Which Future? Ideas for a Better Central America
Which Future? Ideas for a Better Central America
The new issue of AQ looks at proposed remedies for violence and poverty – and reminds us no place is "hopeless."
When I hear people talk about troubled areas of Central America, using terms like “hopeless” and “failed state,” it reminds me of what many said about Colombia in the 1990s and early 2000s. During that terrible era, drug cartels and guerrilla groups were so powerful – and the Colombian government so weak – that criminals bombed churches and nightclubs, hijacked airplanes and kidnapped presidential candidates, senators and thousands of other people per year. Many Colombians and outsiders alike believed progress was simply impossible.
Looking back, if one tries to extrapolate...
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