‘Fighting Over Fidel: The New York Intellectuals and the Cuban Revolution’ Between the Old Left and the New Left, between the radicalism of the 1930s and the radicalism of the 1970s, there comes the curious figure of Fidel Castro. A celebrated revolutionary thinker. The absolute ruler of Cuba—and, for a time, the man believed to…
Category: Central/South America
8 Things You Should Know About the Zika Virus
The Zika Virus is fast becoming a serious health issue in the United States. Here in Texas the Dallas Morning News recently confirmed there are Six Known Cases of Zika. All of the cases are in people who had recently returned from international travel however, no LOCAL transmissions of the disease have been confirmed.-SF …
Cold War Files: The Cuban Army Abroad; Castro’s Foreign Cold Warriors
“Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, Castro was only too eager to export revolution to the Third World. Often this support even came in the form of combat troops to lend a hand to various Marxist uprisings.” AMERICA WAS STILL REELING from its humiliation in Vietnam in 1976 when hawks within the administration of President Gerald Ford were pushing for the United…
Cartel Corner #52: The Top Ten Most Wanted Drug Lords (After El Chapo)
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, the world’s most wanted drug lord, was captured on January 8 in his home state of Sinaloa, known as the “cradle of Mexican drug trafficking” because of the large number of infamous narcos born there. Now that he’s back behind bars, six months after he escaped, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…
Cartel Corner #51: El Chapo’s Arrest Won’t Impact War on Drugs
There was a sigh of relief when the Mexican government successfully re-captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman last week. El Chapo, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is arguably the most powerful drug trafficker in the world, exporting volumns of illegal narcotics globally and spreading violence in its wake. However, DEA Agent Mike Vigil told…
The Tactics of Narco Criminal Insurgencies and their Deadly Repercussions
How the Mexican Drug Cartel’s Violence along the Border Threatens America’s Safety By Hammerhead Very often crime statistics about America’s Southern Border Security can be confusing or misleading. Most main stream media only release articles and summaries about what is happening in Mexico proper but not what is actually taking place ON THE BORDER, ie,…
Dose of Truth: 9 Reasons to Fear Mexican Drug Cartels More than ISIS (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
Mexican drug cartels continue to fascinate the minds of Americans who tend to idolize outlaw gunmen with fast cash, fancy cars, guns and women. However, few realize that Mexican drug cartels are as ruthless and sadistic as Middle Easter terror groups like ISIS with whom they actually have many tactics in common. For most in America,…
Cartel Corner #48: El Chapo’s Top Hitman Caught by Mexican Authorities
Joaquín Guzmán Loera wasn’t the only major organized crime figured captured Friday in Los Mochis. His chief of sicarios — the cartel’s main hitman — was also taken in by elements from the Mexican Navy. His name is Iván Gastelum Cruz, also known as El Cholo Iván, and he was also a fugitive. Gastelum had…
Cartel Corner #47: 10 Things El Chapo Revealed in Interview
Last night, Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera, conducted by Hollywood actor Sean Penn. Mexican actress Kate del Castillo was also present at the meeting, which took place last September 28. Penn later made a detailed narration of the events for the magazine, and recalled a 7-hour conversation with the…
Cartel Corner #45: How the Sinaloa Cartel Dominates The Cocaine Trade
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, the powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, was recaptured on January 8 in a town not far from where he was born in Sinaloa state. While its leader appears to be out of commission yet again, the Sinaloa cartel is still arguably the largest drug-trafficking organization in the world, and the deep ties to…