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External Investigatory Commissions Get Results in Central America

By Erin Barton
October 4, 2016
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On September 3, 2015, the president of Guatemala resigned after being charged with fraud, illicit association and corruption.1 Less than a week later, in Mexico, the government account of what happened to 43 missing students was discredited, calling into question the integrity of everyone from Mexico’s military to the president himself.2 Neither of these things could have happened without a key element of the investigations: two external investigatory commissions, organized by the UN and the OAS respectively, which turned out reports negating the validity of

Guatemala, de crisis en crisis, y el comediante que pretende calmar sus ansias

By Conié Reynoso
April 27, 2016
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Guatemala está sumida en una crisis política como nunca en su historia, con un presupuesto desfinanciado, el ex binomio presidencial tras las rejas, un Presidente transitorio y a dos meses que asuma el recién electo gobernante. Se trata de un novato que ha recibido la venia de la población, porque ha sido a la fecha, el Presidente más votado en la historia de este país centroamericano.

Place Making in Colonial Guatemala by Considering Today’s Municipal Boundaries

By Kathryn Sampeck
April 27, 2016
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The twists and turns of the municipal border of a Spanish colonial pueblo de indiostells a story. The geographic tale began in pre-Columbian political territories and early modern re-thinking of the role of the city and how space imagines and fortifies an ordered citizenry, then continued through clever negotiation of power across class, racial, and ethnic boundaries1. The method for officially designating the municipal border was through surveys.

Costa Rica Scrambles for Solution to the Cuban Migrant Crisis

By Erin Barton
April 26, 2016
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Costa Rica has suspended participation in the Central American Integration System (SICA) in response to the unwillingness of fellow Central American countries—specifically, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize—to work together to find a solution to the Cuban migrant crisis in Costa Rica.1 Upwards of 6,000 Cuban nationals intending to travel through Central America to the United States have been stranded in Costa Rica since November, when Nicaragua refused them entry.2

Guatemala: Un ex Presidente Remueve el Ambiente Electoral

By Conié Reynoso
October 10, 2016
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Todavía no hay nada claro. Aunque el ex presidente de Guatemala Alfonso Portillo (2000- 2004) ya adelantó que no apoyará a ningún partido político en las próximas elecciones generales del país, dejó entrever que buscará formar un frente para reformar el Estado. La pregunta es: ¿El ex funcionario participará con esta propuesta en el proceso electoral que está por iniciar o esperará darle batalla al nuevo gobierno?

Obama Administration Requests $USD 1 Billion for Central America

By Connor Weber
October 11, 2016
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After a year in which over 50,000 children attempted to illegally cross into the United States, the Obama administration has asked Congress for $USD 1 billion in assistance to Central American countries included in his budget request.  This figure is roughly three times what the U.S. has allocated in the past.1

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