Brazilians have taken to the streets to rally against a variety of issues, including corruption. Meanwhile, legislators will vote on a bill to take investigative powers away from public prosecutors’ offices.
The project allows a Hong Kong-based company to build a waterway three times the length of the Panama Canal.
AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini notes advances in Guatemala’s democracy despite the Constitutional Court decision annulling the genocide charges against former dictator Efraín Rios Montt.
The country’s Constitutional Court voided part of the genocide trial of the former general, annulling the conviction and jail sentence handed down by another court.
The Supreme Court justice spoke about the most important factors that encompass the...
AS/COA is pleased to collaborate with Columbia University in an event looking at press freedom, press standards, and democracy in Latin America.
Former military leader José Efraín Ríos Montt stands trial for genocide and crimes against humanity starting March 19. AS/COA looks at key dates and actors surrounding the prosecution.
