Image: EFE/Presidencia on havanatimes.orgRicardo Pascoe PierceFifty years ago tomorrow, General Pinochet and almost the entire Chilean military broke their constitutional oath and staged a coup d'état against the legally elected government of Salvador Allende. The few military commanders who...
Photo: AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno on columbian.comRicardo Pascoe PierceThe President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, called a meeting of presidents of South American countries to promote a regional integration process. The heads of state of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia,...
Photo: Yamil Lage AFP via Getty Images on thestkittsneviobserver.comRicardo Pascoe PierceAMLO's foreign policy has failed because it promotes an authoritarian ideology that most countries in Latin America do not accept. Examples abound, including his new "Latin American anti-inflation plan",...
Photo: on wikipedia.orgRicardo Pascoe PierceThe recently inaugurated Lula Da Silva government in Brazil is facing the effects of the most pernicious and negative policy of Jair Bolsonaro, his predecessor in the Presidency of his country: the militarization of public...
Photo: presidente.gob.mxRicardo Pascoe PierceAfter a reported "five-hour" conversation, the Presidents of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced an agreement to reconsider the strategy to fight drugs. They apparently decided that the fight against drugs, driven...
Image: Francescoch on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceThe Brazilian candidate to head the Inter-American Development Bank, Ilan Goldfajn, won the leadership in an election that pitted two Latin American giants, Mexico and Brazil, against each other. Goldfajn won the election with...
Photo: Mike on PexelsRicardo Pascoe PierceThe lights and shadows of Latin America's supposed shift to the left need to be explored. Does it mean being 'left-wing' simply because a leader or party proclaims itself as such?To understand a government's...