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Women This Week: “Women, Life, Freedom”: Protests Continue to Surge Across IranWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 24 to September 30.
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Climate Change and Regional Instability in Central America
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To stave off climate-induced instability in Central America, national governments and regional and international organizations all have a role to play to develop both immediate crisis response and long-term instability mitigation, argues Paul J. Angelo. -
Central America’s Turbulent Northern TriangleThe U.S. government continues to seek strategies for responding to the growing number of migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and other challenges in the Central American region.
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Why are People Fleeing the Northern Triangle?Tens of thousands of migrants from a region known as the Northern Triangle are arriving at the U.S. southern border. Here’s why they’re making the arduous journey.
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Why Central American Migrants Are Arriving at the U.S. BorderThousands of people are arriving at the U.S. southern border after fleeing the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. President Biden is reviving efforts to tackle the problems that are prompting them to migrate.
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Why Can’t Central America Curb Corruption?Pervasive corruption has long stymied development and fueled emigration from some of Central America’s poorest countries. The recent disbanding of antigraft commissions makes their prospects for reform gloomier.
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Can ‘Safe Third Country’ Agreements Resolve the Asylum Crisis?Washington is hoping it can force asylum seekers to stay south of the border.
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Elections in Guatemala, Protests in Hong Kong, and MoreGuatemalans vote, Hong Kong protesters face violent reprisals, and Americans prepare for extreme weather at the onset of fire season.
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Nicaragua in Crisis: What to KnowPolitical and economic unrest in Nicaragua could stoke the flames in a region where insecurity has forced tens of thousands to flee in recent years.
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Mexico’s Next Crisis Will Arrive From the SouthIn the wake of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s historic victory, the markets are focused on Mexico’s economic prospects, keenly sniffing for any whiff of either pragmatic promise or populist calamity. …
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Corruption Brief Series: Lessons from GuatemalaI am pleased to share the latest report in the Corruption Brief series from the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. In this report, I focus on the case …
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Lessons From Guatemala’s Commission Against ImpunityWhat other countries can learn from CICIG’s first decade.
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Latin America’s Accountability RevolutionA wave of corruption scandals has roiled Latin America in recent years, from Chile’s campaign finance affairs, through Mexico’s Casa Blanca revelations. Most recently, the information divulged in the…
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Latin America’s Accountability RevolutionA wave of corruption scandals has roiled Latin America in recent years, from Chile’s campaign finance affairs, through Mexico’s Casa Blanca revelations. Most recently, the information divulged in the…
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Migration From Central America RisingCentral America’s Northern Triangle is one of the most violent regions in the world. Last year’s murder rate of roughly 54 per 100,000 inhabitants surpasses Iraq’s civilian death toll. El Salvador al…