Peter Kornbluh, senior analyst at the National Security Archive and director of its Cuba and Chile documentation projects, discusses the Archive's work in Latin America.

Pamela Starr, Richard Feinberg, David Rothkopf, and Julia Sweig discuss recent presidential elections in Latin America.

Stephen Kinzer, veteran New York Times reporter and author of the recent book Overthrow, discusses the upcoming Nicaraguan presidential elections and the United States' vocal opposition to Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega.

The United States has vocally opposed Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega, the winner of Nicaragua’s presidential election. But Nicaraguans are more concerned about a political pact that threatens to derail their country’s democratic institutions.

Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega leads the polls ahead of November 5 presidential elections and appears on the verge of an extraordinary political comeback. It remains unclear what an Ortega presidency would mean for the country.

Replacing domestic currencies with an international one is the best way for developing countries to create a financially stable environment and integrate into the ever-globalizing world economy, argues international financial consultant Manuel Hinds in a new Council book.

Playing Monopoly with the Devil offers sound, practical advice for policymakers on how to deal with the currency problems that developing countries face.

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division discusses small islands and small countires developing states with more influence on the world.

The Convention for the Establishment of the Central American Court of Justice was signed by Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador on December 20, 1907.