U.S. Praise for Peru’s Economy Misses the Mark
The Peruvian economy has been enjoying something of a heyday lately, basking in the glow of the mainstream media. Currently ...
Dubious Progress in Bolivia-U.S. Reconciliation
At a June 5 meeting of coca farmers in Cochabamba, Bolivian president Evo Morales threatened to expel USAID from Bolivia, ...
Coca-Cola Sued for ‘Campaign of Violence’ in Guatemala
On February 25, José Armando Palacios and José Alberto Vicente Chávez, along with their families, filed a lawsuit against the ...
Salvadoran Anti-Mining Activists Risk Their Lives by Taking On ‘Free Trade’
For residents of El Salvador's northern department of Cabañas, 2009 was a year fraught with political high drama that reached ...
Rody Alvarado Peña and Guatemala’s Lingering War
Who is Rody Alvarado Peña? For much of the 1980s and early 1990s, she was one of Guatemala's thousands of ...
The Zetas and the Kaibiles: A Mexican Hit Squad Reconnects With Its Guatemalan Trainers
As Mexico's bloody crackdown on drug trafficking continues, Guatemala's physical location and recent military ties to Mexico make it an ...
Spain Steps Down: Universal Jurisdiction and the Guatemalan Genocide Cases
The announcement on June 25 that Spain will begin to limit its application of universal jurisdiction garnered no more than ...
Abuses in Peru’s Escalating Fight Against Rebels
A smoldering conflict between the Peruvian army and remnants of the Shining Path guerrilla group has escalated with the government's ...
A Shining Path Resurgence?
The Peruvian government and international media reports say that the Shining Path guerrilla group is in the process of staging ...
Landmark Developments in Guatemalan Human Rights
Human rights activist in Guatemala continually come up against the country's stubborn structures of impunity, but recent events have renewed ...