The unreal has become reality in Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega, a hermit tyrant, is ordering the arrests of political rivals and leading his country down a path that gets darker and darker.
Daniel Ortega: from revolutionary to absolute overlord
The 17-year Nicaraguan president is now jailing his election opposition and rivals, many of them fellow ex-Sandinistas, now in their 70s.
Lumumba’s tooth and other remnants of 1960s idealism
The Congolese prime minister with a tragically brief tenure lives on as a secular saint, much like his contemporaries JFK and Che.
A favored phrase in diplomacy rings hollow
The United States and our allies tout the ‘rules-based international order’ — but who’s making the rules?
Trending Globally: Will US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Mark the ‘Ebbing of an Imperial Tide’?
The Watson Institute talks to @stephenkinzer about US foreign policy and the withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.
