Final count is 39 dead after the most recent of Brazil’s frequent prison riots. As in many other arenas, President Lula da Silva has offered strong rhetoric but precious little action regarding crime reduction, an area in which there has …
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Giving Haitian Self-Rule a Bad Name
The euphemistically named “interim government” in Haiti is in fact flagrantly unconstitutional and not even remotely legitimate; rather, it represents de facto rule, distinguished primarily by its U.S. authorship. This condition exposes its major flaw: the current government has no …
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Another Failed Washington Regime Change: Haiti’s Caricature of Democratic Governance
On Sunday, June 20, a U.N. peacekeeping mission led by Brazil will take over command authority in Haiti from U.S. forces, which have witnessed an alarming deterioration of the political and economic situation on the island in recent weeks. The …
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Dissenting on Reagan on Latin America
Iran-contra debacle was only one of Reagan’s major flaws regarding Latin America. The Reagan White House showed far more interest in narrowly defined national security concerns than authentic democratization, social justice and anti-poverty efforts. His strategy towards Panama, Grenada, Argentina, …
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Whatever Happened to Lori Berenson, President Toledo’s Trophy Prisoner?
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (CIDH) impending decision could be Berenson’s last chance for freedom. Peru’s legal system faces international scrutiny at the highest judicial level of the OAS. Egregious injustices facilitated by Fujimori’s anti-terrorist decree-laws serve as a …
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