A Brave Guatemalan Judge Challenges Corrupt Brass Hats
Something new and promising happened in Guatemala last month when Judge Marco Tulio Molina Lara sentenced ex-Army Lt. Col. Carlos Ochoa Ruiz to 14 years in prison for trafficking in cocaine.
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Heroes of the Revolution: Cuban Ingenuity Keeps American Classics Running
/in Automobile/by Frank SmythSOUTH OF HAVANA, CUBA –The white 57 Dodge convertible has perfect banana yellow underpanels with tall matching fins, even though its passenger…
Letter from Havana: Gays, Catholics, and Transvestites in the New Cuba
/in Salon.com/by Frank SmythChe Guevara would have been puzzled by the joy of this past Christmas in Cuba, the first time this traditionally Catholic island has officially celebrated the holiday…
San Jorge’s Struggle: Guatemalan Village Blocks Resort
/in Cultural Survival Quarterly/by Frank SmythWhen Jorge found me, I was having coffee with a friend in the lakeside town of Panajachel, Guatemala. Jorge was panting, having peddled a fast mile on his bike from the nearby village of San Jorge de la Laguna or “Saint George by the Lake.”
Still Seeing Red: The CIA Fosters Death Squads in Colombia
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythBack in 1989, the CIA built its first counter-narcotics center in the basement of its Directorate of Operations headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Since then, the newly renamed “crime and narcotics center” has increased four-fold, says CIA spokeswoman Anya Guilsher…
Colombia’s Gringo Invasion
/in Covert Action Quarterly/by Frank Smyth & Winifred TateThe US military boasts that its Army Special Forces or “Green Berets” are “the most versatile special operations soldiers in the world.”1 While serving under the Department of Defense (DoD), members of these units, trained in unconventional warfare…
La Mano Blanca en Colombia
/in Transnational Institute/by Frank SmythLa CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) ha respaldado por mucho tiempo a sus aliados anticomunistas quienes, durante su relación con la CIA o después, han traficado drogas. Esto no es sorprendente.