Latin America
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Alberto Nisman, the Argentine federal prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner last week of a cover-up connected to the country’s worst-ever terrorist attack, has been found shot dead in the bathroom of his home in Buenos Aires. According to the Daily Beast, “Ten members of the Argentine Federal Police force had been assigned to him as bodyguards,…
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On December 17, 2014, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said that Cuba “based on its own assessment and the urging of the United States, did release more than 50 political prisoners.” “These were names that were provided by the US government,” Earnest said, later clarifying that some of the prisoners had either already been released or were to…
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On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed nearly a quarter million people in Haiti, protesters demanding the resignation of President Michel Martelly were reportedly shot at with water hoses and tear gas by police. Similar protests have been occurring for months as the country’s latest political crisis has continued to escalate. Now, on…
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Despite more than $1.2 billion in U.S. assistance since 2008, perceptions of citizen security in Central America have continued to decline and rates of violent crime have continued to rise, contributing to large numbers of children and families fleeing for the United States in recent years. In light of the worsening situation in Central America,…
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In spite of widely acknowledged and rampant corruption in Mexico’s security and law enforcement institutions, implicated in the September disappearance of more than 40 college students, the United States continues to supply the country with well over $100 million per year in military and police assistance, including world-class weapons, training and intelligence… This piece was co-authored…
Mike LaSusa 