article/11049 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Panama and the U.S. should both accept that the time has come for the parting of the ways, regardless of the uncertainties over the future. </body> </html> Fri, 03 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-12-03T00:00:00-0500 1999-12-03T00:00:00-0500 A Necessary Leader http://www.aei.org:80/article/11096 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of A Necessary Leader by Andres Allamand. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-12-01T00:00:00-0500 The Red and the Black http://www.aei.org:80/article/15084 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-11-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Panama's Long Goodbye http://www.aei.org:80/article/10816 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> As the United States prepares to hand over the canal for good, Panamanians are wondering whether they really want us to leave. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Decision for Disaster http://www.aei.org:80/article/10703 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review ofDecision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs, by Grayston Lynch. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Freeing the Spirit http://www.aei.org:80/article/10693 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of A Woman Unknown by Lucia Graves. </body> </html> Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-08-06T00:00:00-0400 1999-08-06T00:00:00-0400 Waterloo Encore http://www.aei.org:80/article/10679 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of France On The Brink by Jonathan Fenby </body> </html> Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-08-04T00:00:00-0400 1999-08-04T00:00:00-0400 Rebel with Claws http://www.aei.org:80/article/10568 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Castro's Daughter by Alina Fernandez. </body> </html> Fri, 02 Jul 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-07-02T00:00:00-0400 1999-07-02T00:00:00-0400 A Failed Revolution http://www.aei.org:80/article/10423 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-06-01T00:00:00-0400 With Menem Out, Argentina's Presidential Race Heats Up http://www.aei.org:80/article/10325 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentine President Carlos Menem has been forced to acknowledge that it would not be advisable to test constitutional limitations and run for a third consecutive term. </body> </html> Fri, 14 May 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-05-14T00:00:00-0400 1999-05-14T00:00:00-0400 Why We Were in Central America http://www.aei.org:80/article/10298 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 May 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Letters http://www.aei.org:80/article/15241 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> U.S. concern over the contagion of the Cuban revolution seems exaggerated in retrospect. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Crazy over Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/article/10088 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Guatemala's Troubles Weren't Made in the USA http://www.aei.org:80/article/10060 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Guatemala has been conscripted frequently to establish the malevolence of American foreign policy, particularly though not exclusively in Latin America. </body> </html> Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-03-03T00:00:00-0500 1999-03-03T00:00:00-0500 Maid of Honor http://www.aei.org:80/article/9998 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Empress Of Splendid Season, by Oscar Hijuelos. </body> </html> Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-02-22T00:00:00-0500 1999-02-22T00:00:00-0500 The Paratrooper President http://www.aei.org:80/article/9928 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-02-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-02-01T00:00:00-0500 The Brazil behind the Crisis http://www.aei.org:80/article/9997 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-01-18T00:00:00-0500 1999-01-18T00:00:00-0500 Let Panama Try Life without a U.S. Presence http://www.aei.org:80/article/9784 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-11-13T00:00:00-0500 1998-11-13T00:00:00-0500 Peron's Nazi Ties http://www.aei.org:80/article/9703 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The European fascist sensibility, if not precisely the fascist system, found new roots and new life in Argentina. </body> </html> Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-11-09T00:00:00-0500 1998-11-09T00:00:00-0500 Northern Fidelity http://www.aei.org:80/article/9474 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The post-Cold War period has rearranged the furniture of world politics in strange and interesting ways, but perhaps nothing is quite so bizarre as the current alliance between Castro's Cuba and Canada. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Dreaming of Fidel http://www.aei.org:80/article/17372 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Havana Dreams by Wendy Gimbel. </body> </html> Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-09-14T00:00:00-0400 1998-09-14T00:00:00-0400 Too Impressive to Be Real http://www.aei.org:80/article/9099 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Sumner Welles and Secret Affairs. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Crisis in Cuba? Don't Blame the U.S. http://www.aei.org:80/article/8859 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-03-24T00:00:00-0500 1998-03-24T00:00:00-0500 Prats Fall http://www.aei.org:80/article/8759 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 02 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-03-02T00:00:00-0500 1998-03-02T00:00:00-0500 Living on Miracles http://www.aei.org:80/article/8785 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Todo Debe Ser Demasiado by Vida de Delia del Carril. </body> </html> Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-02-27T00:00:00-0500 1998-02-27T00:00:00-0500 Unafraid of the Past http://www.aei.org:80/article/8736 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Encyclopaedia of Latin American Literature, edited by Verity Smith. </body> </html> Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-02-13T00:00:00-0500 1998-02-13T00:00:00-0500 Where Truth Is Falsity http://www.aei.org:80/article/17568 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Conspiracy http://www.aei.org:80/article/19061 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review ofDaniel Pipes's Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Taking Charge http://www.aei.org:80/article/8413 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Taking Charge edited by Michael Beschloss. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 We'll Be Lucky Never to See His Likes Again http://www.aei.org:80/article/19062 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review ofMichael R. Beschloss's Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Cry, the Beloved Empire http://www.aei.org:80/article/17343 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Empire by Denis Judd. </body> </html> Mon, 10 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-11-10T00:00:00-0500 1997-11-10T00:00:00-0500 The Weight of Truth http://www.aei.org:80/article/8189 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Weight of Truth, by Domingo Cavallo. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-09-01T00:00:00-0400 The Poison in the Cup of Novelty http://www.aei.org:80/article/7871 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Americans in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 by Lester Langley. </body> </html> Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-06-13T00:00:00-0400 1997-06-13T00:00:00-0400 He Thinks We Still Care http://www.aei.org:80/article/17365 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Che Guevara, by Jon Anderson. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-06-01T00:00:00-0400 A Brilliant Novel of Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/article/7697 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada, by Zoe Valdes. </body> </html> Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-05-19T00:00:00-0400 1997-05-19T00:00:00-0400 Compelling Reasons for Capitalism in Latin America http://www.aei.org:80/article/7571 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Capitalist Revolution in Latin America, by Paul C. Roberts and Karen Araujo. </body> </html> Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-03-30T00:00:00-0500 1997-03-30T00:00:00-0500 All's Left with the World http://www.aei.org:80/article/7387 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Radical Son, by David Horowitz. