J. Patrice McSherry

Will the people of Chile be able to shape their own destiny via a plebiscite? Two months before the scheduled ...

How Sebastián Piñera's right-wing government is undermining democratic institutions  ...

In spring 2009 explosive new documentation appeared of the George W. Bush administration’s authorization of harsh and degrading methods in ...

Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who requested the arrest of Pinochet while he was visiting a London clinic, is spearheading ...

BRASÍLIA—New investigations are being opened into Operation Condor, the shadowy military network of the Cold War era whose key members ...

BUENOS AIRES—The new administration of Fernando de la Rúa has taken several important steps to reduce the power of the ...

Despite the transitions from direct military rule in Latin America and the emergence of market democracies in nearly every country, ...

Militarizing the Home Front The new U.S. doctrine also poses dangers to civil liberties in the United States itself. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a January 1999 interview that drew little public attention, President Clinton stated that, as part of a major ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On July 23, a U.S. military surveillance plane crashed in Colombia with five U.S. soldiers and two Colombians aboard, ...

New evidence sheds light on links between the U.S. national security apparatus and Operation Condor, the shadowy Latin American military ...