articles tagged as “central+america”Last year the government adopted a "Special Law Against Acts of Terrorism," which gives police and judges leeway to clear the streets of demonstrators and imposes mandatory sentences of 60 years for what was once considered a freedom of expression
Guatemala could shut down its massive adoption industry
Rigoberta Menchú's presidental bid could turn the page on Guatemala's bloody past
U.S. immigration policy is putting kids in jail
Eduardo Galeano disdains borders, both in life and in literature. Exiled from his native Uruguay after the 1973… more
Latin America fights the battle of the bulge
On December 4, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called the opposition's eleventh-hour decision to withdraw from the country's congressional… more
Haitian dissidents find themselves the targets of massive repression
In the ’70s and ’80s, the banana companies Dole, Del Monte and Chiquita used a carcinogenic pesticide, Nemagon,… more
