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Honduras Takes Libertarian Honors for Student Activism

Fergus Hodgson • February 15, 2015

Each year the who’s who of young libertarian and classical-liberal activists descend on Washington, DC, and they recognize their most successful peers. The highest honor of the 2015 International Students for Liberty Conference, for an individual “alumnus” or role model, went to whistleblower Edward Snowden, but the budding Honduran branch of the international organization garnered victory for the event of the year.

Not Genocide: Politics versus Law in the Trial of Ríos Montt

Steven Hecht • January 16, 2015

The question at the heart of the Ríos Montt trial is a simple and potentially dreadful one: did genocide occur during Guatemala’s internecine conflict?

Brutal Honesty on the Failure of Latin America

Fergus Hodgson • June 25, 2014

To so many in the Anglosphere, Latin America is a mystery. The barriers of language, religion, and colonial history lead to endless confusion and leave untapped the potential for fruitful relationships.

Leftist Media Malpractice in Guatemala

Armando De La Torre • June 24, 2014

Guatemala has lately been a focus of international attention, and the present writers have extensive knowledge of the politics of this country. Even so, we were surprised when we were contacted by a reporter from the McClatchy news organization, which has a wide reach in US news markets.

Obama Revealed in Guatemala Policy

Steven Hecht • May 20, 2014

If you were observing US diplomacy in search of the curious – and you had decided to eavesdrop at one of its remotest, least-visited quarters – you would go to the Central American republic of Guatemala, where you would find something quite revealing about the nature of Barack Obama.

Power Struggle in Guatemala

Armando De La Torre • November 12, 2013

In late 2011, Guatemala’s powerful attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz, brought criminal charges of genocide against the country’s former leader, General Efrain Rios Montt.

After two months of heavy fighting between revolutionaries and pro regime, the city of Sirte is in ruin. With an unknown number of ammunition used during the conflict, the number of unexploded engines scattered all over the city is enormous and represent a threat for the civilians. The Danish Demining Group, financed by ECHO, is dealing with this dangerous material.

Why Libya Is No Accident

Steven Hecht • October 7, 2012

For the past year or two, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other diplomats have been hand-holding an attorney general in Guatemala who has twisted the law for political purposes and acted against a constitutional order.

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