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COHA Research: Partners Not Enemies
By Kimberly Bullard, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsAt the present time, President Obama is in Mexico dialoging with Enrique Peña Nieto. The U.S. Latino population is growing at a pace faster than all other groups, so every day the United States is becoming more Latin Americanized. Yet, the Obama administration has not even begun to develop a... -
![Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982- 1983) went on trial March 19, 2013, facing charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed against the Ixil people. This is the first genocide trial to take place in courts of the country where the crime actually occurred. [1] This challenge to...](http://www.coha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013_03_GENOCIDE_TRIAL_07.jpg "Genocide Never Again: General Rios Montt on Trial and the Abduction of Xinca Leaders in Santa Maria Xalapan")
Genocide Never Again: General Rios Montt on Trial and the Abduction of Xinca Leaders in Santa Maria Xalapan
By Annie Bird, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Co-Director of Rights Action on April 8, 2013 | 1 CommentFormer Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982- 1983) went on trial March 19, 2013, facing charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed against the Ixil people. This is the first genocide trial to take place in courts of the country where the crime actually occurred. [1] This challenge to... -
![On February 20, 2013, Rights Action Co-Director, Annie Bird, issued the most detailed report to date on “Human Rights Violations Attributed to Military Forces in the Bajo Aguán Valley in Honduras” (hereafter cited as the Bird Report). [1] The report’s findings remove ambiguities that may have given those who have chosen...](http://www.coha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/people-holding-pics-of-victims-photo-11.jpg "Honduran Death Squads Murder Peasants in the Bajo Aguán Valley: Reflections on the Bird Report")
Honduran Death Squads Murder Peasants in the Bajo Aguán Valley: Reflections on the Bird Report
By Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 6, 2013 | 1 CommentOn February 20, 2013, Rights Action Co-Director, Annie Bird, issued the most detailed report to date on “Human Rights Violations Attributed to Military Forces in the Bajo Aguán Valley in Honduras” (hereafter cited as the Bird Report). [1] The report’s findings remove ambiguities that may have given those who have chosen... -
WRH Archives: Responsabilidade ao proteger: Brazil’s Attempts to Reform International Order
By Alec Lee, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsThis article first appeared in the Council on Hemispheric Affairs biweekly publication, Washington Report on the Hemisphere (WRH). For more information or to receive a sample issue of the WRH, please email our subscription manager at coha@coha.org. In her return to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly in September, Dilma... -
Honduras Police Massacre Comes Amid Languishing Push for Reform
By Hannah Stone, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on November 13, 2012 | No CommentsHonduras’s murderous opéra bouffe police force and America’s democratic aspirant likely to continue embarrassing Washington. A Honduran policeman shot dead five fellow officers, which police commanders said would only spur on a controversial reform process meant to purge the force of corrupt elements. On Monday afternoon, a police officer in... -
The Northern Triangle’s Population: Citizens Caught in Crossfire
By Gene Bolton, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on October 19, 2012 | 12 CommentsThe ambiguity between the role of military forces and the police is a growing concern in Central America’s Northern Triangle countries, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In all three countries, underpaid, outmanned, outgunned, and ill-trained police forces are forced to solicit assistance from the military. Most international attention on these...