Central America Archives - Page 2 of 33

Central America

Long-term decarbonization strategies can guide Latin America’s sustainable recovery

By Graham Watkins / July 23, 2020

With the need to confront the short-term COVID-19 pandemic and long-term climate crisis, sustainable recovery strategies can help governments tackle both.
Read More

Conjunctures of the return of the iron fist in Central America

By José Manuel Cuevas / July 10, 2020

The Northern Triangle is one of the most violent subregions in the world. While the region’s leaders rose to power after promising to bring peace and ...
Read More

#CortesNoMafias: Guatemala’s Constitutional Court under attack

By Will Freeman / July 6, 2020

Last year, Guatemala suffered major setbacks in its anti-corruption efforts. Fresh attacks on the independence of the Constitutional Court may be the ...
Read More

The State of LGBT+ Rights in the Americas

June 30, 2020

Global Americans hosts a panel on LGBT+ rights in the Americas to discuss legal advancements, how the community is affected by COVID-19 and what more ...
Read More

Post COVID-19: A call for the right to the Latin American city

By Giulia Andronico De Morais Salles / June 30, 2020

Latin America has the unique opportunity to use the COVID-19 pandemic to reshape its cities into more equitable communities. How they do this will be ...
Read More

Honduras’ opposition needs to learn from its mistakes

By Lucas Perelló / June 4, 2020

With primary elections around the corner and general elections in November 2021, Honduras' opposition remains bitterly divided. Unless the main blocs ...
Read More

Latin America, Europe and the U.S. must stick together in weathering the COVID-19 storm

By Evan Ellis / May 28, 2020

Increased dependence on China by both Latin America and the European Union not only generates vulnerabilities for both regions, but also creates strategic ...
Read More

The corruption epidemic in the Guatemalan justice system

By Claudia Escobar Mejía / May 21, 2020

Guatemala’s magistrate selection mechanism has led to the politicization of its courts. The system is in desperate need of an update, or risk losing the ...
Read More

Presidential authoritarianism: A threat to the health of democracy

By Juan Carlos Sánchez / May 14, 2020

Throughout its history, El Salvador has had to fight authoritarian regimes more than once. President Nayib Bukele promised to be different, but his ...
Read More