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The Case for Ending Maduro’s Rule
Washington has spent over ten years being lectured by the same class of foreign policy caretakers who confuse timidity with wisdom. They warned that pressuring Maduro would spark chaos, that confronting a narcostate would destabilize the region, that any assertive move by the United States would summon ghosts from a century ago. They sold fear as strategy. They were wrong every time. And the loudest of them, Juan González, was a political adviser elevated into a national secu

Rick de la Torre
Nov 213 min read


Marco Rubio is Right
The CBS News article attempting to fact-check Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s warning about Tren de Aragua’s presence in the U.S. isn’t...

Rick de la Torre
May 193 min read


Petro’s Antics are a Threat to Colombia’s Stability and U.S. Relations
Gustavo Petro has made it abundantly clear that he’s less interested in leading Colombia and more interested in stirring up controversy....

Rick de la Torre
Jan 232 min read


Maduro’s Playbook: Intimidation, Silence, and Detention
Authoritarian regimes rarely crush dissent with a single, dramatic blow. They grind it down slowly, testing boundaries, numbing...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 92 min read
How U.S. Neglect Let China Seize Economic Power in Latin America—and What Must Be Done
China has quietly but decisively replaced the United States as the dominant trading partner in Latin America—a region Washington once...

Rick de la Torre
Nov 14, 20244 min read
The New Iron Curtain: Russia and China’s Strategic Foothold in Latin America
In recent years, a quiet but profound geopolitical shift has been occurring in Latin America, particularly in the Caribbean. The...

Rick de la Torre
Sep 26, 20243 min read
Confronting the Rise of Tren de Aragua
The longer we wait, the more emboldened they become—and the greater the cost to both our national security and the lives of those who sought

Rick de la Torre
Sep 17, 20243 min read
The New Iron Curtain: Russia and China’s Strategic Foothold in Latin America
The time for complacency has passed.

Rick de la Torre
Aug 25, 20243 min read
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