Blouin News Blog



"Captain America and the spy within"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
August 4, 2016
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2016/08/blouin-beat-world-captain-america-and.html

"TV Reality meets Reality: 'House of Lies' and US-Cuba relations"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
June 9, 2016
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatpolitics/2016/06/09/tv-meets-reality-house-of-lies-u-s-cuba-relations/

"Getting 'Reagan' Right"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
May 5, 2016
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatpolitics/2016/05/05/getting-reagan-right/

"The Rio Olympics: What's the worst that could happen?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
April 8, 2016
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatworld/2016/04/08/rio-olympics-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen/

"Uruguayan Navy forced to evolve in peacetime"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
March 23, 2016
http://blouinnews.com/91541/story/uruguayan-navy-forced-evolve-peacetime 

"Drones on film: 'Eye in the Sky'"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Technology
February 20, 2016
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2016/02/blouin-news-drones-on-film-eye-in-sky.html

"Will 'Narcos' stick to reality? Mystery safe and all"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
February 1, 2016
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatworld/2016/02/01/will-narcos-stick-to-reality-mystery-safe-and-all/

"'Colony': Dystopian show portrays all too familiar repression"
Blouin Beat: Politics
January 12, 2016
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatpolitics/2016/01/12/colony-dystopian-show-portrays-all-too-familiar-repression/

"Are Argentine-U.S. Relations on the Mend?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
December 4, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/12/blouin-beat-are-argentine-us-relations.html

"Moldova: Protesting Against the Unfixable?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
September 28, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/12/blouin-beat-politics-moldova-protesting.html

"Mr. Robot: A Realistic Hacker Show?
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Technology
August 18, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/08/blouin-beat-mr-robot-realistic-hacker.html

"PANAMAX 2015: Protecting A Maritime Choke Point"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
August 13, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/08/blouin-beat-panamax-2015-protecting.html

"Despite Rocky Start, Latin America on board with TPP"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Business
August 11, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/08/blouin-beat-despite-rocky-start-l.html

"The Bahamas: Television Fantasy vs. Darker Reality'
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
July 14, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/07/blouin-beat-world-bahamas-television.htmlhttp://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/07/blouin-beat-world-bahamas-television.html

"One more time: Colombia's FARC announced ceasefire"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
July 8, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/07/blouin-beat-one-more-time-colombias.html

"Latin America enters era of civilian drones"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
June 2, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/06/blouin-world-latin-america-enters-era.html

"Hitting 'reset:' Brazil's Rousseff to visit Washington in June"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
May 6, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/06/blouin-world-hitting-reset-brazils.html

"Mexico buyoed by U.S. weapon sales"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
April 13, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/06/blouin-beat-mexico-buoyed-by-us-weapon.html

"Latin America preps for nuclear conference"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
April 8, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/04/blouin-news-latin-america-preps-for.html

"U.N. praises Peru as need for blue helmets increases"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
March 11, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/03/blouin-beat-world-un-praises-peru-as.html

"Colombia: FARC to stop recruiting fighters under 17"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
February 18, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/03/blouin-beat-colombia-farc-to-stop.html

"Pope to visit Latin America in 2015 amid joy, tensions"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
February 9, 2015
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2015/02/pope-to-visit-latin-america-in-2015.html

2014

"U.S. Senate delays confirming ambassadors to the Western Hemisphere"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
September 10, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/09/blouin-beat-world-us-senate-delays.html

"Will SOUTHCOM aid Honduras in combating drug trafficking?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
August 10, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/08/blouin-news-will-southcom-aid-honduras.html

"'Paradise Lost:' Benicio del Toro plays Pablo Escobar"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
July 29, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/07/blouin-beat-world-paradise-lost-benicio.html


"ELN attack on pipeline is a bad sign for potential peace negotiations?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
July 7, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/07/blouin-beat-eln-attack-on-oil-pipeline.html

"Big Sanctions Delisting Sign of Moribund Cali Cartel?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
June 23, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/06/blouin-beat-politics-big-sanctions.html

"Mexico Hosts Summit of the Pacific Alliance"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
June 20, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/06/blouin-beat-world-mexico-hosts-summit.html

"With Juan Carlos Gone, whither Spain-LatAm relations?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
June 6, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/06/blouin-beat-world-with-juan-carlos-gone.html

"Dissident Cuban Blogger's digital venture goes Live"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
May 23, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/05/blouin-beat-world-dissident-cuban.html
 
"Honduras extradites alleged drug trafficker Lobo"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
May 9, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/05/blouin-beat-world-honduras-extradites.html

"Peru's satellite buy next step towards the Stars"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
May 5, 2014

http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/05/blouin-beat-politics-perus-satellite.html

"Why Honduras's drug problem is going to get worse"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
April 10, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/04/blouin-beat-politics-why-hondurass-drug.html

"Awkward: U.S. is Middleman in Venezuela helicopter sale"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
March 10, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/03/blouin-beat-politics-awkward-us-is.html

"Is Ecuador's Correa set to run again in 2017"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
March 4, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/03/blouin-beat-politics-is-ecuadors-correa.html

