Despite relatively better human rights records and environmental protection policies, Latin America and the Caribbean lead the world in murders of ... Read More
Civil society organizations thrive in healthy democracies, but their role as watchdogs of governments and "gap-fillers" providing where the government is ... Read More
The Zika virus has raised the issue of abortion in Latin America, where a number of countries such as El Salvador, Nicaragua and Chile restrict the right ... Read More
It didn’t seem like much at first—the vote to approve the agenda at June 23 meeting of the OAS Permanent Council. But behind the scenes, Venezuela had ... Read More
In addition to bringing in an all-white male cabinet, Brazilian interim president Michel Temer has made his priorities clear as he downgrades the ... Read More
One thing in Venezuela is definitely not in short supply: presidential rhetoric. In fact, while the economy veers toward 700 percent currency inflation, ... Read More
In Managua to conduct research on the planned Nicaraguan pan-isthmian canal, our regular contributor, R. Evan Ellis, was unceremoniously shown the exit ... Read More
Mexico is a strong, vocal advocate for human rights in international forums. But not so much when it comes to accepting international oversight and action ... Read More
With massive food shortages and many citizens not finding enough to eat, more and more Venezuelans are surviving on the country’s bounty of tropical ... Read More
Según Fundamedios, “en las redacciones de los diarios ya no son los periodistas los que deciden los contenidos, las decisiones las toman los abogados de ... Read More