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-02-01T00:00:00-0500 1997-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Witness http://www.aei.org:80/article/17578 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-02-01T00:00:00-0500 1997-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Que pasa en Mexico? http://www.aei.org:80/article/7587 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 21 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-12-21T00:00:00-0500 1996-12-21T00:00:00-0500 The Company Man http://www.aei.org:80/article/7193 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Reflections of a Cold Warrior, by Richard Bissell. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-12-01T00:00:00-0500 A Legendary First Lady http://www.aei.org:80/article/17259 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of three books on Eva Peron. </body> </html> Thu, 14 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-11-14T00:00:00-0500 1996-11-14T00:00:00-0500 Official English http://www.aei.org:80/article/18919 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The United States, the most successful country in history, manages to be kept awake at night by imaginary perils. </body> </html> Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-08-19T00:00:00-0400 1996-08-19T00:00:00-0400 An Officer and a Henchman http://www.aei.org:80/article/17309 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Flight by Horacio Verbitsky. </body> </html> Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-08-13T00:00:00-0400 1996-08-13T00:00:00-0400 Our Language Needs No Law http://www.aei.org:80/article/6814 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 05 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-08-05T00:00:00-0400 1996-08-05T00:00:00-0400 Is Castro Worth a Trade War? http://www.aei.org:80/article/18925 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Once Cubans are allowed to hire other Cubans (rather than to work for foreign companies, which have to pay their salaries to the Cuban state), the island will genuinely be starting to open up. </body> </html> Thu, 18 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-07-18T00:00:00-0400 1996-07-18T00:00:00-0400 Solidarity Not Forever http://www.aei.org:80/article/6691 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua 1977-1990 by Robert Kagan. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Hasta la Vista, Idiota! http://www.aei.org:80/article/6632 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Manual del perfecto idiota latinoamericano (Manual for the Perfect Latin American Idiot), by Carlos Alberto Montaner, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, and Alvaro Vargas Llosa. </body> </html> Mon, 17 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-06-17T00:00:00-0400 1996-06-17T00:00:00-0400 What "Operation Restore Democracy" Restored http://www.aei.org:80/article/6446 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Is it, in fact, democracy the Clinton administration brought to Haiti in its "Operation Restore Democracy"? </body> </html> Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Eternally Revolting http://www.aei.org:80/article/6270 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Trotsky: The Eternal Revolutionary, by Dmitri Volkogonov. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-03-01T00:00:00-0500 How Castro Misjudged America http://www.aei.org:80/article/6331 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> It is understandable that Canada or France or Iraq or Mexico might choose to use Cuba as a means to achieve some measure of independence from the world’s remaining superpower. </body> </html> Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-02-29T00:00:00-0500 1996-02-29T00:00:00-0500 Yes, Justice Was Done in Peru http://www.aei.org:80/article/6267 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In spite of the outcry in liberal and human rights circles in the United States, it is unlikely that Berenson will serve anything like a life sentence. </body> </html> Mon, 26 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-02-26T00:00:00-0500 1996-02-26T00:00:00-0500 Brooklyn's Man of the South http://www.aei.org:80/article/6052 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Southern Front: History and Politics in the Cultural War by Eugene Genovese. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-01-01T00:00:00-0500 A Prison Within a Prison http://www.aei.org:80/article/5507 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 01 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1995-10-01T00:00:00-0400 World of Their Fathers http://www.aei.org:80/article/17579 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Next Year in Cuba: A Cubano’s Coming of Age in America, by Gustavo Perez Firmat. </body> </html> Sun, 03 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-09-03T00:00:00-0400 1995-09-03T00:00:00-0400 The Cuba in Our Mind http://www.aei.org:80/article/14671 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Essay review of five books on Cuba. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1995-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Out of the Archives http://www.aei.org:80/article/5270 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Secret World of American Communism, by H. Klehr, J.E. Haynes, and F.I. Firsov. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1995-06-01T00:00:00-0400 The Obstacles to Regional Governance in the Western Hemisphere http://www.aei.org:80/article/5755 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 22 May 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-05-22T00:00:00-0400 1995-05-22T00:00:00-0400 Governments Must Accept Pain of Catch-Up Game http://www.aei.org:80/article/15265 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Latin America has still not regained the kind of international confidence it needs to attract the kind of investment it requires. </body> </html> Wed, 05 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-04-05T00:00:00-0400 1995-04-05T00:00:00-0400 Odd Couple Makes France Uneasy http://www.aei.org:80/article/5151 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 26 Mar 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-03-26T00:00:00-0500 1995-03-26T00:00:00-0500 Socialist Scarcity http://www.aei.org:80/article/17491 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Vogue of Revolution in Poor Countries by Forrest Colburn. </body> </html> Fri, 10 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-02-10T00:00:00-0500 1995-02-10T00:00:00-0500 Castroenteritis http://www.aei.org:80/article/4897 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Mea Cuba by Guillermo Cabrera Infante. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jan 1995 00:00:00 +0100 1995-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1995-01-01T00:00:00-0500 An Archetypal Dictator Revealed http://www.aei.org:80/article/4768 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Franco by Paul Preston. </body> </html> Mon, 12 Dec 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-12-12T00:00:00-0500 1994-12-12T00:00:00-0500 Backwards to Misery http://www.aei.org:80/article/4307 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of A Fish in the Water by Mario Vargas Llosa. </body> </html> Fri, 17 Jun 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-06-17T00:00:00-0400 1994-06-17T00:00:00-0400 Naipaul's World http://www.aei.org:80/article/16567 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of A Way In The World, by V. S. Naipaul. </body> </html> Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-05-24T00:00:00-0400 1994-05-24T00:00:00-0400 Keep the Carrot and the Stick http://www.aei.org:80/article/4073 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 25 Apr 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-04-25T00:00:00-0400 1994-04-25T00:00:00-0400 A League of Pariahs http://www.aei.org:80/article/3995 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Franco-Peron Alliance by Raanan Rein. </body> </html> Fri, 25 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-03-25T00:00:00-0500 1994-03-25T00:00:00-0500 The Most Durable Dictator http://www.aei.org:80/article/4040 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Fidel Castro by Robert Quirk. </body> </html> Sun, 20 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-03-20T00:00:00-0500 1994-03-20T00:00:00-0500 Renovation for the Left http://www.aei.org:80/article/3945 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Utopia Unarmed by Jorge Castaneda. </body> </html> Fri, 11 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-02-11T00:00:00-0500 1994-02-11T00:00:00-0500 Cuba and the United States http://www.aei.org:80/article/3875 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1994-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Munzenberg's Men http://www.aei.org:80/article/17387 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Double Lives: Spies and Writers in the Secret Soviet War of Ideas Against the West by Stephen Koch. