InterAmerican Security Watch

Why ’s Sliding Toward Dictatorship, Default

Why Venezuela’s Sliding Toward Dictatorship, Default: QuickTake | InterAmerican Security Watch Venezuela has more oil than Saudi Arabia and more poverty than Brazil. Its previous leader, the late Hugo Chavez, sought to use the country’s reserves to light a leftist path to prosperity for Latin America’s poor. Under his protege and successor, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela hasn’t always been able to...

New probe says prosecutor Nisman was murdered

New Argentina probe says prosecutor Nisman was murdered | InterAmerican Security Watch BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A new police report has dramatically revived one of the greatest criminal mysteries in Argentine history — the possible murder of a crusading prosecutor that has roused grave suspicions about a president and added to doubts about the probe into the country’s most deadl...

Drug Kingpin Leading Venezuelan Bond Talks Has a Violent Streak

Drug Kingpin Leading Venezuelan Bond Talks Has a Violent Streak | InterAmerican Security Watch Vice President Tareck El Aissami has summoned bondholders to a meeting in Caracas as Venezuela prepares to restructure its crushing debt. For some, the meeting could land them behind bars.