Imperfect Justice in Guatemala
A national court has found that the Guatemalan army committed genocide. But it has also found Rodríguez Sánchez, Ríos Montt's ...
A Deal with the Devil: The Fujimori Pardon
Peruvian President Kuczynski's humanitarian pardon for Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights violations, was a ...
Guatemalan Genocide Trial Set to Resume Amid Amnesty Battles
Under pressure from entrenched economic and military interests, Guatemala's Constitutional Court undid its historic genocide ruling in 2013. The trial ...
The Torture Report: Latin America’s Lessons for the United States
The Senate report on torture obligates the United States to prosecute those who sanctioned its use. Latin America's efforts can ...
Historic Verdict in Guatemalas Genocide Case Overturned by Forces of Impunity
On May 10, 2013, before a packed courtroom, a Guatemalan court declared that it had found former de-facto president ...
Historic Verdict in Guatemala’s Genocide Case Overturned by Forces of Impunity
On May 10, 2013, before a packed courtroom, a Guatemalan court declared that it had found former de-facto president ...
Historic Verdict in Guatemala’s Genocide Case Overturned by Forces of Impunity
On May 10, 2013, before a packed courtroom, a Guatemalan court declared that it had found former de-facto president General ...
Fujimori on Trial
"In 1990, I received the country on the verge of collapse, overwhelmed by hyperinflation and terrorism, Alberto Fujimori shouted defiantly ...
Integrity in Journalism
Angel Páez, this years winner of the Samuel Chavkin Prize for Integrity in Latin American Journalism, is no stranger to ...
Martín Pumar: Community activist, Peru
What is Casa Alternativa Joven? bout four years ago, a group of young people who were involved in community youth ...
Does “Dialogue” Mean “Impunity” in Chile?
Carmen Vivanco is 83 years old. She looks fragile and timid at first glance, but after a few minutes of ...
Storm Over Columbia
In July 1997, the paramilitary group known as the United Self-Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) went on a grisly killing ...
