Jeremy Kryt
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 06:52
The half-tragic, half-farcical nature of the drug war also makes it tough to (reasonably) justify the $2.5 billion in military aid that Washington has blindly thrown at Mexico since 2008, as part of what’s called the Merida Initiative.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 00:00
Santos's cozy relationship with the Obama administration has a growing chorus of critics crying foul over the way the Colombian armed forces have been using all the high-tech toys and funding they've been getting from Uncle Sam.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 00:00
The absence of either peace or victory has caused support for the talks to wane among average Colombians, who don’t see their own interests represented by either side in Havana
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 00:00
Honduras is the new front line of the DEA's interdiction efforts-and a growing number of civilian lives are being claimed by the chaos.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 00:00
Checkpoints manned by troops armed with U.S.-produced machine guns and led by U.S.-trained officers are once again a common sight in the streets.
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 00:00
During the last year, 35 peasants from the Aguan region have been killed by paramilitaries and private security contractors working for corporations like Grupo Dinant, say peasant groups.
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 00:00
Recently leaked cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, offer evidence that the State Department was, in at least one instance, also misleading the American people.
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 00:00
Experts say the extreme political repression precluded the construction of a participatory constitution - and that problem doesn't seem to have gone away.
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 00:00
New Honduran president's legitimacy questioned as 'one-sided civil war' deepens human rights crisis, national bankruptcy declared.
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
Photos of Honduras in crisis, all taken since President Mel Zelaya was ousted from power by a military coup last June