Trump’s “Shield of the Americas” and U.S. Extortion Diplomacy
March 9, 2026
The World in Focus A week after the treacherous joint military intervention by the United States and Israel in Iran, in the midst of […]
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Operation Honduras Whitewash
January 23, 2026
An illuminating interview between disgraced sex offender and former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz and Honduran Narco-Dictator Juan Orlando Hernández
Latin America and the Caribbean in Trump’s New National Security Strategy
December 12, 2025
The World in Focus | Analysis column The acts of aggression and interference in the Western Hemisphere since Donald Trump took office in January this year […]
In Urgent Times, Slow Rhythms, Experiments to Ritualize Hope
July 28, 2025
In urgent times, I will speak from a place of “we,” not to universalize my experience but to recover a sense of coexistence. In […]
Highway Heist in Honduras: How Corporations Fleece Regular People in Impoverished Countries
March 31, 2025
Extraordinary corporate privileges in U.S. foreign and trade policy are designed to help companies win even when their investments fail By Marcia Perdomo A […]
Once the US’s “Good Friend” in Honduras; Now on Trial for Drug Trafficking
February 14, 2024
The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández, once the seemingly untouchable and authoritarian president of Honduras, is officially set to begin on February 12 in New York.
El Salvador is reluctant to talk about abortion
December 22, 2023
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights analyzes the case of Beatriz, a young woman who was denied the possibility of terminating her pregnancy by […]
Good news in Honduras for International Women’s Day
March 16, 2023
Although we still have a long way to go and we continue to be one of the countries with the highest rates of femicide in the world, this is a step forward. We know that it can be a fragile achievement because we are surrounded by conservative and powerful forces, conditioned by the resources of the evangelical and Catholic churches to have control of women’s bodies. We know that and, as a feminist, I am alert to backlash because, as I said at the beginning, I’ve learned to be wary and not take good intentions for granted.
El Salvador registers human rights violations, suspension of freedoms under “state of exception”
March 8, 2023
The pro-government deputies approved in early January the tenth extension of martial law that allows the government, among other things, to hide information on public spending. The exception regime includes the suspension of the constitutional guarantees of Salvadorans and the use of the military in public security.
A Mining Lawsuit in Guatemala Shows How Trade Courts Put Big Corporations First
December 13, 2022
Nevada-based mining firm is suing Guatemala for more than $400 million, the first suit of its kind for the impoverished Central American country. The company contends that the Guatemalan government didn’t do enough to protect its investments in the country. But that’s news to my community and others who faced violent police repression when we nonviolently demonstrated to keep these mining operations from poisoning our health and water.