The recent murder of a woman refugee in Mexico sheds light on the violence experienced by women, undocumented migrants, and the economically disenfranchised.
Tag: americas
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Over a month after the president dissolved congress, some fundamental questions about the future of Peru’s institutions and its politics remain unanswered.
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A tricky question is how to conserve global public goods, such as forests, at a time when multilateral cooperation is waning.
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The transitional justice tribunal might have survived this first challenge, but it came out bruised, especially in the court of public opinion.
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A particularly worrisome aspect of President Iván Duque’s decision to try to undo key parts of the transitional justice system is the process of reintegrating FARC ex-combatants.
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Rather than turning up the temperature, governments should be working to de-escalate the crisis before Venezuela melts down entirely.
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While talk of citizens carrying weapons on the street to keep gun-toting criminals at bay is popular with the president’s supporters, it is incorrect. The implications of revoking gun laws are also potentially dangerous.
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President Morales’ moves against CICIG represented a significant turnabout for a politician who originally campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, praised CICIG early in his term, and renewed CICIG’s mandate earlier than necessary.
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As we sift through the burning embers of the presidential campaign, what are some of Jair Bolsonaro’s key foreign policy priorities?
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Felix Maradiaga, Executive Director the Managua-based Institute for Strategic Studies on Public Policy, discusses the current climate in Nicaragua and what has transpired in the country in recent months.
