Aug 23, 2013
Adam looks at new laws giving militaries dramatically greater
policing roles in Honduras and in Paraguay, and at Bolivia's
intention to buy surface-to-air missiles and other equipment from
Russia.
Aug 23, 2013
Militaries are getting involved in policing throughout Latin
America. Adam talks to Sarah Kinosian of the Center for
International Policy, who wrote a series of posts to the Just the
Facts blog documenting this trend in Guatemala, Honduras, and
Venezuela.
Aug 19, 2013
Adam talks to WOLA Senior Fellow Jo-Marie Burt, who has just
co-authored a new report on the March-May 2013 genocide trial of
former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt. The case is
currently stuck, she says, and there has been a backlash.
Aug 16, 2013
Adam looks at the Secretary of State's visit to Colombia and
Brazil, the early release of a Mexican drug-trafficker who killed a
U.S. agent, and some recent episodes pointing to worsening
political polarization in Venezuela.
Aug 12, 2013
A new media law regulating press coverage, among other recent
government actions, is limiting freedom of expression in Ecuador.
Adam discusses developments with Carlos Lauría, senior Americas
program coordinator at the Committee to Protect
Journalists.