America’s policies towards Cuba have been total, unmitigated failures, so it’s really good to see Obama making some important, initial changes. The entire premise of our embargo — that isolation will weaken the regime, which in turn will trigger an overthrow — is based on a major fallacy. In reality, isolation strengthens authoritarian regimes. It shields them from international forces ... Read More
Russia’s reemergence in Latin America “This time, we are back [in Latin America] forever,” announced Alexei Sazanov, the deputy director of Russia’s Foreign Ministry. Sazanov, a prominent spokesman for Russian diplomacy, made this declaration just days after three Russian warships performed joint naval exercises with the Venezuelan navy. At that same time, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Havana, Cuba ... Read More
How President Bush Won Latino Voters and His Party Lost Them AgainBy Kenzie Bok ‘11 “George W. Bush’s first foreign trip as President was not to a traditional European ally but to a ranch in a remote region of Mexico, where he met with another newly-elected cowboy president: Vicente Fox.” As Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, University Professor and Co-Director of Immigration Studies ... Read More
