In 2015, El Salvador presided as the “murder capital of the world” with the highest number of homicides per capita; today, it is one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a homicide rate lower than that of the United States. Over the pas...
Comuna 13, one of 16 administrative areas in Medellín, Colombia, was once considered among the most dangerous areas in the world for its notorious drug trafficking, paramilitary organizations, and gang violence. Today, it attracts 25,000 visitors ea...
Matthew Cleary is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, recognized in 2024 as the nation’s top institution for Public Affairs by US News. Specializing in Latin Ame...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...