Latin America
Argentina’s new government accepts U. S. military bases
June 16, 2016For U.S. military planners looking to Latin America, there's a new day. Argentine president Mauricio Macri is on board with U.S. foreign policy.
Read moreArrests in murder of Berta Caceres, but the struggle is not over
June 3, 2016U.S. continues to fund regional security forces in Honduras despite their complicity in murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres.
Read moreThe Bolivarian crisis: Is Latin America’s “pink tide” receding?
June 3, 2016Two hundred years after Simón Bolívar decreed slavery's end, the modern-day leftist movement named for him appears to be stalling across Latin America.
Read moreEx-dictator, others sentenced in Argentina for “Operation Condor” crimes
May 31, 2016A court in Buenos Aires convicted General Reynaldo Bignone and 14 other officers of crimes against humanity committed during the "Dirty War" of 1976-83.
Read morePanama Papers and Latin America: The elephant in the room
April 11, 2016In the latest development in the Panama Papers drama, police in San Salvador raided the offices of the law firm of Mossack Fonseca, one of the main players in the scandal.
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