Mexico Arrests Teachers' Union Boss Elba Esther Gordillo
Arrest of the powerful union leader for embezzlement came a day after President Enrique Peña Nieto inked an education reform bill.
México propondrá ante la OEA más financiamiento al SIDH
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J. Jaime Hernández
Durante una convocatoria organizada por AS/COA en Washington D.C., representante de México anunció propuesta para aumentar el financiamento del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (SIDH).
Human Rights under Siege in the Americas
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Carlos Lauría
Proposals to limit the scope of the IACHR would reverse decades of progress in human rights in the region.
In Brazil, Corruption Trial Winds Down as Anti-Impunity Efforts Continue
Brazil’s Supreme Court finished sentencing 25 people in a historic case as President Dilma Rousseff’s administration took further steps in a zero-tolerance approach to corruption.
Interview: El Salvador’s Security Minister David Munguía Payés on the Gang Truce and Overall Security
After a private AS/COA roundtable in El Salvador on security and violence prevention, the minister discussed the results of El Salvador's gang truce and whether it is a model that could be replicated in Guatemala and Honduras.
Entrevista: Ministro de Seguridad de El Salvador David Munguía Payés discute la tregua entre las pandillas
El ministro habló con AS/COA sobre los resultados de la tregua entre las pandillas en El Salvador y si es replicable en Guatemala y Honduras.
Concerns Arise over New Constitutional Court Judges in Ecuador
Ahead of the country’s February 2013 election, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa will appoint new judges to the Constitutional Court, a move critics say could help him consolidate control over the judicial branch and media outlets.