Samuel LoganLa Muerte CruzadaEcuador’s former president, Rafael Correa, currently sits in Belgium to avoid prosecution at home. He’d like to come back. In Ecuador, the…May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
Samuel LoganWhat’s going on in Ecuador?Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has had a rough ride so far in 2023. The country’s most important GDP input is on the decline…Apr 11, 2023Apr 11, 2023
Samuel LoganScenarios for El Aissami’s FutureOn Monday, 20 March 2023, Venezuela’s oil minister resigned over Twitter. The resignation ended Tareck El Aissami’s long and storied career…Mar 23, 2023Mar 23, 2023
Samuel LoganWhat do you want?What do you want? This is a question so few of us actually ever encounter past childhood. If we do, we may hear the question riding on the…Mar 16, 2023Mar 16, 2023
Samuel LoganWill the real Bolsonaro please stand up?Hours after his defeat, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was despondent. He was not talking. One of his closest political allies…Mar 16, 2023Mar 16, 2023
Samuel LoganThoughts on Garcia Luna’s ConvictionA few weeks ago, I posted my thoughts on the Garcia Luna trial about half way through. Now he’s been found guilty. He is looking at a heavy…Mar 1, 2023Mar 1, 2023
Samuel LoganFive points on the Garcia Luna trialIn the same Brooklyn courtroom where Mexico’s infamous criminal warlord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was tried, the prosecution has nearly…Feb 13, 2023Feb 13, 2023
Samuel LoganWhat has happened to Peru?A neoliberal, conservative operating system installed in the 90s is breaking, but the current protests are not enough to completely remove…Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
Samuel LoganFeelings defeat FactThis piece was initially drafted in late 2018 as a vision statement for what later developed into De Facto, a Southern Pulse product…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022