On February 8th, the Ambassador Insider Series, hosted by The Washington Diplomat at 13U, welcomed Belizean Ambassador to the United States H.E. Daniel Gutierez. Following the event, Five Minutes with…
Venezuelan elections, characterized by unequal media access, unfair use of public financing and pressure on public employees to support government-backed candidates, have long disadvantaged the opposition. However, in light of…
On October 5, 2015, after nearly five years of negotiations, the twelve member countries of the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), a monumental free trade agreement between Pacific Rim countries, successfully completed…
Since June 2012, Uruguay—though one of the smallest nations in the Western Hemisphere—has made tremendous waves in the fight to legalize marijuana. If Uruguay’s congress approves a bill enacted this…
A month after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the future of Venezuela will once again be defined on April 14, as Venezuelans have the option to vote for…
On January 29, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sen. John Kerry as Secretary of State, the seat that Hillary Clinton will vacate this year. During the confirmation process, Kerry made some…
In October 2012, Cuba’s state-run media announced a long-awaited migratory policy that represents the first real political reform implemented by Raul’s government. The announcement follows a steady stream of economic…
What is Brazil up to? That is the question national security planners should be asking. Since abandoning its nuclear weapons program in the late 1990s, Brazil has appeared…
For most of the last ten years one of the stars of the Brazilian women’s volleyball team was a stunning, 6’3”middle-blocker named Walewska Oliveira. When Walewska spiked, her normally jovial…
The Falkland Islands, known by Argentina as Islas Malvinas, remain a center of contention between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Around the 30th anniversary of the brief but deadly 1982…
