March 20, 2017
Nicaragua was an international cause célèbre in the 1980s. Activist and intellectuals from around the world visited and wrote about this...
Conversations
January 19, 2016
The genocide retrial of former Guatemalan strongman José Efraín Rios Montt, a process which has been plagued by interruptions and delays...
blog
January 11, 2016
In Guatemala today, the trial of the former general and dictator, José Efraín Rios Montt, is scheduled to begin again after nearly six...
Opinion
October 30, 2015
Nearly two months after his surprising victory in the first round of Guatemala’s presidential elections, Jimmy Morales, a comedian-turned-...
Opinion
September 21, 2015
Just days after jubilantly celebrating the resignation and arrest of its former president, retired general Otto Perez Molina, approximately...
Opinion
September 5, 2015
Guatemalans head to the polls today to elect a president and vice president, 158 members of Congress, 333 mayors and municipal councils,...
blog
July 25, 2015
Efforts at bringing Efraín Ríos Montt to justice for war crimes in Guatemala suffered another delay this week. The former dictator and war...
Opinion
January 12, 2015
A team representing the private consulting firm of Rudolph Giuliani will arrive in El Salvador this coming weekend to advise local leaders...
blog
January 5, 2015
What appeared to be some good news out of Guatemala today took a disappointing turn this afternoon. The retrial of former army general and...