Getting Personal: Cuéllar and the ILEA

Getting Personal: Cuéllar and the ILEA

To the editors: We, the undersigned, write to express serious concerns about the article “Another­ SOA? A U.S. Police Academy ...
Colombia: AIDS in the Time of War

Colombia: AIDS in the Time of War

A few months before Myrian Cossio’s 20th birthday, in San José del Guaviare, a bustling frontier town deep in Colombia’s ...
A Cautious Hope: HIV/AIDS in Latin America

A Cautious Hope: HIV/AIDS in Latin America

As the HIV/AIDS pandemic enters its third decade in Latin America, not all the news is bad. Large public investments ...
Reading Bolivia in the U.S. Press

Reading Bolivia in the U.S. Press

If one reads the mainstream U.S. press to understand recent events in Bolivia, the following composite story emerges: Bolivia is ...
A Case for Guarded Optimism: HIV/AIDS in Latin America

A Case for Guarded Optimism: HIV/AIDS in Latin America

In 2004 I interviewed Eva, a transgender former prostitute in Oaxaca, Mexico. She was an attractive 28-year-old with long brunette ...
Five Years Later: Judging Bush’s AIDS Initiative

Five Years Later: Judging Bush’s AIDS Initiative

In January 2003, President George W. Bush announced his plan to ask Congress for $15 billion to fight the global ...
Outsourcing the Iraq War: Mercenary Recruiters Turn to Latin America

Outsourcing the Iraq War: Mercenary Recruiters Turn to Latin America

In October, Erik Prince, the 39-year-old CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, a leading private security company operating in Iraq, went into ...
A New Era for Paraguay

A New Era for Paraguay

Paraguay finally put an end to 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party, formerly the world’s longest-serving party in ...