President Trump has done more to reorder the Western Hemisphere in eighteen months than his predecessors managed in twenty years. The Shield of the Americas coalition, launched in March, turned a decade of hollow summit language into actual intelligence sharing and joint operations against the cartels, with governments that want to use it. Major trafficking […] The post Honduras Belongs on the List appeared first on StoneZone .
President Trump has done more to reorder the Western Hemisphere in eighteen months than his predecessors managed in twenty years. The Shield of the Americas coalition, launched in March, turned a decade of hollow summit language into actual intelligence sharing and joint operations against the cartels, with governments that want to use it. Major trafficking organizations have been designated as terrorist entities and treated accordingly. Secretary Rubio has assembled a working coalition of roughly a dozen friendly capitals. Tariff leverage has been applied where it produces results and relaxed where partners deliver. And the June ambassadorial slate was a statement of seriousness, sending Daniel Perez to Brazil, Mark Abreu to El Salvador,…Open
Part 2: The Case Part 1 made the geopolitical argument. President Juan Orlando Hernández was an ally of the United States. The Biden DOJ indicted him the day a Chinese-aligned Honduran government took his place. Trump’s pardon was part of a multi-pronged intervention in the November 2025 Honduran election — the endorsement, the threat to cut aid, […] The post PART #2: The Framing of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez by Biden’s DOJ appeared first on StoneZone .
Part 2: The Case Part 1 made the geopolitical argument . President Juan Orlando Hernández was an ally of the United States. The Biden DOJ indicted him the day a Chinese-aligned Honduran government took his place. Trump’s pardon was part of a multi-pronged intervention in the November 2025 Honduran election — the endorsement, the threat to cut aid, and the pardon itself. Nasry Asfura won by 0.74 percent. By the admission of supporters and critics alike, that intervention changed the result. Asfura took office and is pulling Honduras back toward the United States and away from China. Whatever else it was, Trump’s pardon was a strategic act in the United States’ interests. Two Questions, Separately Asked Geopolitics is…Open
Part 1 On December 1, 2025, Donald Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández. He was in a US prison. Hernández had served less than four years of a 45-year sentence when he was pardoned. He was 57. Hernández walked out of FCI Hazelton on the day Trump signed the pardon. The […] The post The Framing of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez by Biden’s DOJ: Part #1 appeared first on StoneZone .
Part 1 On December 1, 2025, Donald Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández. He was in a US prison. Hernández had served less than four years of a 45-year sentence when he was pardoned. He was 57. Hernández walked out of FCI Hazelton on the day Trump signed the pardon. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York had convicted him in March 2024 of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, along with two weapons charges connected to a bribe by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. It was an odd shift in fortunes. As President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández had been a partner in the requests that American presidents made of Honduras during his eight years in office. He…Open
Voters are looking for solutions to crime and disorder. The post Latin America’s Rightward Turn Continues in Costa Rica appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Latin America’s Rightward Turn Continues in Costa Rica Voters are looking for solutions to crime and disorder. Costa Rican voters went to the polls earlier this month, handing a major victory to right-wing presidential candidate Laura Fernández in the first round. Fernández, the hand-picked successor of current Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves, handily won a plurality in the presidential contest, taking 48 percent of the vote. Her closest competitor, Álvaro Ramos, of the left-wing National Liberation Party, collected just 33 percent of votes. The results secured Fernández’s victory in the first round…Open