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1994-01-01T00:00:00-0500 The Man Who Wasn't Maigret http://www.aei.org:80/article/3874 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Man Who Wasn't Maigret by Patrick Marnham. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1994-01-01T00:00:00-0500 No Social Cushion http://www.aei.org:80/article/3840 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Paper Tigers and Minotaurs by Moises Naim. </body> </html> Fri, 29 Oct 1993 00:00:00 +0100 1993-10-29T00:00:00-0400 1993-10-29T00:00:00-0400 Orange Juice with General Peron http://www.aei.org:80/article/3267 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0100 1993-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1993-07-01T00:00:00-0400 A Life of His Own http://www.aei.org:80/article/17261 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Gerald Brenan by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jun 1993 00:00:00 +0100 1993-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1993-06-01T00:00:00-0400 A Lost World http://www.aei.org:80/article/15364 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Thursday's Child is by turns witty, ironic, and evocative, a monument to some of the events which have shaped (and misshaped) our era. </body> </html> Sat, 01 May 1993 00:00:00 +0100 1993-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1993-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Franco, Trujillo, and the CIA http://www.aei.org:80/article/3057 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Mar 1993 00:00:00 +0100 1993-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1993-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Cuba and the United States http://www.aei.org:80/article/2942 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 09 Dec 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-12-09T00:00:00-0500 1992-12-09T00:00:00-0500 Is Cuba Next? http://www.aei.org:80/article/2613 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 01 Nov 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-11-01T00:00:00-0500 1992-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Castro Bombs in Madrid http://www.aei.org:80/article/2541 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 05 Oct 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-10-05T00:00:00-0400 1992-10-05T00:00:00-0400 Not Much of a Life http://www.aei.org:80/article/17388 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Lost Property by Ben Sonnenberg. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Sep 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1992-09-01T00:00:00-0400 The Fourth Reich? http://www.aei.org:80/article/2539 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Nazi Menace in Argentina, 1931-47 by R. C. Newton. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Sep 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1992-09-01T00:00:00-0400 De Gaulle http://www.aei.org:80/article/17439 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Jean Lacouture's De Gaulle. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Aug 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-08-01T00:00:00-0400 1992-08-01T00:00:00-0400 Memories of Khrushchev's False Spring http://www.aei.org:80/article/3244 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Khrushchev and the First Russian Spring by Fedor Burlatsky. </body> </html> Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-07-24T00:00:00-0400 1992-07-24T00:00:00-0400 The Strange Case of Erich Honecker http://www.aei.org:80/article/2476 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1992-07-01T00:00:00-0400 America-Bashing http://www.aei.org:80/article/17305 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Anti-Americanism by Paul Hollander. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Apr 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1992-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Carlos Fuentes Discovers America http://www.aei.org:80/article/3243 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World by Carlos Fuentes. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Apr 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1992-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Reflections in a Fun-House Mirror http://www.aei.org:80/article/1708 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1992-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Caribbean Piracy http://www.aei.org:80/article/1618 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 21 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-10-21T00:00:00-0400 1991-10-21T00:00:00-0400 Power Broker http://www.aei.org:80/article/1630 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Clifford's Counsel to the President. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Columbus Go Home http://www.aei.org:80/article/1535 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-10-01T00:00:00-0400 The Day Castro Dies http://www.aei.org:80/article/1627 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 01 Sep 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Head-Hunting--Assassination As a Policy http://www.aei.org:80/article/1325 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Novelist's Trade http://www.aei.org:80/article/1430 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-07-01T00:00:00-0400 La Cause Perdue http://www.aei.org:80/article/1388 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Last Communist http://www.aei.org:80/article/1322 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jun 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-06-01T00:00:00-0400 The Wave of the Past http://www.aei.org:80/article/1065 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Suez Turning Point http://www.aei.org:80/article/1097 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of The Suez-Sinai Crisis 1956 by S.I. Troen and M. Shemesh. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 The U.S. and Latin America at the Crossroads http://www.aei.org:80/article/1081 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Was Their Finest Hour a Lie? http://www.aei.org:80/article/1080 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of 1940 by Clive Ponting. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Literature and Politics in Latin America http://www.aei.org:80/article/1079 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0100 1990-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1990-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Blood, Class, and Nostalgia http://www.aei.org:80/article/435 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Christopher Hitchens' Blood, Class and Nostalgia. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Sep 1990 00:00:00 +0100 1990-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1990-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Who Won Nicaragua? http://www.aei.org:80/article/115 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 May 1990 00:00:00 +0100 1990-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1990-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Hard Choices http://www.aei.org:80/article/117 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jul 1989 00:00:00 +0100 1989-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1989-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Only Hope for Latin America http://www.aei.org:80/article/4151 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sat, 01 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0100 1989-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1989-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Cuba the Morning After http://www.aei.org:80/book/328 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A major study of U.S.