Latin American Lefist Tyrant? World media presents skewed image of Peru’s president elect
With only about 500 thousand more votes than his opposition, Ollanta Humala became Peru’s President for the next five years. Half of the nation celebrates the “triumph of democracy” over evil Fujimorismo, which refers to the dictatorship of Keiko’s father who is now serving a prison sentence on counts of human rights violations. The rest [...]
Obama and Calderon squander special opportunity to resolve crises
Last Thursday, President Felipe Calderon of Mexico flew to Washington for what could have been a pivotal meeting regarding immigration and the drug war. The public, however, didn’t learn anything new from the meeting. The U.S. will continue to support Calderon’s draconian crackdown on drug violence and will take “its share of the blame” [...]
