AS/COA co-hosted a panel at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, discussing fragile judicial systems, high rates of inequality, and unemployment as obstacles to enforcing security policy in Central America.
The New-York based flamenco company paid a visit to the Music of the Americas Concert Series to explore the rhythms of Latin America.
In March 2012, Americas Society capped off its week of flamenco-related activities...
The February 14 fire that claimed more than 350 lives in a Honduran prison revealed the grave overcrowding in the region's jails and raised questions about modernizing Central America's justice system.
Violence has spiked and people are dying gruesome, preventable deaths in Central America, Mexico, and elsewhere as a result of U.S. consumer tastes. Blood diamonds? No, conflict drugs, writes COA's Eric Farnsworth for The Huffington Post.
During a Caribbean-Chinese trade summit held in Port-of-Spain this month, Beijing offered the region billions in aid. The move gives China leverage to win diplomatic recognition from a handful of Caribbean countries still recognizing Taiwan as the seat of Chinese power.
