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Security & Strategic Review September 2008 (ISSN 1741-4202)
VENEZUELA & THE REGION: Chávez's comeback drive stumbles
Ever alert to opportunities, Venezuelan
president Hugo Chávez saw in the Bolivian crisis and the revived US-Russian
contest over spheres of influence a chance to gain momentum in his current bid
to recover a protagonistic role in the region [SSR-08-08]. He moved fast and, as
usual, with the volume turned up high on the rhetoric belligerent. It did not
work all that well: he did not get his allies to follow his lead and downgrade
their diplomatic relations with the US. He may even have harmed his relationship
with Bolivia, and he failed to set the tone for South America's multilateral
response to the Bolivian crisis.
- Unasur's debut: about Bolivia, but also about Chávez vs Lula
- VENEZUELA & THE REGION: Chávez's comeback drive stumbles
- VENEZUELA: Unprecedented visits by Russian bombers & warships
- VENEZUELA: Maverick chavista denounces 'hits' on local guerrillas
- COLOMBIA: Military see Farc 'with few options left'
- PERU: 'Artemio' goes on air in war of words
- CHILE: Latest bombing rattles frustrated authorities
- ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires becomes hub of ephedrine traffic
- BRAZIL: Illegal phone-tapping 'targeted Lula and supreme court'
- MEXICO: Action as violence turns both massive and indiscriminate
- POINTERS
- NICARAGUA: To-ing & fro-ing over Colombia and missiles
- GUATEMALA: Colom falls back on army after security scandal