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...
Civilians in Mexico and the United States have taken to the streets in recent weeks, protesting injustice and demanding reform On September 26th, 43 students from the rural training college of Ayotzinapa went missing after a confrontation with local ...
Civilians in Mexico and the United States have taken to the streets in recent weeks, protesting injustice and demanding reform On September 26th, 43 students from the rural training college of Ayotzinapa went missing after a confrontation with local ...
A new chapter of Mexican history began in 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón declared war against the country’s powerful drug cartels. Thousands of military troops were sent to the streets of Mexico’s border cities, where drug cartel ac...
A new chapter of Mexican history began in 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón declared war against the country’s powerful drug cartels. Thousands of military troops were sent to the streets of Mexico’s border cities, where drug cartel ac...
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced in 2009 by the Special Criminal Court of Peru’s Supreme Court to the maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity. The conviction marked the final chapter of Peru’s dec...
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced in 2009 by the Special Criminal Court of Peru’s Supreme Court to the maximum penalty of 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity. The conviction marked the final chapter of Peru’s dec...
More than 100 Brown students gathered at Foxboro Auditorium on Wednesday, November 19 to discuss the events and implications surrounding the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico. “#AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students” ...
More than 100 Brown students gathered at Foxboro Auditorium on Wednesday, November 19 to discuss the events and implications surrounding the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Mexico. “#AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students” ...
On Wednesday, November 19, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is hosting a teach-in on the recent disappearance of Mexican students. #AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students features postdoctoral fellow at the Watso...
On Wednesday, November 19, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is hosting a teach-in on the recent disappearance of Mexican students. #AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students features postdoctoral fellow at the Watso...
The decade long drug war has brought the Mexican military and judicial system eye to eye with the abyss. Corruption and brutality have become endemic in the Mexican government’s war on drugs, and sweeping legal reform has brought about little more ...
The decade long drug war has brought the Mexican military and judicial system eye to eye with the abyss. Corruption and brutality have become endemic in the Mexican government’s war on drugs, and sweeping legal reform has brought about little more ...
On his deathbed, Oscar Wilde is reputed to have quipped, “I am dying as I have lived — beyond my means.” This sense of gallows humor is no doubt one that strikes a nerve with Argentines everywhere as the country slips into default for the secon...
On his deathbed, Oscar Wilde is reputed to have quipped, “I am dying as I have lived — beyond my means.” This sense of gallows humor is no doubt one that strikes a nerve with Argentines everywhere as the country slips into default for the secon...
“Be careful, someone was killed here last month,” the cab driver said as he dropped us off at the entrance to Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro’s infamous favelas, “a foreigner who worked in some hostel.” We got out of the taxi and into a van ...
“Be careful, someone was killed here last month,” the cab driver said as he dropped us off at the entrance to Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro’s infamous favelas, “a foreigner who worked in some hostel.” We got out of the taxi and into a van ...
It has been three weeks since the disappearance of the 43 Mexican students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Starting with demonstrations on October 8th, civil society groups and the international community have demanded to know the whereabouts of the stude...
It has been three weeks since the disappearance of the 43 Mexican students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Starting with demonstrations on October 8th, civil society groups and the international community have demanded to know the whereabouts of the stude...
“La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.” -Salvador Allende September 11 is a date to be remembered for more than one tragic event. An obscure era of Chilean history began when, on September 11, 1973, military forces bombed the P...
“La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.” -Salvador Allende September 11 is a date to be remembered for more than one tragic event. An obscure era of Chilean history began when, on September 11, 1973, military forces bombed the P...
The obvious is treated discretely in Brazil: Two women are fighting head-to-head for the presidency, one black and one white, and yet race is not at the forefront of the debate. Compared to when when President Obama was running for the presidency, th...
The obvious is treated discretely in Brazil: Two women are fighting head-to-head for the presidency, one black and one white, and yet race is not at the forefront of the debate. Compared to when when President Obama was running for the presidency, th...
Magdaleno Rose-Ávila, a revered hero in many Latino communities, former CNN hero of the year and a tireless civil-rights activist, was once a gang member. His experiences in and eventual disengagement with gangs galvanized a desire to expand opportu...
Magdaleno Rose-Ávila, a revered hero in many Latino communities, former CNN hero of the year and a tireless civil-rights activist, was once a gang member. His experiences in and eventual disengagement with gangs galvanized a desire to expand opportu...