The Military’s Human Rights Record and the Peace Process in Colombia
The peace process in Colombia faces several challenges. One of which is a recalcitrant military institution preoccupied about its future—considering ...
Your Local Police Officer in Northern Washington State: A U.S. Border Patrol Agent
Small towns and cities in Washington State may seem like unlikely places for abuses by the Border Patrol, but that ...
World Press Freedom Day: An Opportunity to Ignore Honduras
On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the U.S. government condemned a litany of countries for the dangerous conditions in ...
Recognizing—and Assisting—the Victims in Mexico
Mexico’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies unanimous approval of a law to alleviate the damage and suffering experienced by victims ...
If at First You Don’t Succeed… The United States Renews its Pursuit of Aristide
While a miscarriage of justice over the trial of Jean Claude Duvalier is currently occurring in Haiti, the United States ...
A Dangerous Precedent: Why Haiti Must Try Jean Claude Duvalier for Human Rights Abuses
The recent announcement that former Haitian dictator Jean Claude Duvalier will stand trial for corruption charges related to his embezzling ...
Ex-President Zedillo Faces Charges for Overseeing State Violence in Mexico
This past September 19, in a federal civil court in Hartford, Connecticut, former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo—now a resident of ...
Impunity Still Rules in Mexico: A Few More Deaths Foretold
Criminality and corrupt authoritarian politics have a tendency to blend, especially when large sums of money are available to grant ...
