Delcy Rodríguez and María Corina Machado vie for Trump’s favor
The Republican will receive the leader of the Venezuelan opposition at the White House Thursday after speaking by phone with the interim president
CIA activity against Venezuelan leaders revives specter of US interventionism in Latin America
The agency’s covert operations, which Trump confirmed last week, hark back to the coups, assassination attempts and insurgencies supported or carried out by Washington in the region during the 20th century
Total victory in Gaza is a delusion
Netanyahu started the war in Gaza without any realistic vision of how to end it. Two years later, Israel can hardly be considered victorious
A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump, a genuine possibility that raises many questions
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The US president is one of 338 names registered as candidates, but bookmakers give him a 3% probability of victory
Trump, Nobel Peace Prize winner? The president and his allies are maneuvering to achieve it
From Netanyahu to the leader of Pakistan, proposals are growing to reward the US president and thus gain his sympathy. Experts consider it unlikely, although they do not rule it out altogether
Marco Rubio cements his position as Trump’s trusted point man on foreign policy
The secretary of state, who has been steadily rising through the ranks under the orders of his former rival, is now taking over the National Security Council, meaning he will hold two roles, something only Kissinger has done before
Netanyahu scuppers Gaza ceasefire to shore up his political survival
The Israeli prime minister guarantees the stability of the coalition with a massive wave of bombings after two months of boycotting the truce agreement with Hamas
Boris Spassky, the chess player who was a victim of Bobby Fischer but also much more
The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies
The submarine that tapped the Soviets’ phone
The USS ‘Halibut,’ under the command of Jack McNish, was a vessel with experience in secret operations and carried very advanced equipment for the 1970s
The night J.R. was shot
In the early 1980s, Spain succumbed to the bobbing beauty of Bobby and Pamela, the ethylic Sue Ellen — the real heroine — and the unabashed wickedness of J. R. Ewing
Henry Kissinger’s aphrodisiacs
The late statesman often said power is the most potent stimulant because it offers impunity and amnesia
‘A colossal jerk has died’: when celebrity obituaries are not kind
The jaw-dropping article in ‘Rolling Stone’ to cover the death of Henry Kissinger once again brings to the fore one of the most striking journalistic subgenres: the obituary in which the deceased does not exactly look good.
Kissinger and his crimes
Once you have killed more than 100 people, it doesn’t matter if you have killed a thousand or a million, you enter the category of statesman. You do it according to a strategy, a vision and for an idea, a country
Peter Kornbluh, analyst at the National Security Archive: ‘Chile is Kissinger’s Achilles heel’
The expert believes the U.S. involvement in the 1973 coup is a blemish on the former statesman’s legacy: ‘It’s a story that has haunted Kissinger’s legacy and will now haunt his ghost’
Kissinger’s dirty hands
The late American statesman wielded a blend of cunning and ruthlessness to influence global politics
Kissinger’s farewell to China
The former U.S. Secretary of State shaped the thaw between the two nations and was seen as a ‘good friend of the Chinese people’
Five essential books by Henry Kissinger: The scholar, the strategist and the intellectual
Since his doctoral dissertation, presented at Harvard in 1954, the most prominent, long-lived and controversial diplomat the United States has seen published valuable essays on politics and international relations over seven decades
Global leaders pay tribute to Henry Kissinger, but his record also draws criticism
Xi Jinping said the former US Secretary of State will be ‘missed by the Chinese people.’ A ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine headline said, ‘Henry Kissinger, war criminal beloved by America’s ruling class, finally dies’
Henry Kissinger, who shaped US foreign policy in the second half of the 20th century, dies at 100
The controversial winner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner passed away at his residence in Connecticut
‘The Barnes House’ in Chile
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In the long saga of the role played by the United States in Chile, Ambassador Harry G. Barnes Jr. stands out as an exceptional heroic figure
‘A pretty incompetent bunch’: Kissinger to Nixon after failed Chile coup in 1970
Declassified documents from the U.S. National Security Archive reveal a telephone conversation between the president and national security advisor after the failed CIA-backed plot
Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs
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Detractors have accused him of more concern with power than harmony during his tenure, enacting realpolitik policies favoring American interests while assisting or emboldening repressive regimes
The private meeting between Kissinger and Pinochet in Chile: ‘We want to help’
Ahead of Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, the National Security Archive has published a selection of declassified documents that illustrate the ‘darker side’ of the former U.S. secretary of State
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