–Researched and Written by Arielle D. Steimer-Barragán— The contentious relationship between the press and Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, has proved to be problematic as the president continues to question the legitimacy of the press. The function of the press is also put into question when López Obrador’s posture on freedom of
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–Researched and Written by María González-Díaz— During the span of fifteen days, habitants of Puerto Rico organized massive protests to force Ricardo Rosselló to resign as governor after a controversial chat was leaked to the public on July 10, 2019. Protests broke out all over the island and eventually, to other parts of the world.
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The election for mayor of Bogotá has raised an interesting question for citizens of Colombia: are alliances within politics avoidable, and should they be avoided?
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In the last six years, lawyer Glenn Greenwald has become a key figure in investigative journalism.
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After over a decade of enjoying a “good image” among Colombians, the Colombian Armed Forces have had a year marked by a series of scandals.
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The Bukele Administration will continue using recycled FMLN policies of utilizing the Army to combat crime in El Salvador and to recover territories dominated by gangs in 17 municipalities.
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–Written by Aaron Freeman— Ten years after the soft coup against José Manuel Zelaya, Honduras faces political and economic turmoil that is driving its people out of their homes, places of work, and classrooms and into the streets to protest against President Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH).
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A Nicaraguan think tank finds that the critical loss of civil liberties and judicial power under the Orteguista “dictatorship” indicates that the government is an “authoritarian regime.”
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If democracy is in crisis, will journalism also reflect this crisis?
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The recent photograph of the Salvadoran migrants Óscar Martínez and his young daughter Valeria face down in the Rio Grande after drowning in the river has sent shockwaves throughout the world, revealing a new and much more disturbing side of the migrant crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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