-Cuba relations warns that America is ill-prepared for the serious dilemmas and even threats posed by a post-Castro Cuba. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-09-01T00:00:00-0400 The Cuban Revolution and the United States http://www.aei.org:80/book/359 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Fidel Castro's decision to spin Cuba into the Soviet orbit and ultimately embroil the Caribbean island in the Cold War was part of his grand design, not a reaction to specific American policies. </body> </html> Thu, 06 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-12-06T00:00:00-0500 2001-12-06T00:00:00-0500 Panama's Canal http://www.aei.org:80/book/504 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This bookfocuses on Panama mismanagement of the U.S. properties it received and its cavalier disregard of environmental considerations crucial to the efficient operation of the canal. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 A Culture of Its Own http://www.aei.org:80/book/506 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Essays on Latin America, ranging from bilingualism to the cult of Garcia Lorea, from U.S. Cuban relations to Chile's curious love affair with Germany. </body> </html> Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:00:00 +0100 1998-03-31T23:00:00-0500 1998-03-31T23:00:00-0500 Searching for Panama http://www.aei.org:80/book/507 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This book covers the challenge of democratization and preparing for the year 2000. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Dec 1993 00:00:00 +0100 1993-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1993-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Latin America after the Cold War http://www.aei.org:80/book/668 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This book examines Latin American foreign policy released from the tensions of the Cold War and what it will mean for the United States. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-03-01T00:00:00-0500 A Tale of Two Policies http://www.aei.org:80/book/667 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The author explores U.S. foreign policy relations with Argentina. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jul 1989 00:00:00 +0100 1989-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1989-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Modern Chile, 1970-1989 http://www.aei.org:80/book/508 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Land reform, factory expropriation, the politicization of a sector of the armed forces, and curriculum reform in education created the basis for the overthrow ofChile's SalvadorAllende. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jan 1989 00:00:00 +0100 1989-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1989-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Chile http://www.aei.org:80/book/512 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The authors examine how Chile, the last refuge of theright-wing military in South America, is fast approaching its political denouement. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Oct 1988 00:00:00 +0100 1988-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1988-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Small Countries, Large Issues http://www.aei.org:80/book/509 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Great discrepancies of power are called asymmetries, a concept that many Latin American nations find most useful for describing their relations with the United States. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Oct 1984 00:00:00 +0100 1984-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1984-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Moving toward a Free Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/event/1471 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00:00 +0100 2007-02-27T09:00:00-0500 2007-02-27T09:00:00-0500 Latin America's Lurch to the Left http://www.aei.org:80/event/1228 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:00:00 +0100 2006-01-27T10:00:00-0500 2006-01-27T10:00:00-0500 Regime Change in Cuba—the European Perspective http://www.aei.org:80/event/1031 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:30:00 +0100 2005-03-17T10:30:00-0500 2005-03-17T10:30:00-0500 Haiti http://www.aei.org:80/event/792 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:00:00 +0100 2004-04-14T10:00:00-0400 2004-04-14T10:00:00-0400 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/event/751 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:00:00 +0100 2004-02-18T09:00:00-0500 2004-02-18T09:00:00-0500 Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/event/728 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:00:00 +0100 2004-01-22T09:00:00-0500 2004-01-22T09:00:00-0500 Cuba the Morning After http://www.aei.org:80/event/613 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:00:00 +0100 2003-09-23T17:00:00-0400 2003-09-23T17:00:00-0400 Castro's Crackdown http://www.aei.org:80/event/318 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 14 May 2003 10:00:00 +0100 2003-05-14T10:00:00-0400 2003-05-14T10:00:00-0400 The United Nations Human Rights Commission http://www.aei.org:80/event/312 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 05 May 2003 15:00:00 +0100 2003-05-05T15:00:00-0400 2003-05-05T15:00:00-0400 Cuba's Future--and Ours http://www.aei.org:80/event/23 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:30:00 +0100 2003-01-13T17:30:00-0500 2003-01-13T17:30:00-0500 Is Central America Next for a Free Trade Agreement? http://www.aei.org:80/event/102 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:00:00 +0100 2002-09-30T16:00:00-0400 2002-09-30T16:00:00-0400 Who Lost Argentina? http://www.aei.org:80/event/202 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:30:00 +0100 2002-02-05T09:30:00-0500 2002-02-05T09:30:00-0500 The United States and Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/event/12 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:00:00 +0100 2001-12-10T10:00:00-0500 2001-12-10T10:00:00-0500 Argentina--Next Candidate for a Bailout? http://www.aei.org:80/event/397 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:30:00 +0100 2001-04-11T14:30:00-0400 2001-04-11T14:30:00-0400 Miami vs. Washington, D.C http://www.aei.org:80/event/496 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 24 May 2000 17:00:00 +0100 2000-05-24T17:00:00-0400 2000-05-24T17:00:00-0400 Cuban Intelligence: A View from the Inside http://www.aei.org:80/event/521 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:30:00 +0100 2000-03-27T08:30:00-0500 2000-03-27T08:30:00-0500 U.S.-Cuba Economic Relations http://www.aei.org:80/speech/19125 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> LetCastro explain to his own people why his pride, his principles, his sovereignty, his dignity, demand that they should go hungry. </body> </html> Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-09-04T00:00:00-0400 2003-09-04T00:00:00-0400 The United Nations Human Rights Commission http://www.aei.org:80/speech/17167 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The worst thing you can do--from a career diplomat's point of view--is to walk away from a commission. But that, I submit, is precisely what we should be doing here. </body> </html> Wed, 07 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-05-07T00:00:00-0400 2003-05-07T00:00:00-0400 The United Nations Human Rights Commission http://www.aei.org:80/speech/17138 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Mark Falcoff's remarks from 5/5/2003 NAI "The United Nations Human Rights Commission" event. </body> </html> Mon, 05 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-05-05T00:00:00-0400 2003-05-05T00:00:00-0400 Cuba's Future--and Ours http://www.aei.org:80/speech/15713 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Cuba alone has managed to marry the cult of the messianic leader, perhaps the oldest political tendency in Latin American politics, to the totalitarian principle. </body> </html> Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-13T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-13T00:00:00-0500 