Yesterday, Honduras' El Heraldo published an article about 25 Honduran police officers who are currently in the United States for training on prison management. According to the article, the training will help keep "improvisation, flexibility, incompetence and corruption" out of Honduras' new maximum-security prison. The seven-week long training includes topics such as the proper handling of inmates, acceptable police conduct, and measures to be taken with prisoners to avoid danger. Below is a translation of the article, thanks to...
Last week, the Pentagon submitted a report to Congress on Iran's military power. This "12-page analysis of Tehran's current and future military strategy" made little mention of Latin America. However, the few sentences that did mention Latin America have been the subject of many...
Toward the end of March, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wrote a letter to Uruguay's President José Mujica, asking him to follow Costa Rica's example and abolish Uruguay's military (Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948). President Arias made the same plea during his remarks on channel NTN24. "Why does Uruguay need an army? Who is...
The International Committee of the Red Cross released its annual report on Colombia this week in which it concludes that while "fighting has become less intense around densely populated areas of the country ... For certain rural communities, ... it is a different story." The report also warns that the victims of...
Adam and Abigail discuss political unrest in Nicaragua, Colombia's election campaign, a bill to regulate military crimefighting in Mexico, and the recent visits of U.S. officials to the region.
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By the end of this month, Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom must choose a new Attorney General. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, made a brief statement to the Senate about the significance President Colom's decision will have for human rights and justice in Guatemala. "This may be among the most important decisions he makes this year, at a time when drug trafficking and other...