Bush's Enterprise

Bush’s Enterprise

President Bush traveled across Latin America in December to promote his "Enterprise for the Americas Initiative," a proposal to eliminate ...
In Review

In Review

Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism by Gabriela Tarazona- Sevillano with John B. Reuter, Center for Strategic and International ...
Counterinsurgency = Impunity

Counterinsurgency = Impunity

THE WAR AGAINST SENDERO LUMINOSO HAS become synonymous with the systematic violation of human rights. About half of the nearly ...
GUATEMALA Why They Like Rios Montt

GUATEMALA Why They Like Rios Montt

"Horrendous," was the reaction from Americas Watch. "Lure of the Iron Fist," reported the Miami Herald. "The 900-pound gorilla of ...
Fatal Attraction: Peru's Shining Path

Fatal Attraction: Peru’s Shining Path

For the third year running, more people have been "disappeared" in Peru than anywhere else in the world. Ten years ...
Women at War

Women at War

In June of 1986, I meet with a leader of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP), the movement known as ...
TARGETING THE "REVISIONIST" LEFT

TARGETING THE “REVISIONIST” LEFT

IT WAS A FEW MINUTES BEFORE NOON ON APRIL 8, 1987 when a Senderista "annihilation commando" entered San Juan de ...
On the Record

On the Record

Killer Coca After failing for years to curb South America's coca leaf crops, U.S. offi- cials are weighing proposals by ...