Latin American Resilience
No matter what comes to mind when you think of Latin America, “Resilience,” the photography exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes, will challenge long-held concepts, ideas and stereotypes of this vast and diverse region.
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Latin American Reslilience
No matter what comes to mind when you think of Latin America, “Resilience,” the photography exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes, will challenge long-held concepts, ideas and stereotypes of this vast and diverse region.
Some Sanity Creeps into the Drug War
By any measure, the military approach to countering a demand-driven cocaine trade has been a complete failure.
Brown-bag Discussion: Roberto Zamora
Roberto Zamora, the attorney who successfully fought for the adoption of peace as a human right in Costa Rican law, will be in Washington, D.C. to meet with members of the Human Rights Commission of the Organization of the American States (OAS) regarding his petition questioning the constitutionality of the free trade agreement, CAFTA.
How About We Call It Quits On Empire?
In the end, some empires are defeated militarily, while others just sort of whimper away in decay.
Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection
There is growing evidence that the United States was more than a bit player in the Honduran coup, writes columnist Conn Hallinan.
Electoral Hypocrisy in Latin America
When it comes to changing term limits on Latin American presidents, U.S. lawmakers and pundits are applying a double standard–at least in Honduras and Colombia.
Hypocrisy and the Honduran Coup
The United States needs to stop supporting coups — of all political stripes — and start supporting actual democracy.
School of Coups
The Honduran coup highlights why the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, which replaced the School of the Americas, must be scrapped.
Revamping Plan Colombia
Bogotá and Washington are negotiating an agreement for five military bases in Colombia that would escalate the U.S. military’s presence in the region.
Time to Clamp Down on Vulture Funds
Congress must make it illegal for private investment firms and hedge funds to prey on poor countries.
Behind the Honduran Coup
It’s a mistake to understand Honduras (or Latin America more generally) as driven by Cold War style conflicts between a pro-U.S. bloc and a pro-Chávez bloc.
Is The War On Drugs Coming to An End?
Tipping points are easy to identify in retrospect, but much more difficult to predict in advance. What prospects does an Obama administration pose for the disastrous war on drugs? Using a multimedia presentation, IPS Fellow Sanho Tree will examine the confluence of factors that could spark a change in the political consensus supporting the drug war as well as the obstacles to change. Sanho returned from Colombia in March, 2009.
Space is limited so please pre-register!
Words and Deeds in Trinidad
President Obama charted a new direction for U.S. policy toward Latin America. Now it’s time for him and his allies to make good on the promise.