Honduras: Simmering Crisis
Porfirio Lobo and Hillary Clinton US Embassy Guatemala / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Little good and lots of bad has transpired in Honduras since the night in June 2009 that an Army-backed coup d’état,...
View ArticleHow Real is Anti-Americanism in Latin America?
Photo: WideAngleWandering | Flickr | Creative Commons American University professor Max Friedman’s new book* offers a refreshingly original account of the sources of “anti-Americanism” in international...
View ArticleU.S.-Honduras Counternarcotics Cooperation Stumbles
DEA Helicopter | by Andrew W. Sieber (Drewski2112) | Flickr | Creative Commons Four months after the launch of Operación Anvil, a joint U.S.-Honduran counternarcotics effort, cooperation has stumbled....
View ArticleHonduras: What is U.S. policy?
The sustained surge in crime and violence in Honduras – including more than 60 politically motivated murders in the past year – is raising doubts about the viability of the government and its...
View ArticleMercosur, Unasur Holding Firm on Democracy in Paraguay
Photo by Christian Van Der Henst S. via Flickr , http://www.flickr.com/photos/cvander/5215442086/ As Paraguay marked the one-month anniversary of the summary removal of President Lugo from office, the...
View ArticleEl Salvador’s “Constitutional Crisis”
Photo by: rosaamarilla via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/amccy/3395160591/ A months-long political feud over the Supreme Court in El Salvador has blossomed into what observers are calling a...
View ArticleParaguay Coup: Setback to Democracy Even if Technically Constitutional
Photo by: Juan Alberto Pérez Doldán, via http://www.flickr.com/photos/38384810@N02/3531158719/ President Fernando Lugo, struggling to consolidate power since taking office in 2008 in Paraguay’s...
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