Honduras: President Hernández’s Mission
By Fulton Armstrong Photo credit: Public domain Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who last month passed the half-way point in his four-year term, has scored some important political gains,...
View ArticleTim Kaine: Boon for Latin America Policy?
By Tom Long* Photo Credit: Disney | ABC Television Group / Flickr / Creative Commons U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s vice-presidential nominee, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, may help her...
View ArticleAs Mexico “Absorbs” Central American Refugees, Record Numbers Reach the U.S.
By Dennis Stinchcomb The meeting of world leaders that President Obama convened on Tuesday to rally support for refugee resettlement and inclusion across the globe was good diplomacy but contradicts...
View Article2017: Happy New Year in Latin America?
By Eric Hershberg and Fulton Armstrong Brazilian President Michel Temer surrounded by members of his party in mid-2016. His government will continue to face questions of legitimacy in 2017. / Valter...
View ArticleDeciding Asylum: Challenges Remain As Claims Soar
By Dennis Stinchcomb and Eric Hershberg Graphic credit: Nadwa Mossaad / Figure 3, “Refugees and Asylees 2015” / Annual Flow Report, November 2016 / Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of...
View ArticleGuatemala: Are Governments Missing the Story on Homicides?
By Steven Dudley* The special forces of the Guatemalan National Civilian Police (PNC). / Danilojramirez / Wikimedia Commons A study of hundreds of homicides in Guatemala revealed major problems with...
View ArticleU.S. Immigration Policy: New Obstacles to Asylum
By Jayesh Rathod* U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. / Glenn Fawcett / U.S. Customs and Border Patrol / Flickr / Creative Commons The Trump administration’s decision to reverse established U.S....
View ArticleU.S.-Central America-Mexico: Migrant Caravan Shaking up Relations
By Fulton Armstrong Honduran migrants meet with Mexican police in Chiapas. / Pedro Pardo / AFP Photo / Creative Commons The underlying drivers of Central American migration remain the same as always –...
View ArticleGuatemala: Mortal Doubt and Transnational Gangs
By Anthony W. Fontes* Family members of slain gang member at his gravesite (Guatemala, 2005) / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Central America’s maras, or transnational gangs, are symptoms of...
View ArticleChallenges to “Safe Country” Strategy in Central America Mounting
By Fulton Armstrong Processing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry/ U.S. Customs and Border Protection/ Flickr/ U.S. Government Works Challenges to the U.S. government’s “Asylum Cooperation Agreements”...
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