During the government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010), Colombian courts defended their independence and the separation of power by holding the executive and the legislative branches accountable t

Today’s New York Times features an op-ed by sociologist Douglass

Last week the Salvadoran legislative assembly voted to repeal controversial Decree 743, which required the Constitution

Over the past two weeks, U.S.

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the Arizona state government’s latest anti-immigration ploy—to build its own border wall on private land, with money from private donors, using inmate labor.

About a week and a half ago, a group of activists and immigrants began a trek by car, bus, and train from various locations in Guatemala and Mexico’s southern border (with Guatemala and Belize) to

During the 1980s Colombian narcotraffickers fought ferociously against being extradited to the United States.

As left-leaning president Ollanta Humala takes office in Peru this week, he faces the formidable challenge of resolving the country’s growing conflicts over resource extraction—the Tags:

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