Notes on Argentina and the New Pope
By Robert Klein Engler Monday, June 10, 2013
1. The New World:
Pope Francis is the first Pope from the New World. This is significant because for almost 1,500 years the continents of the New World were not supposed to be where they are. The world for the Romans and many who followed them was made up of Europe, Africa and Asia. Now, we have a Pope from a country no one imagined at the time of St. Peter, a Pope who has the ability to see the whole world, not just in his imagination, but as a NASA photograph, spinning in the darkness of outer space.
By Arnold Ahlert Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Last Wednesday, Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman accused Iran of “infiltrating” South America and establishing intelligence networks aimed at carrying out more terrorist attacks in the region. Nisman said the effort has been ongoing since the 1980s in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Surinam and Trinidad and Tobago. “These are sleeper cells,” he explained. “They have activities you wouldn’t imagine. Sometimes they die having never received the order to attack.”
Obama comments on Mexico deceptive, say law officersBy Jim Kouri Wednesday, May 1, 2013
During President Barack Obama’s press conference in the White House press room on Tuesday, he was asked by a Latino reporter about both the immigration debate in the U.S. Congress and the U.S.-Mexican “war on drugs.” Obama stated he planned to meet with Mexico’s new leader, President Enrique Pena Nieto, on his trip to Mexico City to discuss joint police and anti-drug strategies.
Chavez’s Vicious Legacy Lives OnBy Arnold Ahlert Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, won the presidential election in Venezuela to serve out the remainder of the deceased leader’s last six-year presidential term. The margin of victory was surprisingly thin. Maduro received 50.7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election, versus 49.1 percent for Henrique Capriles, a state governor who offered a strong challenge to Chavez last October. Capriles has challenged the results, rejecting the outcome as “illegitimate,” and claiming that more than 3,000 incidents occurring at the polls need to be investigated. Maduro insisted otherwise. “We have a just, legal, constitutional and popular electoral victory,” he said, further contending that his victory demonstrates Hugo Chavez “continues to be invincible, that he continues to win battles.”
Media pretty surprised Chavez puppet barely wins Venezuela election
By Dan Calabrese Monday, April 15, 2013
Time Magazine is stunned that Nicolas Maduro, who was handpicked by Hugo Chavez to succeed him as iron-fisted dicator of Venezuela, just barely won the election designed to make his elevation official. Gosh. What could be behind the nation’s lack of enthusiasm for Maduro? Could it be “rising discontent over problems ranging from crime to power blackouts”?
Reign of Evil: A Look Back at the Vicious Rule of Hugo ChavezBy Arnold Ahlert Thursday, March 7, 2013
It is no accident that the death of Hugo Chavez, while mourned by the usual suspects on the left, was celebrated by thousands of his fellow countrymen.
So Goes Venezuela, So Goes The U.S.? The Limited Powers Of Government Are Weighing In The BalanceBy Austin Hill Sunday, January 13, 2013
Some Venezuelans are concerned that their President might be violating their nation’s Constitution.
So, where have these Venezuelans been for the past 14 years? And do any Americans have the same concerns about their own President?
Mexico, Mecca for Violent Drug Cartels, Declares War on Toy Guns!By John Lillpop Saturday, January 5, 2013
More than 30 thousand Mexicans have been murdered over the past three years by the drug cartels who really run this corrupt failed state!
The End of the World
By Selwyn Duke Friday, December 21, 2012
This is the piece that will never be published. Haven’t you heard?
The world’s going to end on December 21.
New Mexican president unveils his new law and order strategyBy Jim Kouri Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Newly elected Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced on Monday his new security and public safety strategy, which “focuses on the transformation of law enforcement institutions and crime prevention.”
Brazil fighting its own border war, says security expertBy Jim Kouri Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Last week, Brazil began reinforcing its southern borders with about 9,000 more military troops as the fifth part of its war on criminal gangs, according to a U.S. security official who monitors South American organized crime.
Colombia’s new Justice Minister faces uphill battle with narco-terroristsBy Jim Kouri Thursday, July 12, 2012
On Friday, Colombia’s President Juan M. Santos appointed popular attorney and law professor Ruth Stella Correa as the nation’s Justice Minister, according to a source at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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