RealClearWorld
Advertisement

December 20, 2012

S. America a New Focus for Obama

Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald

AP Photo

If President Barack Obama appoints Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton when he starts his second term next month, as some administration officials anticipate, you may see a somewhat greater U.S. focus on Latin American affairs. It’s not that Kerry is an expert in the region or that he would be any more interested in Latin American affairs than Clinton. He’s not — just as Clinton wasn’t.

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: United States, Barack Obama, South America, Latin America

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

December 19, 2012
U.S. Sizes Up a Venezuela Without Chavez
Charles Shapiro, Miami Herald
When Venezuela President Hugo Chávez announced that his cancer was back and he was returning to Cuba for surgery, he was flanked by two men: On his left was his vice president, Nicolas Maduro, and on his right was Diosdado... more ››
December 17, 2012
Fidel Castro's Last Stand
A.L. Bardach, Newsweek
Castro, Chavez, and the last stand of the most notorious revolutionaries in the Americas. more ››
December 10, 2012
Chavez Relapse Has Venezuela on Edge
Wyss & Rosati, Miami Herald
With key Venezuelan elections around the corner, and the presidential swearing-in ceremony next month, news that President Hugo Chavez's cancer has returned has the nation on edge. more ››
December 11, 2012
Hugo Chavez's Failed Legacy
Washington Post
In 14 years in power, Mr. Chavez has thoroughly wrecked what was once Latin America’s richest country and one of its most enduring democracies. Now, thanks to his dishonesty about his health, he could create a vacuum in... more ››
December 18, 2012
Obama AWOL from the Middle East
James Jay Carafano, National Interest
The Army term is AWOL: Absent Without Leave. Take off without permission from your commander and you’re AWOL. Today, mounting evidence suggests the president might be AWOL on Middle East policy—ignoring, without the... more ››
|