Brianna Lee
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 06:36
Despite souring public opinion, impeachment remained at best a remote possibility, analysts have said. That tide, however, has steadily turned over the past few months.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 06:24
Anti-corruption protests have gripped Honduras and Guatemala in recent weeks. The mass movements are an extraordinary sight for two countries that have long been beset by legacies of civil war and soaring rates of violence, and protesters are trying hard to ensure that a crucial moment for change does not go to waste.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 06:35
The governments of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras reportedly are planning to pitch a $20 billion fund to boost their economies and curb the migration flows that overwhelmed the southern U.S. border last year.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:20
The Obama administration is facing increasing pressure over the detention of migrant mothers and children awaiting deportation hearings – a practice condemned by immigrant rights’ groups, Catholic bishops and dozens of congressional Democrats alike. But across the border, Mexico is also feeling the heat as the United Nations urged it this week to end its growing detentions of child migrants.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:17
In May alone, more than 411 people, an average of 21 a day, were murdered in El Salvador. Just two months ago, the murder rate surged to its highest level in a decade, with March, El Salvador’s deadliest month in 10 years, recording 481 homicides. Now the country is on track to break that record.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 07:13
El Salvador’s year is already looking to be a particularly violent one. After emerging from one of its deadliest months in a decade and a fatal shootout this weekend, the government announced it would set up a police battalion to “clean up” the gang problem.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 00:00
Julia E. Sweig, CFR's director of Latin American studies, says the Obama administration has prioritized domestic politics over foreign policy in its relationship with Cuba, even as Cuban President Raul Castro has been "moving in the direction of the