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
In the border city of Mexicali, hundreds of addicts defy the government’s rhetoric that drug use does not exist in Mexico. They are not included in the official statistics and far from a political priority. Many pass through Verter, the first supervised drug consumption center on the continent
Several documentaries examine a decade that turned out to be a turning point in history. The progressive social values that were first mooted then are now under attack from the far right, though not for the first time
The actor, born in Ohio on January 26, 1925, is an inseparable and indisputable part of the history of the United States in the 20th century
EL PAÍS looks back at the swearing-in ceremony, which is held every four years at the Capitol in Washington
The Democrat, whose influence grew after leaving the White House, served only one term (1977-1981), weighed down by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis
The triumphant and unhinged country that took shape in the 1980s is today invoked by a series of films that deal with an identity made up of lost values
A new documentary sheds light on the 18 months that the former Beatle and Yoko Ono spent in a small New York apartment, becoming standard-bearers for leftist movements
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
From Kennedy against Nixon to Reagan against Carter, some face-offs between candidates have played a key role in determining the outcome of a vote. Will this be the case when Biden faces Trump on Thursday?
The late statesman often said power is the most potent stimulant because it offers impunity and amnesia
The request filed Monday for the Supreme Court to take up the matter directly reflects Smith’s desire to keep the trial, currently set for March 4, on track
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
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’
The controversial winner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner passed away at his residence in Connecticut
Former President Donald Trump has been publicly pushing his Republican allies in Congress for months to impeach Biden in retribution for Democrats’ two impeachments of him
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
Only three presidents have been impeached in US history. Republicans want Joe Biden to be the fourth
The documents were released Friday by the State Department in Washington, on the verge of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of the government of socialist Salvador Allende
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
Australia has become the first country to allow MDMA to be prescribed for patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
Ellsberg had announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. A letter released by his family says he died Friday morning
The president’s silence reflects the precarious and unprecedented situation in which he finds himself: Biden is the first incumbent to have his chief political rival indicted by his own administration
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
One of the greatest actors of the eighties and nineties debuts on the small screen this Friday with ‘FUBAR,’ followed by a three-episode documentary on his life
Perhaps counterintuitively, ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ had friendships with some of the most well known mobsters of his time, but he also rubbed elbows with several Presidents of the United States
Before him, half a dozen presidents or vice presidents were enmeshed in impeachment trials or linked to crimes