Panama and the Impact of the United States http://www.aei.org:80/speech/17031 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The end of the military presence in Panama is therefore in my opinion a net gain for the United States. </body> </html> Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-05-05T00:00:00-0400 1999-05-05T00:00:00-0400 Panama, the Canal, and U.S. Interests http://www.aei.org:80/speech/17691 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A new treaty with appropriate status-of-forces agreements must be negotiated, signed, and sent to this distinguished body for ratification. </body> </html> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-06-16T00:00:00-0400 1998-06-16T00:00:00-0400 Argentina a la hora de Kirchner http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/25992 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentina no es un actor regional insignificante. </body> </html> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-04-19T00:00:00-0400 2007-04-19T00:00:00-0400 Argentina on Kirchner's Time http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/25886 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Néstor Kirchneris leadingan authoritarian revival in Argentina. Will this once-prosperous country go down the path of Chávez's Venezuela? </body> </html> Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-04-04T00:00:00-0400 2007-04-04T00:00:00-0400 Cuando mueren los dictadores http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/25524 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> El hecho de que Fidel Castro no haya vuelto a aparecer en público luego de su cirugía intestinal, hace casi seis meses, parece indicar que no puede faltar mucho tiempo. </body> </html> Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-01-26T00:00:00-0500 2007-01-26T00:00:00-0500 When Dictators Die http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/25446 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Is Fidel Castro's death as imminent as evidence suggests? What does the future hold for Cuba and its people? </body> </html> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-01-12T00:00:00-0500 2007-01-12T00:00:00-0500 U.S.-Latin American Relations http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/20968 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Many Latin Americans have become disillusioned with economic reform, privatization, and “neo-liberalism” and are looking once again to the state to solve all their problems. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-08-01T00:00:00-0400 2004-08-01T00:00:00-0400 Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/20766 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Brazilian president Lula da Silva must balance his needs for votes with the demands for economic stability and international confidence. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2004-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Last Days of Bolivia? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/20580 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Republics do not normally commit suicide, but if current trends continue in Bolivia, we may witness the first alteration of the South American political map in more than a hundred years. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2004-06-01T00:00:00-0400 El Salvador Stays the Course http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/20351 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The March presidential election in El Salvador, in which the conservative ARENA Party won its fourth consecutive victory in fifteen years, invites serious consideration and analysis. </body> </html> Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2004-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Where Does Haiti Go from Here? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/20192 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> With the collapse of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government, will the cycle of failure in Haiti be broken? </body> </html> Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Facing Up to the Conflict in Colombia http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19979 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Colombia has been bogged down in a civil conflict for more than a decade. Foreign powers must try to grasp the essentials of the situation if their assistance is to be effective. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19778 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The delay in processingthe referendum signatures pertaining to Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is understandable: a fateful step in the nation's future hinges upon the outcome. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina Has Seen the Past--and It Works (For Now) http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19658 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Thanks to the strong hand of Senator Eduardo Duhalde, who took over at the end of 2000 from Fernando de la Rúa, Menem's successor, civic order was restored in Argentina. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Bolivia http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19541 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Keeping Bolivia's natural gas in the ground, socializing an economy of extreme povery, and wallowing in indentity politics are not going to solve the nation's problems. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-12-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19360 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> An upcoming referendum will determinewhether Venezuelans want their president to continue in office and should make possible the selection of a replacement thirty days thereafter. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-11-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19242 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> No doubt about it: the first hundred days in office of Argentina's new president, Néstor Kirchner, have concluded on a note of sweet success. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Brazil's Lula Tackles One Huge Challenge, but Others Loom http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/19071 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> For a man regarded as an icon of the international Left to have moved successfully to trim the privileges of the public-sector unions in his country is a major achievement for Brazil's Lula. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-09-01T00:00:00-0400 The End of Reform in Mexico http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/18069 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Mexico cannot progress without making drastic changes in societal organization, but the the country's strongest political force, the PRI, will likely block reform. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-08-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-08-01T00:00:00-0400 Troubles at Midpassage for Peru's Toledo http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17801 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Today, midway through his term, President Alejandro Toledo of Peru presides over a mess of troubles. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Lula's Bold Start in Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17340 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What a difference a hundred days seems to make--at least, in this case, the first hundred days of President da Silva, who turns out to be the biggest surprise of all. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-06-01T00:00:00-0400 A Tall Order for Argentina's Next President http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17120 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In Argentina, as in the recent presidential races in Brazil and Ecuador, outsiders are forced to speculate on whether whoever wins can successfully govern his country. </body> </html> Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-05-01T00:00:00-0400 The Return of the U.S. Attention Deficit toward Latin America http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/16796 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> With the advent of war with Iraq, the United States may not direct its full attention toward Latin America for some time. