Nicaragua's 15-year experiment with electoral democracy is threatened by a deal between leaders of two prominent parties tocontrol all three branches of government. The United States and theinternational community should oppose a takeover by these corruptformer leaders and instead help ordinary Nicaraguans to strengthentheir control over their own government.
(Archived document, may contain errors) 688 January 26,1989 THE SEcuRlTyC0lMpo"T OF UeSe-lMExIco RELATIONS INTRODUCTION America faces an important security challenge on its southern border.
On March 1, 2008, the Colombian military eliminated a key leader ofthe Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in a raid on a camp inneighboring Ecuador. The incident occurred at a time when Congressmoved to delay indefinitely a vote on a free trade agreement withColumbia, a U.S. ally.