Nicaragua’s charade at the ICJ
The bitter irony is that it is the country’s far-left leadership, aligned with the dictatorships in Venezuela and Cuba, that should be in the dock.
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Ronald Reagan’s freedom agenda
Ronald Reagan was tough on totalitarians. On March 8, 1983 -- and to the chagrin of many of his advisors – he disparaged the Soviet Union as an...
Op-eds
Curb your socialism
Groucho Marx famously said he wouldn’t join any club that would have him as a member. Bernie Sanders last week turned that on its head, saying he wouldn’t remain a member of...
Op-eds
The Death Of Dewey Clarridge
In the summer of 1981, I was Special Advisor to Secretary of State Alexander Haig, and he asked me to try to find out what the CIA was up to in Salvador and Nicaragua. “I’m afra...
Op-eds
CIA Bides its Time
The CIA’s Directorate of Operations doesn’t have an acute memory. But it does have durable institutional sentiments. So here’s a guess: In a few years, few operatives in the cla...
Op-eds
How the U.S. Put Latin America Up for Grabs
TAMARINDO, COSTA RICA – I’m not about to pretend that spending a few days in this rather funky little surfing village on the Pacific has given me great insights into Latin America&rsq...
Op-eds
Toilet Paper and Revolution
Years ago, the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, in true revolutionary fashion, took to exporting bright-red toilet paper to places like Tunisia. It didn't catch on, since the color ran, promp...
Op-eds
Where’s The U.N. On Iran?
People are being killed in Iran. Where is the U.N.? What institution could be better positioned to relieve President Obama of his worries about America standing up unilaterally for freedom in Ira...
Op-eds
Does The U.N. Really Matter?
Yes. It is a circus--but a poisonous circus.
Op-eds
The U.N.’s Year Of Libya
Should a veteran acolyte of Qaddafi's tyranny lead the General Assembly?
Op-eds
Terrorists Here, Terrorists There, Terrorists Everywhere
But for heaven’s sake, don’t call them terrorists, don’t send our armies against them (although special forces are ok), and don’t even think about declaring “war&rdq...
Op-eds
Revolutionary Déjà Vu
By: Paul Crespo. Hugo Chavez quotes Fidel Castro when asked what is on the horizon for Venezuela: “A new wave will arrive in Latin America, but in a different form.”...