Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez may have been trying to give President Barack Obama a history lesson when he handed him a copy of the book “Open Veins of Latin America” at the recent Summit of the Americas.



But a political commentator and columnist intimately familiar with the book — written by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano and first published in 1971 — says all of the book’s major assertions have by now been proven wrong.



Alvaro Vargas Llosa, a senior fellow at… Continue

The Political and Financial Markets Commentator, Mike Haltman



Tuesday, April 21, 2009



Does President Obama Know About the Goings On In Pakistan (Or Any Foreign Policy Crisis)?



No Mention During His Daily Television Show



Question: Does President Obama understand that foreign policy is part of his job description? This means more than bowing to the Saudi King, shaking hands with Hugo Chavez and… Continue