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The new offensive against gangs in El Salvador

Evan Ellis | May 2, 2016

The government of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén has launched a new, expansive (and expensive) anti-crime package targeting gang leaders, reforming ...
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The healthy roots of corruption anger in Latin America

Kevin Casas-Zamora and Miguel Carter | April 6, 2016

With corruption scandals, popular protests and the revelations in the Panama Papers, it’s easy to think that corruption in Latin America has suddenly ...
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Colombia: Preparing for the “post-agreement,” not the “post-conflict”

Evan Ellis | March 15, 2016

Conversations with Colombian security officials reveal concerns that Colombia’s peace agreement, if approved and implemented, may in the short term lead ...
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Political crimes and amnesty: Getting to peace and reconciliation in Colombia

Gustavo Alvira Gomez | March 7, 2016

With less than a month before the deadline to sign the peace accord, the government must do a better job of promoting the agreement and refuting its ...
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A Turning Point in Argentina’s Alberto Nisman Case?

Natasha Zaretsky | February 25, 2016

For the first time a judicial official has affirmed what many suspected: Alberto Nisman was murdered.
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Colombia’s Hope for Peace

Stephanie White | February 14, 2016

The peace deal with the FARC is not an automatic remedy for the consequences and collateral damage of Colombia’s violent past, but failure to approve it ...
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Toward a modern security policy in the Western Hemisphere

Brian Fonseca & G. Alexander Crowther | February 4, 2016

U.S. security policy is not providing security for most of Latin America's citizens. U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere should be based on the common ...
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Peace in Colombia? Lessons from the failed 1999-2002 talks

Tom Long | December 16, 2015

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is not the only president to have wagered his legacy on the possibility of peace. But securing both his legacy and ...
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Equal treatment and discrimination across the region

December 11, 2015

This week's stats shot measures equal protection of laws and lack of discrimination across the region. Equal treatment does not improve with increasing ...
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The logistics of ending Colombia’s war with the FARC

Gustavo Alvira Gomez | November 19, 2015

As the deadline looms, the logistics of the ceasefire in Colombia remain controversial. If the parties are committed to ending hostilities before the ...
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