AMNA NAWAZ: Guatemala is Central America's most populous country and critical to U.S. efforts to control regional migration.
In August, the country elected an outsider, an anti-corruption activist who vows to take on entrenched elites that have weakened the judiciary and persecuted Guatemalan journalists and activists.
Nick Schifrin speaks to the president-elect in his first English-language interview since the election and reports on the promise of his presidency.
NICK SCHIFRIN: When the pact of the corrupt came for Guatemala's democracy, they missed the crusader. Read More...
I keep thinking that if only I had a private plane, I would be really happy. Seriously. I can’t think of any greater luxury. You decide when you want to go. Your chauffeur pulls up to the plane on the tarmac, the stewards and pilots welcome you and carry your bags in. You settle into deep wide leather seats. You are served anything you want when you want it. If the weather is really bad, you can tell the pilot not to take off or to land. Read More...
Hijacked! | Article The American Response to the Hijackings Before September 6, 1970, the United States had never faced terrorism on a global scale. In formulating the American response, President Richard Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger kept another global consideration foremost in mind -- the balance of power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Nixon's Initial Middle East Policy
Nixon's presidency began as Lyndon Johnson's had ended: preoccupied with Vietnam. The sole significant Middle East peace initiative during Nixon's first 18 months, dubbed the " Read More...
