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Will the U.S. Strong-Arm Brazil to Keep Snowden Out?
On Tuesday, the world woke up to a new missive from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, and no one quite seemed to know what to make of it. In an open letter to the people of Brazil in that country's...
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Texas to Washington: Executing Mexicans Is Our Business, Not Yours
When Texas executed Edgar Arias Tomayo on Thursday, he became the third Mexican national to receive the death penalty in that state since 2008. And if it takes three events to establish a trend, then...
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Iraq's Abject Lessons for Mexico's Self-Defense Forces
Paramilitary groups are growing like weeds in the blood-soaked soil of Mexico's cartel hotspots. Across the country, self-defense groups have banded together to take on the country's cartels, and now...
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How the Venezuelan Government Made the Media into Its Most Powerful Ally
When former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was briefly deposed in a 2002 coup, the country's press reacted with unbridled enthusiasm. The daily newspaper El Nacional welcomed the day's events with...
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‘Cuban Twitter’ and Other Times USAID Pretended To Be an Intelligence Agency
Foreign governments have long accused the U.S. Agency for International Development of being a front for the CIA or other groups dedicated to their collapse. In the case of Cuba, they appear to have...
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Now Venezuelans Are Taking Off Their Clothes to Protest
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro fancies himself something of a flower child. In an interview with the Guardian this week, the former bus driver and trade unionist denied accusations that he used...
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Introducing FP's World Cup Blog, Midfield General
The stadiums might not be ready, the workers may be on strike, and Brazilians might not be all that excited about it, but Thursday marks the beginning of the World Cup. While sports usually fall...
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The World Cup Will Never Be Just About Soccer
For anyone who thinks the World Cup would be a pure celebration of the beautiful game, let this dispel your illusions. Ruling generals are putting the tournament to good use in their PR efforts and in...
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The Children Streaming Across the U.S. Border Are Fleeing Violence and Poverty
The number of children caught trying to cross America's southern border has reached such alarming levels that President Barack Obama has described the area along the Mexican border as an "urgent...
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Caracas's Airport Is Charging Passengers for Clean Air
The tragicomedy that is the Venezuelan economy has taken a turn toward the farcical this month: Caracas's international airport is charging customers for use of its clean air, according to the BBC....
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Venezuela Kept Former Intel Chief Out of U.S. Court
With the world being on fire and all, it was easy to miss last week an intriguing piece of news: Hugo Carvajal, the former head of Venezuelan military intelligence, was arrested in Aruba. The U.S....
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Brazilian Presidential Candidate Dies in Plane Crash, Election in Disarray
Brazilian presidential candidate and leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party, Eduardo Campos, was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, according to the television channel GloboNews. Campos was ranked...
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Amid Ebola, Progress on Another Epidemic
Dengue fever doesn't get the attention it deserves, to the point that the World Health Organization considers it one of 17 "neglected tropical diseases." These illnesses mainly hit the world's poorest...
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Stories You Missed: Summer of Crisis Edition
It's been the never-ending summer of crises. War came to Gaza and eastern Ukraine, Ebola tore through West Africa, the Islamic State seized territory in northern Iraq, beheaded two American...
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You Can Watch Freighter Ships From the Parking Lot of Panama's New...
Panama's new museum of biodiversity, the Biomuseo, sits at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal. When it officially opens to the public on Thursday, visitors will enter galleries with names like "The...
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