"Nationalized" Bolivian Gas Plant

Latin America’s New Petro-Politics

"Nationalized" Bolivian Gas Plant
In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush famously stated that "America is addicted to oil." He soon followed that proclamation with an announcement that his solution to the addiction is to diversify U.S. sources of oil - not to diversify away from oil with clean, renewable sources of energy.  That is sure to mean increased U.S. political attention to Latin America. Oil multinationals are already looking to intensify drilling operations in Latin America, because that's where the oil is.

Pinochet and Videla

Argentina’s Bonfire of Memory

Pinochet and Videla
Guitar strumming and singing starts and stops with the passage of wine and steak. The gaiety of this party in Argentina is in contrast with the topic of conversation. Some of the partygoers are sons and daughters of dissidents persecuted in the dictatorship and they talk about disappearances and torture as if it all took place yesterday. The past keeps seeping into view, like the persistent smoke from the barbecue.