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Nic Wirtz

Climate change and migration in Mexico: Fifth in our series

Nic Wirtz | October 16, 2017

Climate change is driving an increasing number of Latin Americans northwards toward Mexico and to the United States.
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Guatemala Congress exonerates President Morales, offers blanket amnesty

Nic Wirtz | September 14, 2017

In short order the Guatemalan Congress passed a series of laws to protect criminals, including the president and his family. While some political leaders ...
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Chronicle of a Guatemalan Crisis Foretold

Nic Wirtz | September 1, 2017

Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales is in the midst of a crisis of his own making. Will he relent, or dig in and plunge the troubled country further into crisis?
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