Eric Farnsworth

Some observers call for a relaxation of US sanctions on Venezuela during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Farnsworth offers a different recommendation.

Managing editor Drew Griffin sits down with Eric Farnsworth, VP of Council of the Americas, to discuss the growing influence/threat of Chinese involvement in Latin America.

Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of Americas, sits down with Managing Editor Drew Griffin to discuss Juan Guaidó, Nicolás Maduro, and the future of Venezuela.

Photo Credit: March in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 23, 2019. By Voice of America, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is there a properly Judeo-Christian perspective on the current crisis in Venezuela? It depends on whom you ask. In a word, it’s complicated, even among those of the same faith community.

Brazilians head to the polls this Sunday to elect their next president, and the frontrunner is Jair Bolsonaro. He has been variously described as a far-right, uncouth, law-and-order populist, and he appears to hold views that can charitably be described as anti-democratic.