Michael Rowan - Articles

Oil, Chávez, War and Terror

A half century ago, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, the Venezuelan who started OPEC, said, "Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see: oil will bring us ruin . . . Oil is the Devil's excrement." Hugo Chávez, who was an infant when those words were spoken, is now learning their truth. Read

By: Michael Rowan | 03/02/2009 | Politics

Obama's Test From Chávez

Of all the foreign policy messes George W. Bush is handing off to President-elect Barack Obama, Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is the worst. On the two tests where Chávez is the key -- shaping a respectful long-term relationship with Latin America and the short-term terrorist threat from Venezuela -- Bush scored an F. Obama's got real work carved out for him. Read

By: Michael Rowan | 03/02/2009 | Politics

Every Time, Chávez Bushwhacked Bush

Chávez called him the devil, a killer, a terrorist, a dictator, a racist, a donkey, a drunkard, an idiot and an asshole, but George W. Bush never blinked. Read

By: Michael Rowan | 06/01/2009 | Politics