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US foreign policy and its costs, Latin American politics and the distance between Washington's stated values and its conduct abroad. Coverage spans coercion disguised as diplomacy, democratic backsliding and the hemisphere's unresolved tensions with American power.

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The Ledger

Negotiation and the Threat

The United States opened talks with Cuba by first threatening economic strangulation. Washington framed it as leverage. Havana called it coercion. The distinction matters: negotiations conducted under explicit threat produce agreements that last only as long as the threat does.

The Ledger

The Loudest Critic in the Room

Apr 6, 2026

Analysis

Canadian Government Admits: Khalistani Extremist Groups Continue Receiving Domestic Financial Support

Sep 7, 2025

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