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Mexico at an Impasse http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/16038 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Mexico'sprogress toward becoming an open and more modern society deserves far more attention. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Is There Hope for Peace in Venezuela? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/15712 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Discusses the future of Venezuela and its president, Hugo Chávez. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Ecuador http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14764 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The election last month of a former military officer, Colonel Lucio Gutiérrez, to the presidency of Ecuador, has raised all kinds of alarm signals around the hemisphere. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Now for Lula http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14540 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> In some ways Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva's victory is the most important development in the democratic history of Brazil. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-12-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Two Latin Americas? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14404 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Two Latin Americas seem to be emerging--one running from Mexico City through Central America to Chile, and one from Havana through Caracas, Brasilia, Quito, and Buenos Aires. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-11-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-11-01T00:00:00-0500 A Left Turn for Brazil? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17257 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> All of Brazil's presidential candidates advocate soft-populism while at the same time some are attempting to reassure the business, banking, and investment communities at home and abroad. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Argentina Gropes for Answers http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14215 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> There is little basis for believing a mere change of government in Argentina will resolve the country's problems. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Cuba http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14095 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What Fidel Castro really enjoys is conflict with the United States. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-08-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-08-01T00:00:00-0400 South America http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14045 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> After a decade of general economic growth, all of the countries with the exception of Chile have entered into a period of economic stagnation and--if the term is not too strong--political decay. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Brazilian Presidential Stakes http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13951 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> On October 6, Brazilians will vote in the first round of an election to determine the successor to President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13841 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The dramatic events in Venezuela last month, including widespread public protest leading to the apparent resignation of strongman president Hugo Chávez, willkeep armchair analysts busy. </body> </html> Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2002-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Peru http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13758 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The news from Peru has not been good of late--a breakdown of the government's coalition, strikes and labor disorders, even a possible revival of the Sendero Luminoso guerrilla movement. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Colombia http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13656 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> After slightly more than two years of fruitless talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), President Andrés Pastrana redeployed his army and the war formally resumed. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Are We Heading for Another "Lost Decade"? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13595 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The apparent disenchantment of many Latin Americans with their own governments has led to an avalanche of misinformed commentary in the international press. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14846 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Chávez enjoys a hard core of popular support, variously estimated at between 20 and 50 percent. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-12-01T00:00:00-0500 2001-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina Votes--but for What? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13293 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentina needs a fuller and more candid discussion of the economic alternatives than her political class has so far been willing to undertake. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-11-01T00:00:00-0500 2001-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Nicaragua on the Brink--of What? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13195 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Nicaragua provides insight into the pathologies that afflict postrevolutionary states, and on what we can expect in post-Castro Cuba and post-Chávez Venezuela. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Latin Democracy and Its (Increasing) Discontents http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13109 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Democracy, markets, globalization constitute the only show in town and will remain so unless and until the antiglobalization forces can come up with a credible and workable alternative. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Mercosur http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/13029 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> If successful, Mercosurwill create a politico-economic area rivaling NAFTA, and if it becomes part of NAFTA, it willtilt the balance of the organization decisively toward the Latin side. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-08-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-08-01T00:00:00-0400 An Emerging Populist Threat? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/12870 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Presidents such as Chávez, García, or Lula will end up serving U.S. purposes by demonstrating beyond all doubt that populist demagoguery cannot deliver the goods. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2001-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Venezuela's Tinfoil "Revolution" http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/12671 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Disillusioned with politics as usual, Venezuelans have turned to a strong man, Chavez, to resolve their economic and social problems. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2001-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Peru http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/12584 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What Peru needs above all is a president committed to the building of institutions, not just the resolution of everyday problems. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2001-03-01T00:00:00-0500 A New Era in Mexico? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/12400 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Corruption in Mexico is long-standing, and it is more pernicious for having been democratized over the many decades of PRI rule. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0100 2001-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2001-02-01T00:00:00-0500 The Prospect for U.S.-Latin American Relations http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17608 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Immigration reminds us of the growing importance of Latin America and the degree to which its problems have a way of landing on our doorstep. