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El Salvador’s Left Turn?

Mixed results for 'el frente' in the country's congressional elections.

vol. 33, iss. 03    , ,

Lines Drawn in the Sandinistas

Nicaragua’s democratic left chafes under President Ortega’s rule.

vol. 33, iss. 01    ,

El Salvador’s New Left

Once a guerrilla movement, the FMLN has swapped revolutionary rhetoric for pragmatic politics.

vol. 32, iss. 12    ,

Engineering Students Talk Trash

The goal of their recycling project? Jobs for Haitians

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More U.S. Meddling in El Salvador?

As El Salvador prepares for elections next year, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador worries the Bush administration might interfere to sway results.

vol. 32, iss. 10    ,

El Salvadors Patriot Act

Last year the government adopted a "Special Law Against Acts of Terrorism," which gives police and judges leeway to clear the streets of demonstrators and imposes mandatory sentences of 60 years for what was once considered a freedom of expression

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Banana Republic to Baby Republic

Guatemala could shut down its massive adoption industry

vol. 31, iss. 11    ,

Civil War by Other Means

Rigoberta Menchú's presidental bid could turn the page on Guatemala's bloody past

vol. 31, iss. 08    ,

Families Behind Bars

U.S. immigration policy is putting kids in jail

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Writer Without Borders

Eduardo Galeano disdains borders, both in life and in literature. Exiled from his native Uruguay after the 1973 military… more

vol. 30, iss. 07    , , , ,

Globesity en Español

Latin America fights the battle of the bulge

vol. 30, iss. 03    ,

Chávez’s Opposition Opts Out

On December 4, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called the opposition's eleventh-hour decision to withdraw from the country's congressional elections… more

vol. 30, iss. 01    ,

Democracy’s Death

Haitian dissidents find themselves the targets of massive repression

vol. 29, iss. 13   

Chiquitas Children

In the ’70s and ’80s, the banana companies Dole, Del Monte and Chiquita used a carcinogenic pesticide, Nemagon, to… more

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