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How US incompetence empowers China in Latin America
Latin America

How US incompetence empowers China in Latin America

While the Trump administration is bombing, cutting aid and imposing tariffs, Beijing has been quietly forging trade ties all over the region.

Maduro, Trump
Latin America

Why we need to take Trump's Drug War very seriously

The president has broadcasted his zeal for military force against cartels for years and appears ready and willing to let it play out

POGO The Bunker
Global Crises

The unitary unilateral war on 'narco-terrorism'

This week in the Bunker: Trump shows us a third boat blown up in the Caribbean and a pox on independent Pentagon reporting

Marco Rubio
North America

What awaits Marco Rubio in the Caribbean

The secretary of state this week dives into Haiti's crisis, Guyana-Venezuela tensions, growing Chinese influence, and a bit of resistance

Kenyan police to arrive in Haiti amid 'logistical nightmare'
North America

Kenyan police to arrive in Haiti amid 'logistical nightmare'

As Kenya's President Ruto visits Washington today, concerns mount over U.S.-backed plan to quell violence in the gang-embattled nation

Watching US Cuba policy in the theater of the absurd
Latin America

Watching US Cuba policy in the theater of the absurd

Cuban-American lawmakers slipped new sanctions into a bill designed to keep the federal government open. The White House is no better