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In Bolivia, American ‘democracy promotion’ is a farce

In Bolivia, American ‘democracy promotion’ is a farce

Washington is gloating over its apparent victory.

Pop Quiz: What will 2020 hold?

Pop Quiz: What will 2020 hold?

What do the next 12 months hold for the United States and the world? At the dawn of each year, this column offers readers a chance to guess.

Among the casualties of US wars in the Middle East: Christianity

Wars waged by ostentatiously Christian leaders in Washington have done enormous harm to their co-religionists half a world away.

We’ve turned our attention to Latin America again. That’s bad for Latin America.

We’ve turned our attention to Latin America again. That’s bad for Latin America.

The US wars in the Middle East distracted us, for a time, from a destructive meddling closer to home.

In September, a US soldier on a road in Syria as a boy carried snacks to sell in the so-called safe zone on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey. MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP

Trump’s real impeachable offense

Can Trump be deposed for being a bad president? Certainly not. Were his dealings with Ukraine so egregious as to justify his removal from office? Maybe. Should he be impeached? Yes — but not for any of the reasons his enemies cite.