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-12-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/12091 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> All who wish Venezuela well can only hope that when the moment of truth arrives Chavez or his successor will prove capable of shifting course--and that it will not be too late to do so. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-11-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-11-01T00:00:00-0500 The Ecuadorian Disease http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/11981 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> To the extent thatEcuador's problemsmay be a harbinger of trends in countries more central to American policy, they are worth more than a moment’s attention. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-10-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/11894 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Although many Latin American countries have a history of unrealized potential, perhaps none of them has ever captured the imagination of outsiders quite so much as Brazil. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-09-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-09-01T00:00:00-0400 A New Mexican Revolution? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/11773 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> On Sunday, July 2, millions of Mexicans caught the attention of media throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe by electing Vicente Fox. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Venezuela's May Surprise http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/11646 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The most serious concern for the United States—and indeed all who wish Venezuela well—may be the prospect of the country becoming quite literally ungovernable. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-06-01T00:00:00-0400 2000-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Chile Moves On http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/11413 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The balance of forces in Chile has changed, due to a new generation,to the conservative stewardship of recent center-left governments, and to the international exposure given toPinochet. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Colombia http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17605 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Is the United States about to descend the slippery slope toward another unwinnable jungle war? </body> </html> Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17609 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez must decide whether he wants to be a old-fashioned populist or a new sort of Latin American leader. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Latin America Faces the Millennium http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/11024 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Political democracy has not solved any of Latin America's pressing economic and social problems. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Mexico http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/10972 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Mexico is a nation in political transition--rich in possibilities, to be sure, but replete with uncertainties as well. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-11-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/10804 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Choices Argentine voterswill make later this month are as much about the style of their leaders and the texture of their political life as the content or direction of policy. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Mexico http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/10716 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Which would threatenen Mexican stability--a PRI victory that was widely questioned by the electorate, or an opposition win that was recognized only grudgingly by the former ruling party? </body> </html> Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Does Colombia Have a Future? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/15899 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> While hoping for the best, we would be well counseled to prepare for the possibility that Colombia will leave the civilized world and become a new rogue actor in international politics. </body> </html> Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-07-08T00:00:00-0400 1999-07-08T00:00:00-0400 Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17604 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The Brazilian crisis is deeper and more complex than meeting IMF targets or finding ready buyers for bonds. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Democracy’s Growing Pains--Chile and Argentina http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14901 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Neither Chile nor Argentina has completely liquidated the tragic legacies of the recent past, but both have made immense progress toward reestablishing democracy and the rule of law. </body> </html> Sat, 01 May 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Dollarization for Argentina? For Latin America? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/10158 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Menem has provoked controversywith his proposal in February that Argentina abandon the peso and adopt the U.S. dollar as the official means of exchange. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Where Will Chavez Take Venezuela? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/10029 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The United States can only stand by and hope for the best while Venezuelans work out the terms of their own national drama. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-03-01T00:00:00-0500 A Decisive Election in Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/9486 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The October election is highly significant for Brazil, and indeed for all of Latin America. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Argentina http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17599 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What makes 1999's presidential elections in Argentina so interesting is that, almost for the first time in memory, voters will not be selecting between drastically different prescriptions for the nation's future. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/9294 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The best outcome that can be hoped for in Venezuela's election is either a Chávez suddenly sobered by the responsibilities of power or the victory of a civilian politician such as Salas Römer who is capable of reaching out to those who have not voted for him. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Paraguay http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/9084 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Paraguay'sdemocratic political culture is arguably the most fragile and problematic in South America. Its regression to the old-time religion of militarism cum-populism can no longer be written off as an example of cultural singularity. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Latin America's Next Left http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/8866 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> One of the most important consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Empire has been a deep ideological crisis within the Latin American Left. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Is It Time to Rethink the Cuban Embargo? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/8739 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The recent visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba has once again revived a debate within the United States concerning the existing U.S. trade embargo of the island. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Venezuela http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/8653 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Venezuela is one of the richest and most strategically important countries in Latin America, however, today it is in a deep funk. