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Peru is out of the emergency room, but the prognosis remains guarded

By Katya Salazar / December 4, 2020

The doctor's orders are now calling for investigations into cases of human rights violations committed during the citizen protests, the suspension of the ...
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El Perú salió de la sala de emergencias, pero mantiene un pronóstico reservado

By Katya Salazar / December 4, 2020

Las órdenes del médico ahora piden la investigación de los casos de violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante las protestas ciudadanas, la ...
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Why Peru’s soft coup failed

By Will Freeman / December 3, 2020

Notoriously weak political parties are fueling Peru’s chronic instability. But they also stopped Manuel Merino and his allies from uniting to hold onto power.
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Duque’s house of cards is shaking

By Sergio Guzmán & Katherin Galindo / September 10, 2020

The death of Javier Ordóñez in Colombia has sparked social unrest that reveals frustrations that go far beyond police brutality.
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An interview with Douglas Farah, President of IBI Consultants

April 23, 2020

Farah joins the podcast to speak on his recently published report for the William Perry Center on how the Bolivarian Alliance, led by the Nicolás Maduro ...
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Turmoil in the Western Hemisphere

By Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates / April 15, 2020

Taking advantage of the demonstrations that flared across Latin America at the end of 2019, outside actors worked to push legitimate social protest to ...
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Chile’s quest for constitutional reform: Risk or opportunity?

By Anders Beal / March 19, 2020

Chile’s plebiscite has been pushed to October 25 after concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. But as debate over reforming the country’s constitution ...
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Is Haiti Unraveling?

By Georges Fauriol / February 15, 2019

Popular protests are rocking Haiti’s government, and have included allegations of an assassination attempt against the president. Some see Venezuela’s ...
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The roots of the Nicaraguan crisis: Collective guilt

By Richard Feinberg / November 13, 2018

Whenever an authoritarian ruler succeeds in subverting democracy, the responsibility for the democratic backsliding must be more widely shared. Here’s why.
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Venezuela, Nicaragua… We should have seen it coming

By Christopher Sabatini / August 9, 2018

The political and human rights crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua were predictable. It may have been preventable too, if media, multilateral institutions ...
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