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Is Cuba Safe for Tourism?

Many members of Congress support legislation calling for changes in U.S. law to allow free travel by all Americans to Cuba. The measure parallels an earlier decision made by the Obama Administration to remove travel restrictions for most ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

State Department to Mr. Zelaya: A Deal is a Deal!

Last week former President Zelaya of Honduras signed an agreement with the interim government of Roberto Micheletti that cleared the way for ending the constitutional crisis in that Central American country. Key to the agreement was a provision leaving ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US State Department,  U.S. Congress,  Roberto Micheletti,  Barack Obama

Honduran Handshake: U.S. Policy Still Needs to Be Better

On October 30, The New York Times incorrectly proclaimed, “Deal Reached to Restore Ousted [Honduran] President.” The real headline should have read: “Deal Reached to Respect Rights of the Honduran People to Decide Their Political Future.” Presidential ...

From RAY WALSER, PH.D., The Heritage Foundation,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  New York Times Company,  Manuel Zelaya,  Connie Mack

Getting Serious About Honduras: Is It Too Late?

The U.S. hopes to end the political crisis that began on June 28 when President Manuel Zelaya was removed from the presidency for gross violations of the Honduran constitution and for aspiring to extend the term of his presidency. For months the Obama ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Manuel Zelaya,  Barack Obama,  Organization of American States,  Hugo Chávez,  Daniel Ortega

Courting Khartoum: The Obama Administration's Sudan Policy

Ending genocide and massive human rights abuses in Sudan and preventing it from becoming a hotbed of terrorism are key U.S. policy objectives in Africa. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama criticized the Bush Administration's policy for ...

From RAY WALSER, PH.D., The Heritage Foundation,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Susan E. Rice,  African Union,  United Nations

Isolate and Punish: How Not to End the Honduran Crisis

The Obama Administration’s policy refuses to recognize the way out of the Honduran crisis. The door is open and a solution beckons: national elections on November 29. Yet, the Administration remains fixated on restoring former president Manuel Zelaya ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Manuel Zelaya,  Roberto Micheletti

Latin America’s Gang of Two

When “good” President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and the “bad” President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez came to New York, both wooed the media. Newsweek declared Lula to be “the most popular politician on earth.” Chavez didn’t call Obama “the ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Hugo Chávez,  Newsweek,  Larry King

The Return of Manuel Zelaya and the Honduras Crisis: Time for a U.S. Policy Changes

On September 21, former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya slipped back into Tegucigalpa. Backed by anti-democrats like Hugo Chávez, Raul Castro, and Daniel Ortega, Zelaya claims only to desire dialogue and a peaceful accord with the interim government ...

From RAY WALSER, PH.D., The Heritage Foundation,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Manuel Zelaya,  US State Department,  Organization of American States,  Daniel Ortega,  Bill Clinton

Obama, JFK and Hugo Chavez

As President Obama reads press accounts of his speech on health care reform last night, he is likely to skip over an important editorial on foreign policy appearing in today’s Washington Post: Mr. Chavez was in Tehran again this week and offered his ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  10 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hugo Chávez,  White House

Hugo Chavez & Fooling the American People

In Venice, Italy for the premiere of an adulatory documentary, “South of the Border” directed by Oliver Stone, Venezuela’s peripatetic, anti-American president Hugo Chavez said he was ready for better relations with President Obama. “With Obama we can ...

From RAY WALSER, The Heritage Foundation,  8 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Hugo Chávez,  Barack Obama,  Oliver Stone,  George W. Bush,  Karl Marx

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