Police, sometimes backed by the military itself, are battling protestors in the streets in the same manner that a military force does as a foreign occupying power

If Ortega is forced out of office by this violence, the result will not be, as some on the ostensible left would have us believe, a deepening of democracy and socialism. Rather, it will result in a return of the right-wing to power

The retreat of Liberation Theology due to American policies and the Vatican has been a great loss to the world. I do hope that this spirit and vision will be reclaimed

Venezuela has actually experienced a steady growth in human development indicators since Chavez took office with a total Human Rights Index score of .662 in 2000, and rising to .748 in 2012