Americas Quarterly
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
Guatemala, long one of the hemisphere's darkest dens of impunity, has taken important steps in the right direction. Meanwhile, Honduran leaders have shown that, when it comes to justice, they are happy to flout internationally-accepted norms.
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 00:00
For President Uribe to meet the deadline, he has to overcome some hurdles that many believe are practically insurmountable.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 00:00
In a recent 15-day span, nine people have been lynched here by citizens who chose to take justice into their own hands
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 00:00
Tough issues that require leadership are set aside in the name of solidarity and playing nice, or with the short-term goal of scoring a few cheap shots against the U.S.
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 00:00
On strategic, foreign policy, counter-narcotics, and economic grounds, the deal appeared to be a no-brainer for the United States to conclude. It still does. Unfortunately, that's not how many policy and interest group advocates see it, raising one obje
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 00:00
There is something sad and cold and detached to that "action" approach to journalism that frames the story as a way to generate readership and higher ratings
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 00:00
Just south of Honduras, in Nicaragua, another constitutional crisis is brewing over re-election. And while attention is focused on Honduras, many of the actors that stood on the sidelines leading up to the June 28 coup in Honduras are standing on the sid
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 00:00
Honduras' soccer win in San Salvador on October 14, guaranteeing a World Cup berth for the Catrachos in South Africa in 2010, has potentially muddled negotiations to resolve the political crisis that erupted on June 28.
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 00:00
Honduras' soccer win in San Salvador on October 14, guaranteeing a World Cup berth for the Catrachos in South Africa in 2010, has potentially muddled negotiations to resolve the political crisis that erupted on June 28.
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 00:00
And, against the odds, a political resolution may be on its way. In recent days, the Guaymuras Dialogue has brought relative calm to the political crisis. Progress has remained frustratingly slow, but each team seems to have brought a welcome dose of matu