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-02-01T00:00:00-0500 1998-02-01T00:00:00-0500 U.S.-Latin American Relations http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/14910 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> With the Santiago summit, both the administration and Congress would be well advised to build on the persistent advantages that remain for us within the region. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1997-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Who's Afraid of Big Bad Brazil? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/8231 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A strategy for the United States would be to begin fast-track negotiations with individual Latin American countries on a case-by-case basis and let Brazil go its own way. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-11-01T00:00:00-0500 1997-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/8056 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Bill Clinton's presence in Argentina will highlight significant victories in the economic field and efforts to attract significant new foreign investment from Western Europe, Japan, and the United States. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Oct 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-10-01T00:00:00-0400 FTAA http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/8005 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Issues include the role of Brazil as a counterweight to the United States, the future of economic liberalization, and the prospect of the region splitting into two large trading groups. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Mexico's Midterm Elections http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/7794 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The real problem in Mexico is that the old institutions and practices can no longer serve the country's needs, but nothing has yet arisen to replace them. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Arms Sales http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17600 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Is the United States on the verge of pushing the major Latin American countries into a new arms race? </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/7636 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Theoutcome ofBrazilian Cardoso's reform program will shape the future of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay and influence developments in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. </body> </html> Thu, 01 May 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1997-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Time to End the Certification Circus http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/7538 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Congress established a procedure whereby each year the president must "certify" that a given country is cooperating with us in the eradication of drug production and trafficking; must end. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1997-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Latin America and the Second Clinton Administration http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/7302 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> One notices how unpopular the first Clinton administration has been in Latin America and with what trepidation most of the republics face the prospects of a second four years. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0100 1997-02-01T00:00:00-0500 1997-02-01T00:00:00-0500 An Update on the Mexican Crisis http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/7110 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Acatastrophic turn of events in Mexico would have an equally deleterious effect on the economic integration with Latin America, a project already put on hold because of the peso crisis nearly two years ago. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Nicaragua http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/7036 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Ortega's electoral defeat establishes that the Nicaraguan people wish to put the Sandinista era behind them; the problems of Nicaraguan society are too deep to be resolved by an electoral contest alone. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-11-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-11-01T00:00:00-0500 Brazil http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/6953 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This month's election in Brazil will be the first crucial test faced by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso since his election two years ago. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-10-01T00:00:00-0400 Argentina after Cavallo http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/6895 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Withthe departure of Argentineminister of economy Domingo Cavalloan entirely new era began in that country's politics. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Missing in Action http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/6802 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The absence of Latin America as a major issue in the U.S. presidential campaign causes many in the region to worry that after November it may not receive the priority it deserves. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-07-01T00:00:00-0400 What's Next in U.S.-Cuban Relations? http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17610 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> With the passage of the Helms-Burton Act, U.S.-Cuban relations have entered a new and even more hostile phase. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Argentina http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/6457 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentina has becomeAmerica's closest regional ally under the rule of Peronist President Carlos Menem, whocame to power in 1989. </body> </html> Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-05-01T00:00:00-0400 1996-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Panama and the Canal http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17607 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The United States will leave Panama, turning over complete control of the canal to national authorities there, bringing to a close a transition period of more than twenty years. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Through the Mexican Looking Glass http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/6191 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> With Mexico America's problem is not one of information (we know more about it than all the other countries in Latin America combined) but interpretation and analysis. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Latin America Now http://www.aei.org:80/outlook/17606 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Much Latin American analysis in the press, particularly the financial press, is written in a curiously positivistic vein, as if the region as a whole could be compressed into numbers alone. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-02-01T00:00:00-0500 1996-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Argentina Has a Choice http://www.aei.org:80/issue/13543 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Argentina will inevitably have to embrace a much fuller program of free-market reform than it has been willing to attempt thus far. </body> </html> Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Let Panama Try Life without a U.S. Presence http://www.aei.org:80/issue/17634 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> It is in the best interests of both Panama and America to proceed with the canal turnover as planned. </body> </html> Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-11-13T00:00:00-0500 1998-11-13T00:00:00-0500 Beyond Bilingualism http://www.aei.org:80/issue/17613 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The current controversy over the place of Spanish culture in U.S. life tends to exaggerate a problem that--though dating back to the sixteenth century--is in the process of sorting itself out. </body> </html> Fri, 17 May 1996 00:00:00 +0100 1996-05-17T00:00:00-0400 1996-05-17T00:00:00-0400