
An Anatomy of Violence in El Salvador
El Salvador, geographically the smallest and most densely populated nation in Latin America, is often described as one of the ...

Afro Reggae
If Brazils pulse were audible, it would be a drumbeat. Undoubtedly, music breathes life into so many hallmarks of the ...

Plan Petroleum in Putumayo
In December 2000, U.S.-trained counternarcotics battalions, U.S.-supplied Blackhawk helicopters and U.S.-piloted spray planes descended on Putumayo department to conduct Plan ...

The Odyssey of Salvadoran Asylum Seekers
Irma Martínez and her family were elated when they learned that, in 1997, the U.S. Congress had passed a law ...

El Salvador: ARENA Wins Elections
On March 22, after a bitterly contested presidential campaign that tapped into Salvadorans memories of the civil war, Tony Saca ...

Regime Change in Venezuela?
The Bush administrations regime change policies are creating, or exacerbating, instability in an increasing number of countries around the globe ...

Beyond Revolution: Nicaragua and El Salvador in a New Era
The July 1979 Sandinista victory in Nicaragua astonished the world. The triumph of the popular social revolution triggered a widespread ...

The New Right and the End of National Liberation
The political economies of Nicaragua and El Salvador, along with those of every other Central American country, are undergoing remarkable ...