Forests Under Fire
Colombia boasts a dizzying array of landscapes: from high Andean páramos to the tropical Amazon, from arid deserts to the ...
The Drug War is the New Jim Crow
Despite the growing public feeling that the drug war has failed, Attorney General John Ashcroft has declared that he wants ...
The Price of Success: Bolivia’s War Against Drugs and the Poor
For the first time in nearly half a century, Bolivia has been dropped from the list of major drug-producing countries ...
Raising the Stakes: Haiti Between Mayhem and Decertification
For the third consecutive year, the State Department has deemed that Haiti is failing to fully cooperate with the United ...
In the Grip of the Anaconda
If Plan Colombia is an anaconda trying to wrap its coils around Latin America, Ecuador is already in its grip: ...
It’s Not the Economy
It is regarded as axiomatic in certain circles that the purpose of U.S. foreign policy is to bolster the interests ...
Justice in the Gerardi Case: But Terror Continues
On June 8, 2001, a verdict was announced in the Bishop Juan Gerardi assassination case. The Bishop was bludgeoned to ...
Notes From the Fútbol Desk
On Monday June 25 Hernán Mejía Campuzano, first vice-president of the Colombian Soccer Federation (FCF), was kidnapped by FARC guerrillas ...
