Latin America
65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms
'There were sobering lessons,' JFK said after the failed invasion of Cuba in 1961. There is still time for the current president to learn them.
April 20, 2026
Peter Kornbluh
Washington Politics
JFK wanted to splinter CIA ‘into a thousand pieces.’ Why didn't he?
Piecing together newly unredacted files and personal accounts, we know now there was a powerful shift against the agency's 'rogue autonomy.' Until there wasn't.
March 27, 2025
Latin America
Carter and Chile: How humanitarian was the president?
The 'human rights president' had some tough political decisions to make regarding Augusto Pinochet in 1979.
January 10, 2025
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