Forget all the talk about the region’s “pink tide” and focus on which candidate is most likely to lift the greatest number of boats.
Central America articles on Democracy Chronicles
Bordered by Mexico to the north and Colombia to the southeast, Central America consists of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Many countries in the region suffer from high crime rates.
Defending Latin American Human Rights and Democracy Activists
Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) continue to face challenges across Latin America today.
Latin America Increasingly Perilous For Human Rights Defenders
Basic freedoms are collapsing in Latin America. Rights defenders are coming under increasing attacks from state and non-state actors.
Panama’s Success Is Defying Political Science
The Latin American country has experienced one of the world’s most impressive – and surprising – trajectories of the past three decades.
El Salvador Democracy Was Hard-Won. Now The President Threatens It
Nidia Díaz, a leftist guerrilla tortured by state forces during the conflict, discusses how democracy is being undermined in El Salvador.
4 Reasons To Be Optimistic About Latin American Democracy
Although there are major attempts to reverse democracy in Latin America, a key expert argues for four key reasons to be optimistic.
The Betrayal of Nicaraguan Democracy, A First-Hand Account
A new book looks at Nicaragua’s painful descent into authoritarianism. The book argues for a betrayal of Nicaragua’s democracy.
Testing The Resilience Of Latin America’s Democracies
The COVID pandemic has put Latin American communities and governments under immense strain, putting democracy to the test.
How Citizen Observers Saved Honduran Democracy From Violence
During Sunday’s presidential election scores of people gathered to demand nothing less than the future of Honduran democracy.
Bipartisan initiative challenges Salvador’s ‘foreign agents’ law
US lawmakers are urging El Salvador’s congress to reconsider a draft bill requiring foreign-funded entities to register as “foreign agents”.