Chavez has been generous. And in certain respects, he'll expect dividends. |
Chavez has opened the door for Iran. He genuinely believes in this type of solidarity. I don't think Brazil or Uruguay will be so accommodating. |
Chavez's antics are a form of merriment for him. He's part buffoon, part visionary and part deadly effective strategist. |
He (Chavez) is popular because he needles the United States and he talks like the average Latin American would talk. |
Here you have an elected leader with skills and money who doesn't throw people in jail and pull out their fingernails. That's what makes him so dangerous. |
How are you going to retaliate for keeping people warm for winter? It's a pretty brilliant strategy. |
I don't think this is going to result in a diplomatic breakthrough for the Iranians. These Latin American nations may simply abstain from voting rather than vote against referring Iran to the council. |
It's a decisive moment, ... It's not Chavez's nasty tongue that has earned him Washington's odium. It is his policies. What he stands for is a declining role for the U.S. in Latin America. |
It's a major political statement. |
It's a major political statement. Morales at this point is not prepared to sacrifice his left-leaning profile in exchange for Washington's approval. |
Morales is certainly not like Chavez. He is more of an opportunist than Chavez, and I think his credentials are somewhat portable. ... Morales is prepared to play the political game of accommodating himself to what he would call outside realities. |
One wounded president goes to visit another wounded president. |
Rice has an enormous task to repair the present disarray in which we find U.S.-Latin American relations. |
The Bush administration has tried to make Venezuela seem like a spooky, murky place. But they have cried wolf too often. Without serious evidence, you can't take their accusations seriously. |
The U.S. and the international community has a failed policy in that it has not promoted security and democracy in Haiti. The election, if and when it takes place, will be as controversial as elections in Iraq. |