A New Day in El Salvador: The FMLN Victory and the Road Ahead

Newly elected Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes inherited a country that is not only facing the worst economic crisis in its

I go, to be burned in the sky by the sunlight . . . / hoarse from shouting that I

After the indigenous uprising in Peru’s Amazon region in June, the country is in many ways fundamentally changed. For the

Anyone who followed Salvadoran politics over the last few decades with a view toward social justice was rewarded with a

As we go to press, deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is hunkered down in the Brazilian embassy and the coup-installed

In spring 2009 explosive new documentation appeared of the George W. Bush administration’s authorization of harsh and degrading methods in

In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 15, 2009, about 500 volunteers for the Farabundo Martí Front for National

Since the June 28 military coup in Honduras, in which President Manuel Zelaya was deposed, U.S. news reporting has been

Sixteen-year-old daniel stands at about four feet, eight inches in his faded school uniform, his bony arms exposed. His body

The March election of former journalist Mauricio Funes to the presidency of El Salvador marks a watershed moment for Central

The new president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, assumed office in June under a very challenging set of economic circumstances.

What took place in the wee hours of June 28 thrust Central America into a nightmare. The military coup d’etat