Monday, January 16th marked the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Salvadoran peace accords. FMLN President Mauricio Funes commemorated the occasion by asking the families of victims for forgiveness for the massacre of El Mozote—an unspeakably atrocious event of …
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The drug war in Mexico grows more brutal daily. It is practically impossible to read news from that country without exposure to a myriad of literal rolling heads, mass graves, shootouts, and grisly abductions. While addressing the Council on Foreign …
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The OAS at times has been a useful forum for discussing and resolving conflicts related to Ecuador, a country that just played host to visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad. As of now, Ecuador’s government has voiced increasingly rambunctious criticism of the …
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The high cost of public education combined with a deterioration in quality, two such consequences of the reforms being introduced to privatize education incited opposition in various Latin American states during 2011, particularly in Chile and Colombia. The regressive atmosphere …
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This inquiry focuses on the internet in Brazil; it is meant to continue and expand upon an article previously published by the author that discusses the role of the internet in Latin America, particularly how it affects Brazil, which can …
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