“Things are never so bad that they can’t get worse,” is the kind of humorous fatalism William Neuman encountered in Venezuela while he was a New York Times bureau chief for the Andes region from 2012 to 2016.
By Patrick Duddy in The National Interest Allowing long-term diplomatic vacancies does not advance U.S. interests and sends a message of indifference to countries that are important to our own well-being and prosperity.
Twenty-two years ago this month, a towering figure in Haiti was gunned down outside the radio station he ran. Even today, Jean Dominique is a household name for Haitians. His station, called “Radio Haiti” was unique. It was on the air for decades...
Our beloved colleague, teacher, and friend, Diane M. Nelson, has died. We mourn her passing with love, and with admiration for her way of living and scholarship.
Larry Bellorín is a construction worker by day, but an accomplished musician in his home country Venezuela. During the opening of the exhibit, he had traded his hard hat for a llanero hat as his fingers delicately plucked the harp, played the...
Five years after the historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) the U.S. State Department has finally removed the guerilla group from its list of terrorist organizations, but peace in Colombia is not...
How can you help someone who cannot forgive to move on?
Memory and forgiveness can both coexist, said researcher Felipe De Brigard , the Fuchsberg-Levine Family Associate Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Duke University....
Duke CLACS director and former U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy leads academic webinar on Democracy in Latin America for the Council on Foreign Relations.
