Policy

The controversy surrounding the closure of the magazine Vanguardia and the Communications Law puts forward two different concepts of freedom...

In the first of our weekly series, Across the Americas, Ilya Brotzky joins us from São Paulo, Brazil. A graduate...

Does the current Venezuelan government have a real interest in saving the diplomatic ties with the US government? The question...

With immigration reform a hot button issue, conservative pundits like Ann Coulter and GOP leaders rely upon stereotypes and fragile...

Since 2001, the Venezuelan public, independent, and experimental universities have entered a critical period that extends to the present. Probably...

Montreal city councilor Benoit LaDouce has proposed a new law requiring all dogs in that Canadian city to understand commands...

A Freedom House assessment of “Freedom on the Net” reports that Cuba remains one of the world’s most repressive environments...

Latin America has the world’s most tortuous constitutional history. According to a study of constitutions around the world by Jose...

After only two days of the PanAmerican Post pre-release, and before spending any money on promotion, the audience response was...

The last time I was in Brazil, there was a corruption scandal all over the TV. I don’t remember the...

I was twelve when Hugo Chavez Frias became president of Venezuela. Fourteen years later he has left power, betrayed by...

When I worked as a reporter in New Orleans during the aftermath of the 2010 Deep Horizon oil spill, I...