"Turning around the country will be a long term issue," anticipates COA’s Eric Farnsworth as Juan Orlando Hernández is declared the winner of Honduras’ presidential elections.
“Even if the election is fair and transparent it will be difficult to convince supporters of the losing candidate that it wasn't stolen,” comments COA’s Eric Farnsworth on Honduras’ presidential elections.
The wife of deposed leader Manuel Zelaya faces the former president of Congress in a bid for the presidency on November 24. What challenges will the next leader inherit?
Washington's action on matters ranging from energy to immigration reform can support Honduras’ pressing post-election agenda, writes COA’s Eric Farnsworth for World Politics Review.
Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Council of Americas event on the upcoming Central America election.
Panelists discussed the impact of crime and violence, media concentration, and repressive laws and regulations on journalists in the Americas.
The region’s murder capital is also one of the most dangerous places for journalists. Unfortunately, determining what or who is behind the murder of journalists is not easy.