The last time an American president ordered troops to snatch a Latin American strongman, I was a young journalist half a world away, watching grainy footage of Operation Just Cause on a bulky ...
A Latin American military strongman ignores the results of two democratic elections and usurps power. He jails and brutalizes the opposition and goes into business with drug cartels. The U.S. indicts ...
Gunfire in the streets of a Latin American capital. U.S. military troops swooping in by helicopter. A foreign leader, accused of drug trafficking, hauled off to America in handcuffs. The Trump ...
WASHINGTON — It is a case of geopolitical déjà vu. On the same day thirty-six years apart, U.S. forces seized a deeply unpopular, Latin American dictator and brought him to the United States to face ...
The focus on Venezuela’s oil reserves underscores the importance of energy resources in U.S. foreign policy and economic strategy. U.S. government agencies like EXIM Bank are expanding programs to ...
Operation Absolute Resolve, which resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel... WASHINGTON — It is a case of geopolitical déjà vu. On ...