Revile him or revere him, Fidel Castro was one of the most significant political leaders of the 20th century. So strong was the pull of his hero image that most Latin American governments ignored the obvious human rights violations, the lack of democracy in Cuba and his refusal to yield power for 46 years.
Everyone thought she would win. Even the morning of the election, The Upshot from The New York Times gave Donald Trump a slim 15 percent chance of beating the Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. So why did most pollsters get it so wrong?
This long and exhausting election cycle in the U.S. has come to an end, and now we have a new president-elect. What next?
Yes, it’s true. There is another election happening in the Americas besides the U.S. election
Last week, the chavista electoral council (CNE) indefinitely suspended the recall referendum process and postponed regional elections that were supposed to take place in December. Venezuela is now a time bomb.
Last Sunday Colombians shocked the world by voting against the peace agreement that President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC leaders have been negotiating for four years.
When President Peña Nieto was inaugurated, 61% of Mexicans had a favorable opinion of him. Things have changed now.
This week a judge confirmed that Lula himself will be tried for corruption. Is this a campaign against him, to halt his political career and his presidential bid for 2018?
While many undoubtedly enter politics with noble intentions, many more clearly seem to see public service as a means for private enrichment.
