7 November 2013
by Latin America & Caribbean Program Staff
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The Colombian government and negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed on Wednesday 6 November that FARC would be able to participate in democratic politics once a final peace agreement is ratified. Javier Ciurlizza, Latin America Program … Continue reading
19 September 2013
by Latin America & Caribbean Program Staff
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By Christian Voelkel (@voelkelchr), Colombia Analyst, and Anna Crowe, Henigson Human Rights Fellow, Harvard Law School A Spanish version of this post originally appeared in Razón pública. As talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) make headway … Continue reading
1 May 2013
by Latin America & Caribbean Program Staff
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By Mark Schneider, Senior Vice President / Special Adviser on Latin America President Obama’s visit to Mexico and Costa Rica this week is billed as an encounter on economics and democracy, but crime and security will be hard to ignore. Mexico … Continue reading
16 September 2011
by Javier Ciurlizza
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La desconfianza hacia el sistema político, expresado en un creciente desinterés por los procesos electorales, es una de las enfermedades más endémicas de América Latina. El continente puede estar orgulloso de un período prolongado de gobiernos civiles y elegidos por … Continue reading