Typical: The Economist Fails Caribbean History

Typical: The Economist Fails Caribbean History

This August will mark the 50th anniversary of independence of Jamaica and Trinidad, but will also signal the 50th anniversary ...
Two Murders in Veracruz, Mexico

Two Murders in Veracruz, Mexico

Narco violence gets most of the headlines in Mexico, but state violence continues to be just as deadly, and the ...
World Press Freedom Day: An Opportunity to Ignore Honduras

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 ...
Echoing the State: The New York Times on Honduras

Echoing the State: The New York Times on Honduras

It's obvious that the U.S. government has set the agenda for The New York Times’ coverage of Honduras. As a ...
CNN: The Latest Outlet for Roger Noriega’s Paranoid Speculations

CNN: The Latest Outlet for Roger Noriega’s Paranoid Speculations

Noriega’s buffoonish commentary in CNN would be more amusing if not for his hands-on experience in crafting devastating U.S. policies ...
The Washington Post’s Flimsy Critique of Argentina

The Washington Post’s Flimsy Critique of Argentina

On April 19, The Washington Post’s editorial board published a cartoonishly hysterical rant titled “Argentina’s president rejects stepping into the future,” in ...
A Tale of Two Voyages and the Global Color Line

A Tale of Two Voyages and the Global Color Line

A recent tragedy in the waters separating the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico led to dozens of migrant fatalities. In ...
Drug War Delirium

Drug War Delirium

Over the past two weeks, U.S. media airways have been dominated by the sad spectacle of elected representatives’ refusal to ...