"Brazil's Left Rises as USS Forrestal nears the end"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
February 13, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/02/blouin-beat-politics-brazils-left-rises.html

"Mamet gaffe not central to U.S.'s Argentina problem"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
February 10, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/02/blouin-beat-world-mamet-gaffe-not.html

"Nicaragua bets on gold, but fears social backlash"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Business
January 21, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/01/blouin-beat-business-nicaragua-bets-on.html

"The Haiti quake, for years after"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
January 13, 2014
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2014/01/blouin-beat-world-haiti-quake-four.html

"Peru's Culinary Diplomacy"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
December 23, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/12/blouin-beat-world-perus-culinary.html

"Brazil's warplane choice not a Saab story for France"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
December 19, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/12/blouin-news-politics-brazils-warplane.html

"Welcome Back, President Bachelet"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
December 17, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/12/blouin-beat-world-welcome-back.html

"Argentina marks 30 years since junta's end"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
December 10, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/12/blouin-beat-politics-argentina-marks-30.html

"Brazil, MINUSTAH and Haiti's ongoing crises"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
December 3, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/12/blouin-beat-world-brazil-minustah-and.html

"Cuba's military manuevers come amid potential regional shift"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
November 26, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/11/blouin-beat-world-cubas-military.html

Brazil, Italy to butt heads over Pizzolato"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
November 19, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/11/blouin-beat-world-brazil-italy-to-butt.html

"Bachelet's Big Agenda"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
November 15, 2013 
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/11/blouin-news-politics-bachelets-big.html


"What the Sutay release means for the FARC"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
October 29, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/10/blouin-beat-world-what-sutay-release.html

"Chile gets ready for an amplified global role"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
October 21, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/10/blouin-beat-chile-gets-ready-for.html

"The Less-than-Glorious Che Guevara"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
October 8, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/10/blouin-beat-politicsthe-less-than.html

"Latin America tries out the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
October 3, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/10/blouin-beat-world-latin-america-tries.html

"Rousseff's U.S. visit postponement savvy move"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
September 18, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/09/blouin-news-world-rousseffs-us-visit.html

"Pinochet's Legacy Still Alive and Still Divisive"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
September 11, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/09/blouin-beat-politics-pinochets-legacy.html

"Paraguay's "Little" Insurgent Problem"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
August 29, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/08/blouin-beat-paraguays-little-insurgent.html

"Peru's beating the Shining Path"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
August 16, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/08/blouin-beat-world-perus-beating-shining.html

"Rowhani's fraught Latin American situation"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
August 7, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/08/blouin-beat-world-rowhanis-fraught.html

"Correa's PR hire highlights Ecuador's shaky foreign policy"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
July 19, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/07/blouin-beat-correas-pr-hire-highlights.html
 
"The Real Culprit Behind Peru's Ruined Ruins"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
July 16, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/07/blouin-real-culprit-behind-perus-ruined.html

"Security Strategy in the Caribbean should go beyond drug war"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
July 3, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/07/blouin-security-strategy-in-caribbean.html

"Colombia flirts with NATO, annoys many in the process"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
June 7, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/06/blouin-colombia-flirts-with-nato-annoys.html


"Venezuela's Maduro attempts to assert his presidency"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
June 4, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/06/blouin-venezuelas-maduro-attempts-to.html

"Peru's Humala faces Incompetence Charges"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
May 17, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/05/blouin-perus-humala-faces-incompetence.html

"Morales scores a big election win, faces regional power vacuum"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
May 3, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/05/blouin-morales-score-big-election-win.html

"Capriles: Isolated but not Paralyzed"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
April 23, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/04/blouin-capriles-isolated-but-not.html

"Venezuela's citizen security looms before elections"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
April 11, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/04/blouin-venezuelas-citizen-security.html
 

"Unlikely Troika to Fight Drug Trade?"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
March 29, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/03/blouin-unlikely-troika-to-fight-drug.html
 
"Falklands vote shows stasis is a problem but change likely worse"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
March 12, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/03/blouin-falklands-vote-shows-stasis-is.html

"Bolivia-Chile Conflict shows it's not all about Venezuela"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: World
February 27, 2013
http://blogs.blouinnews.com/blouinbeatworld/2013/03/07/bolivia-chile-conflict-shows-its-not-all-about-venezuela/
  
"Medvedev misses a spot in Latin America Tour"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
February 26, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/02/blouinmedvedev-misses-spot-on-latin.html

"Baby Doc", Haiti and the endurance of Corruption"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
February 18, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/02/blouin-baby-doc-haiti-and-endurance-of.html

"Cuba's Elections Yield Predictable Results"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
February 7, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/02/blouin-cubas-elections-yield.html

"Latin America's Prison System Problem"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
February 2, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/02/blouin-latin-americas-prison-problem.html

"Colombia's Security Problems go far beyond the FARC"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
January 23, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/01/blouin-colombias-security-problems-go.html

"Chavez Signed-Decree Fails to Clarify Venezuela's Situation"
W. Alejandro Sanchez
Blouin Beat: Politics
January 17, 2013
http://wasanchez.blogspot.com/2013/01/blouin-chavez-signed-decree-fails-to.html