A New Turn in Latin America? A New Turn in Latin America?
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is willing to engage in direct talks with President Obama. How will this effect US policy in the region?
Sean Penn Reflects on the Realities of Chavez and Castro Sean Penn Reflects on the Realities of Chavez and Castro
Actor-director Sean Penn debunks the many myths surrounding Cuba's Raúl Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez.
Nov 25, 2008 / Video / The Nation Video and Brett Story
Conversations With Chavez and Castro Conversations With Chavez and Castro
Conversations with Raul Castro about Obama, Guantánamo and the Pentagon; and with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on human rights in his country and the next US administration.
Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate
The retired Cuban dictator has played a vital role in every U.S. presidential election for the last fifty years.
Mar 10, 2008 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Chavez’s Fix Chavez’s Fix
Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson
Castro and the Colossus Castro and the Colossus
He caused the Cuban people much suffering, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.
Feb 20, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Day After Fidel The Day After Fidel
Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Benazir’s Bequest Benazir’s Bequest
In the shock, power grabs and crackdowns that followed Benazir Bhutto's assassination, it's easy to forget that the greatest casualty in Pakistan is the rule of law.
Jan 4, 2008 / Feature / Amy Wilentz
Benazir Bhutto: A Death Foretold Benazir Bhutto: A Death Foretold
For all her pro-American rhetoric, many in Benazir Bhutto's party held America responsible for the "judicial murder" of her father. Will Bhutto's assassination have a like impact?
Dec 28, 2007 / Feature / Graham Usher
Another Death in Rawalpindi Another Death in Rawalpindi
The killing of Benazir Bhutto echoes Pakistan's troubled history, portends more violence and flags a proud country's collapse into chaos. It also signals the manifest bankruptcy of...