Five Sad Reasons to Worry about Peru

“There is something different about the way Peruvians do politics,” writes Rafael Velasquez. “Something scary, it should be said.” Politicians use everything from the powerful coca leaf influence to old resentment towards neighboring Chile to squeeze out a political advantage over their opponents. It is, says Velasquez, a dangerous recipe.

Honduras: La Carta del Ejército

Honduras: La Carta del Ejército Author: Ronald Castro Fernández Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 07/18/2009 Category: Comment El hecho de haber dejado con vida y sacado del país a José Manuel Zelaya es una carta que el ejército se está jugando. Las fuerzas armadas han aparentado ser dóciles y obedientes al poder […]

Peace vs. Accountability in Colombia

The author, analysing the nature of the conflict in her country, sees a way out to resolve over forty years of conflict in Colombia. She puts reconciliation before prosecution and punishment.

Revolution as Poetry

Regina Eddelman takes her first trip to Nicaragua and finds a nation of poets.

Lessons from the

The General Assembly of the UN watched the “establishment of an active group of friendly countries to play a particularly important role in supporting the reactivation of the social development in the country (Nicaragua), which will facilitate the strengthening of its institutional and democratic structures.” With the whole world watching how the aftermath of the Iraqi intervention by the US and the UK will pan out, should we be watching how cooperative efforts aided by the UN have worked out elesewhere in recent years?

Guillermo Gaviria Correa

The killing of Antioquia state Governor Guillermo Gaviria Correa on May 5, 2003, among ten hostages massacred by FARC guerrillas in reaction to a military rescue attempt, deprived Colombia and the world of a nonviolent political leader whose legacy is no less significant than those of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.