“I don’t think pictures can lie . I’ve seen the newsreels, the photographs .” – Octavio Paz, quoted in “Massacre …
Mexico’s Massacres, Met With Silence
Netanyahu: Tough Talk With a Soft Voice
NEW YORK – The first thing that struck me about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a recent interview was …
Bill de Blasio: The World’s Mayor
NEW YORK – If New York is the capital of the world – because people from all over the globe …
Mario Vargas Llosa: It’s OK to Kill a Dictator
MADRID – “I don’t use Twitter. I don’t use Facebook. I don’t answer the phone. I don’t open my door,” …
Our Mistake: No Plan B on Immigration
When it comes to providing undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship, President Barack Obama has already broken two promises. …
A Strange World
“What a strange world.” Lately, it seems I hear comments like this several times a week. For those of us …
The Other Mexico
“When I am, I am another .”- Octavio Paz, “Sun Stone” On a recent trip to California, Mexican President Enrique …
What the President Can (and Cannot) Do
People often imagine that presidents are all-powerful supermen who can do anything they want. But after spending three decades interviewing …
Hillary Clinton Looks South
NEW YORK – Lately, the American media has been obsessed with everything Hillary Clinton says and does. Their interest is …
The Party’s Over for Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO – The morning after a big bash can be unpleasant. The joys and excesses of the previous …