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El Salvador recognizes the PRC: Confrontation on the FMLN’s way out the door

Evan Ellis | August 21, 2018

El Salvador’s change will likely contribute to the sense of urgency of the remaining states that recognize Taiwan to follow the Salvadoran example and ...
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Violence in Central America: Do no harm, Mr. Trump

Kevin Casas-Zamora | January 31, 2018

Crime and violence in the Northern Triangle is a regional issue that requires a collective response to the structural factors driving it: weak state ...
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Why Is Latin America the Most Dangerous Region in the World for Women?

Jimena Galindo | July 28, 2017

On the surface, Latin America may look like an exception to rising gender-based violence and femicide around the world, given the region’s ratification of ...
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Trade in services: Central America’s big opportunity?

Javier Gutiérrez | February 3, 2017

While global trade in services is booming, most Latin American countries continue to export basic goods. Here’s what Panama and Costa Rica did to catch ...
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Can demographics and policy reform help Central America’s creative industries?

Javier Gutiérrez | August 30, 2016

Against grim economic news in Latin America, Central America is expected to grow by 4.3 percent this year. But that won't be enough. Here's how the region ...
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Will Zika change the region’s attitudes toward abortion?

July 7, 2016

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 ...
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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 gang challenge in El Salvador: Worse than you thought

Evan Ellis | December 17, 2015

In August 2015, El Salvador registered its bloodiest month since its 1980-1992 civil war. There were 907 murders, including 52 in a single day on August ...
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Violence, self censorship and culture

Rick Rockwell | June 25, 2015

This past May, El Salvador suffered its highest murder rate since the end of the country’s civil war 23 years ago. But this grisly flash of news—what ...
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