Latin America
El Salvadoran leader discusses battle to end corruption
October 6, 2016Lourdes Palacios has been touring the U.S. to spread word of her country’s intention to end government corruption.
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Argentina’s new government accepts U. S. military bases
June 16, 2016For U.S. military planners looking to Latin America, there's a new day. Argentine president Mauricio Macri is on board with U.S. foreign policy.
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Arrests in murder of Berta Caceres, but the struggle is not over
June 3, 2016U.S. continues to fund regional security forces in Honduras despite their complicity in murder of environmental activist Berta Caceres.
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The Bolivarian crisis: Is Latin America’s “pink tide” receding?
June 3, 2016Two hundred years after Simón Bolívar decreed slavery's end, the modern-day leftist movement named for him appears to be stalling across Latin America.
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Ex-dictator, others sentenced in Argentina for “Operation Condor” crimes
May 31, 2016A court in Buenos Aires convicted General Reynaldo Bignone and 14 other officers of crimes against humanity committed during the "Dirty War" of 1976-83.
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