Last year, a journalist in Cancun–a Mayan word for “nest of serpents”–uncovered and wrote about an international ring of pedophilia. The leader, Jean Succar, was subsequently arrested and is in jail in the state of Arizona, awaiting extradition.
Like other mothers, Patricia Cervantes has heard the promises sung like empty lyrics by a chorus of presidents, governors, and law enforcement authorities. Their reassuring words vow to end impunity and find justice for the…
By Tom Barry, Salih Booker, Laura Carlsen, Marie Dennis, and John Gershman What in the world are we doing? Seldom, if ever, has U.S. foreign policy been as confusing or as divisive as it is…
Nicaragua’s population policy has been set out in two documents prepared by two successive governments. The first of these two documents, the “national population policy” was issued in September 1996, toward the end of Violeta Chamorro’s government. Jointly prepared by UN agencies and various government ministries, the population itself was not consulted in designing the policy.
Allegations of bungled investigations deepen, and Mexico re-invites the FBI onboard Activists See Mixed Signals as Juárez Murder Cases Go to OAS by Kent Paterson | October 21, 2002 Mixed reactions greeted Chihuahua Gov. Patricio Martínez”s…
Key Points The Bush administration describes its Andean strategy as a “three-legged stool” of eradication, military assistance, and alternative development, but military aid is by far the largest leg. U.S. assistance to Colombia and other…
a n a l y s i s Uncertainty and Growth in Mexico’s Maquiladora Sector by James Gerber | March 2001 The past year has witnessed a number of developments affecting Mexico’s maquiladora industry, such…